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New York Times, Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Author:
Randall J. Hartman
Editor:
Will Shortz
52-Across : F.B.I. agent
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Randall J. Hartman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVX} This is puzzle # 56 for Mr. Hartman. Tuesday freshness: 19%
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© 2006, The New York Times9/26/6 ( No. 20,776 )
Across
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Old-fashioned phono : HIFI
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"No problemo" : CANDO
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Smoky European peak : ETNA
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___ Islands of Galway Bay : ARAN
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More like a wallflower : SHIER
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After that : THEN
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The art of masonry, in Boston? : HODSCIENCE
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Pucker-producing : TART
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Adams who photographed Yosemite : ANSEL
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Electronic music pioneer Robert : MOOG
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Comprehensive : ATOZ
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Bar total : TAB
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"My bad!" : OOPS
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Recipe amt. : TSP
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Most revered person in the land, in Boston? : NATIONALGOD
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Computer woe : WORM
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Pendulum paths : ARCS
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Hang around : TARRY
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La Scala highlight : ARIA
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Cubs' homes : LAIRS
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Fuel that's shoveled : COAL
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Less desirable turkey parts : NECKS
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Signature part: Abbr. : INIT
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"Cómo ___?" : ESTA
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Saying hi to some food fish, in Boston? : GREETINGCOD
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D.C. V.I.P. : SEN
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F.B.I. agent : GMAN
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Director Craven : WES
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Skipper's cry : AHOY
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Skipper's direction : ALEE
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Calculus calculation : LIMIT
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Eardrum-busting : LOUD
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Finishing school for models, in Boston? : BODCOLLEGE
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"Animal House" party attire : TOGA
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For crying out loud, e.g. : IDIOM
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Andy's sidekick, in old radio : AMOS
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___-dokey : OKEY
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Most driver's ed students : TEENS
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Database command : SORT
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LOL, spoken : HAHA
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Unwrinkle : IRON
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The twist, once, and others : FADS
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Miniature map : INSET
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TV drama with multiple spinoffs : CSI
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"Um, pardon me ..." : AHEM
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Spanish boy : NINO
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Like Erté's style : DECO
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Salem's home : OREGON
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Sundance Kid's girlfriend : ETTAPLACE
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"Yuck!" : THATSGROSS
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Detective Wolfe of fiction : NERO
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Animated bug movie of 1998 : ANTZ
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Extended family : CLAN
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Jezebel's idol : BAAL
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Feedbag morsel : OAT
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Country singer's sound : TWANG
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More ticked off : SORER
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Earn windfall profits, perhaps : PRICEGOUGE
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Wabash Cannonball, e.g. : TRAIN
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Cake topper : ICING
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"Hamlet" courtier : OSRIC
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Use a soapbox : ORATE
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Bob who sang "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" : DYLAN
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Challenge from Dirty Harry : MAKEMYDAY
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Tuck away : STOW
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B & O stop: Abbr. : STA
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Soon : INABIT
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Compaq competitor : DELL
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"___ Marner" : SILAS
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Voice below soprano : ALTO
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End of a wooden arm : HOOK
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Prospector's discovery : LODE
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Falco of "The Sopranos" : EDIE
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Supply-and-demand subj. : ECON
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Office reminder : MEMO
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Assistant with a hunch? : IGOR
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Midterm, e.g. : TEST
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Sounds of meditation : OMS

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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