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New York Times, Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Author:
C. W. Stewart
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
9-Down : Most risqué
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Carolyn W. Stewart

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 12 for Ms. Stewart. Tuesday freshness: 29%
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© 2010, The New York Times1/5/10 ( No. 21,973 )
Across
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Pooh-pooh, with "at" : SCOFF
6
Way up a ski slope : TBAR
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School zone warning : SLOW
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TV signal component : AUDIO
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Beatles meter maid : RITA
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Topper for Charles de Gaulle : KEPI
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*Antishoplifting force : STOREDETECTIVES
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Roll-call call : HERE
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D.C.'s Pennsylvania, e.g. : AVE
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Antiseptic element : IODINE
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Early James Bond foe : DRNO
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With 46-Across, be angry ... or what you can do inside the answers to the six starred clues : SEE
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*Marching band percussion : SNAREDRUMS
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Lower chamber of Russia's parliament : DUMA
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In a cautious way : WARILY
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Excuse maker's word : BUT
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X ___ xylophone : ASIN
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Satan's doings : EVILS
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State of confusion : FOG
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Verge : BRINK
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Word with a handshake : DEAL
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Shell game spheroid : PEA
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Hold tight : CLENCH
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Some annexes : ELLS
44
*Rims : OUTEREDGES
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See 25-Across : RED
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Prospector's strike : LODE
48
Financially solvent : AFLOAT
52
E-mail attachment, for short : PIC
53
MasterCard alternative : VISA
57
*Textbooks for instructors : TEACHEREDITIONS
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Nagging desire : ITCH
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In a snit : SORE
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Subject of much Mideast praise : ALLAH
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Pigskin supports : TEES
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Manly man : STUD
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Missouri Indian : OSAGE
Down
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Window part : SASH
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Just adorable : CUTE
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___-Eaters (shoe inserts) : ODOR
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*School evacuation exercises : FIREDRILLS
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A McCoy, to a Hatfield : FOE
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"Key Largo" Oscar winner Claire ___ : TREVOR
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Orthodontist's concern : BITE
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Wolfed down : ATE
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Most risqué : RACIEST
10
Losing streak : SKID
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Jeans maker ___ Strauss : LEVI
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Ready for business : OPEN
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Like an oracle : WISE
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Foppish dresser : DANDY
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Tip of a wingtip : TOE
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Reunion group: Abbr. : RELS
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Full of oneself : SMUG
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Nobel or Celsius : SWEDE
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Orange feature : NAVEL
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Popular typeface : ARIAL
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W.W. II sea menace : UBOAT
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*Evel and Robbie Knievel, for two : DAREDEVILS
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Taking habitually : USING
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Cut into tiny bits : MINCE
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Hippies' crosses : ANKHS
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Hatfield/McCoy affair : FEUD
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Ran in the wash : BLED
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Anne Bradstreet, for one : POETESS
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Spring bloomers : CROCI
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Said "bos'n" for "boatswain," e.g. : ELIDED
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When repeated, gung-ho : RAH
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Engaged in a 38-Down : ATIT
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Big bash : FETE
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Add a kick to : LACE
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Phil who sang "Draft Dodger Rag" : OCHS
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Chile's northern neighbor : PERU
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Seat of Allen County, Kan. : IOLA
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Hang-up : SNAG
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1975 Wimbledon winner : ASHE
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Pure baloney : ROT
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"___ Te Ching" : TAO

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