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New York Times, Friday, January 9, 2004

Author:
Bob Peoples
Editor:
Will Shortz
34-Down : One with a special touch
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Bob Peoples

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JQUXZ} Spans: 10, (3 triple stacks) Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Peoples. Friday freshness: 15%
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© 2004, The New York Times1/9/4 ( No. 19,785 )
Across
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Antediluvian : ASOLDASTHEHILLS
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What "they" have been saying : WORDONTHESTREET
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Helter-skelter : INALLDIRECTIONS
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Jazzman Adderley : NAT
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"Flashdance" director Adrian : LYNE
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Some records, for short : EPS
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Rusedski of tennis : GREG
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Break : GAP
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"Adventures in Good Music" host Karl ___ : HAAS
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Mideast map abbr. : ISR
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Little bit : DRAM
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Melt alternative : BLT
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Present for a picky person? : GIFTCERTIFICATE
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Hangover sufferer's lament : IVEGOTAHEADACHE
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It often has islands : GASOLINESTATION
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N.Y. neighbor : ONT
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List keeper : DEAN
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Tip of one's tongue? : ESE
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Big name in foreign news : TASS
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Good source of antioxidants : TEA
50
Indian improvisation : RAGA
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Little bit : TAD
57
Sommer of Berlin : ELKE
60
Three in a season: Abbr. : MOS
61
Biblical battlers : DAVIDANDGOLIATH
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Extremely rare : ONCEINALIFETIME
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Holistic health remedies : HERBALMEDICINES
Down
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Blowing away : AWING
2
Whale spotter : SONAR
3
Captivate a crowd, perhaps : ORATE
4
Carrier of "bad" cholesterol, briefly : LDL
5
Sugar : DOLL
6
"Only the Paranoid Survive" author ___ Grove : ANDY
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A criminal may be caught in one : STING
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Successfully navigate a narrow passage : THREADTHENEEDLE
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Part of a bray : HEE
10
Suffix with opal : ESCE
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Modern address starter : HTTP
12
Dander : IRISH
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Regulus is in it : LEO
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Gridiron great Ford : LEN
15
City planning concerns: Abbr. : STS
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Beginnin' : GITGO
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Goes where one shouldn't, maybe : PRIES
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Basic counters : ABACI
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E'en if : ALTHO
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A Dutch master : STEEN
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Give what for : SCOLD
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Make more secure : RETIE
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"___ worse than death" : AFATE
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One with a special touch : MIDAS
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Leg of lamb : GIGOT
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___ Zelnicek (celebrity's maiden name) : IVANA
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Fun or song followers : FESTS
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Charged : RANAT
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Do the dishes? : CATER
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Moundsman Dave : STIEB
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Cold : ALGID
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At full throttle : AMAIN
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Perplexed pronouncement : GOTME
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Some remains : ASHES
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1998 Sarah McLachlan hit : ADIA
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Mark Twain's jumping frog : DANL
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First name in diplomacy : KOFI
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A.C., e.g. : ELEC
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Schnook's cry : DOH
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Chemical suffix : ANE
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TV/___ : VCR
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Vet's service spot : NAM
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"Lord, is ___?" : ITI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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