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ALL-INSPIRING

New York Times, Sunday, January 20, 2013

Author:
Yaakov Bendavid
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 136, Blocks: 61 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Bendavid. Sunday freshness: 97%
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© 2013, The New York Times1/20/13 ( No. 23,084 )
Across
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Like some church matters : LAICAL
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Ancient priests : DRUIDS
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Dr. Moreau's creator : HGWELLS
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Go over the wall, maybe : ESCAPE
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Fix, as a model plane : REGLUE
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Gradual decline : EROSION
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Prince's pottery equipment? : THEROYALWHEEL
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Firearm company for nearly five centuries : BERETTA
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Indy entrant : RACER
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Bygone Saudi king : FAISAL
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City on Utah Lake : OREM
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Cooking meas. : TSP
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Words of certainty : IMUST
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Series : RUN
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Lounging robes : CAFTANS
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Hooter : OWL
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New members of society : DEBS
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Prepares for action : GIRDS
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Madras title : SAHIB
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Soft cheese : BRIE
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Dutch city near Arnhem : EDE
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Ten, for openers : DECA
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Manhattan area bordered by Broadway : TRIBECA
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Boobs : OAFS
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Certain sorority woman : THETA
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Cat on the prowl : MOUSER
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Soup kitchen needs : LADLES
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2006 Winter Olympics host : TORINO
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Radio wave producer : PULSAR
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Part of one's inheritance : GENE
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Those girls, to Juanita : ESAS
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Public ___ : UTILITY
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Lack of enthusiasm : TEPIDITY
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The year 151 : CLI
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"Goosebumps" writer : STINE
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Jewelry material : CORAL
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Leaves after dinner? : TEA
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Best Actor Tony winner for "Mark Twain Tonight!" : HOLBROOK
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Of the blood : HEMATIC
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Pete Seeger's genre : FOLK
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Punch-in-the-gut sounds : OOFS
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Have no doubt : BESURE
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Mournful rings : KNELLS
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Put back up, as a blog entry : REPOST
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Kind of TV : PLASMA
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Online health info site : WEBMD
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Hard cheese : EDAM
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In hiding : HOLEDUP
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"Doctor Zhivago" role : LARA
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Hails from Rocky Balboa : YOS
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Makes a lap : SITS
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Modern group-mailing tool : ELIST
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Some barkers : SEALS
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Eve's counterpart : MORN
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Commonly, once : OFT
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Infatuated with : SWEETON
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"Yes, Cap'n!" : AYE
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Semisoft cheese : GOUDA
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Einstein's "never" : NIE
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Teachers love hearing them : AHAS
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Some classical statuary : TORSOS
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Big name at Indy : UNSER
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Tumbler : ACROBAT
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Stop proceeding in the maze when you reach the end? : DONOTPASSGOAL
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Kind of strength : TENSILE
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Flamenco shout : OLEOLE
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Det. Bonasera on "CSI: NY" : STELLA
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Dead Sea Scrolls preservers : ESSENES
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"The Player" director, 1992 : ALTMAN
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What the weary get, in a saying : NOREST
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Not object to : LETRIDE
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Conscience-stricken : ASHAMED
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Strategy employed by a Siberian Hansel and Gretel? : ICECUBETRAIL
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Ivory alternative : CARESS
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Left on board : APORT
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Willy who wrote "The Conquest of Space" : LEY
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Big name in radio advice : DRLAURA
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VCR button : REWIND
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Chefs hate hearing them : UGHS
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Of the lower small intestine : ILEAC
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Fencing coach's pronouncement? : DUELASISAY
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Paris seasoning : SEL
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Like the Talmud : HEBRAIC
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Haymakers? : GREENBALEPACKERS
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Basic bait : WORMS
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Dir. from Winston-Salem to Raleigh : ESE
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Of the seashore : LITTORAL
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Biblical figure punished for hindsight? : LOTSWIFE
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Fastened with Velcro, e.g. : SNAPLESS
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One of six areas on a Risk board : AFRICA
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Additional : OTHER
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Name on pencils : FABER
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Advice to Jonah? : GETOUTOFTHEWHALE
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Russian import, briefly : STOLI
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Was an omen of : BODED
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Place to rest : DEN
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Reddish brown : RUST
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What's-___-name : HIS
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Grand Canyon rental : MULE
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Deep blue : ANIL
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Georgia ___ : TECH
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Nobel Peace Center site : OSLO
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It can be shocking : PINK
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Ginger Spice's first name : GERI
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Members of la familia : TIOS
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Haul around : TOTE
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"Waiter, we ordered the fish!"? : ITOLDYOUSOLE
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Swiss patriot : TELL
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Sherpa's herd : YAKS
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Low-budget hotels, for short : SROS
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Italian beloved : CARA
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Sail supports : BOOMS
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Approach a thruway booth? : HEADTOTOLL
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"Mi casa ___ casa" : ESSU
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Swollen glands cause : MUMPS
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Woman, in slang : FEM
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Hallowed, old-style : BLEST
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Warriors' grp. : NBA
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Strike a chord : RESONATE
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Feats of construction : EDIFICES
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Paisley and plaid : PATTERNS
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Carries on steadily : PLIES
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President who was an electrician by profession : WALESA
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Some chemical salts : OLEATES
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Expose, as to criticism : LAYOPEN
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Trials : ORDEALS
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Greet like a junkyard dog : SNARLAT
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Calif. barrio setting : EASTLA
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Hawker : MONGER
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Polio vaccine developer : SABIN
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Good-sized musical group : NONET
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Heartiness : GUSTO
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Leeway : ROOM
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Sugar suffix : OSE
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Dennis Quaid remake of a 1950 film noir : DOA
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Govt.-issued ID : SSN

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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