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New York Times, Friday, October 13, 2000

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
37-Down : Like some chops
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Joe DiPietro

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 39 for Mr. DiPietro. Friday freshness: 53%
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© 2000, The New York Times10/13/0 ( No. 18,602 )
Across
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Part you don't want to miss : CLIMAX
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"This American Life" radio host : IRAGLASS
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Thin out : RAREFY
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Admission of 1867 : NEBRASKA
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Not sure what's wrong : AMORAL
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Reason to stop the presses : SPLITRUN
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"Children of the Albatross" author : NIN
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One who's always off? : RETIREE
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Med. specialty : ENT
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Apprehended : KNEW
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Star trek voyagers? : MAGI
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Sea breeze ingredient : VODKA
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Spain's Gulf of ___ : CADIZ
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1994 Denis Leary comedy : THEREF
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Made up (for) : ATONED
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Grp. that used to give a dam? : TVA
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Earthquakes' points of origin : FOCI
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Went off, in a way : SOUNDED
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Cheer up : ENLIVEN
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Artist with popular lithographs : ERTE
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Person in a pullover? : COP
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Museum figure : DOCENT
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Gather abundantly : RAKEIN
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Train's crashing place : BERTH
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Come together : AMASS
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Dates : SEES
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President exiled to Hawaii in 1960 : RHEE
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Carrier of Sinbad : ROC
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Popular 70's gift : PETROCK
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Bobble the ball : ERR
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Curry powder ingredient : TURMERIC
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Fleecy fabric : ALPACA
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Requirement for access, maybe : USERNAME
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Get plenty of sleep : RESTUP
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Opposed : RESISTED
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Spirited : FEISTY
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Engine housing : CRANKCASE
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Gizmo used in making photo ID's : LAMINATOR
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Resolved : IRONEDOUT
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La Seyne-sur-___ : MER
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Winston Churchill's "___ Country" : AFAR
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Plant tissue : XYLEM
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Viewable : INSIGHT
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Stay : REPRIEVE
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Au fait : ABLE
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Distress : GRIEVE
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It's measured in degrees: Abbr. : LAT
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Comparable to a beet : ASRED
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Shut out : SKUNK
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Present presenter : SANTA
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Work with a shuttle : TAT
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People in circles? : WINNERS
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Part of a board : OFFICER
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Wye follower, along the Wye : ZED
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"The Virtue of Selfishness" author : RAND
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It may be cut : DECK
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Lets off steam? : OVERHEATS
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Like some chops : CENTERCUT
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Seeking help : INTHERAPY
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Is in jail : DOESTIME
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It travels in an arc : LOB
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Run through : PIERCED
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Quakers : ASPENS
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Prefix with conservative : NEO
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Figure skater Dmitriev : ARTUR
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Source of some clicks : MOUSE
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Back forty's forty : ACRES
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It may help you avoid the draft : SCARF
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He was, in old Rome : ERAT
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"The Goldfish" painter : KLEE
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Test for internal injuries, briefly : MRI
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Telepathy, e.g. : PSI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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