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New York Times, Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Author:
Randall J. Hartman
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Down : Dirty tricks on the campaign trail
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Randall J. Hartman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 5 This is puzzle # 64 for Mr. Hartman. Tuesday freshness: 11%
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© 2008, The New York Times10/21/8 ( No. 21,532 )
Across
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Many fund-raisers : GALAS
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Electrical coil inventor : TESLA
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Seattle-to-Las Vegas dir. : SSE
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Oversleeper's need : ALARM
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Parolee, e.g. : EXCON
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All ___ day's work : INA
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"___ With a View" : AROOM
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Warren of the Supreme Court : EARL
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Future J.D.'s : ONELS
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It may be cupped or cuffed : EAR
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Jazz singer Laine : CLEO
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Kind of tea : HERBAL
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Topeka hrs. : CST
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Cries of pain : OWS
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They may make you cry : ONIONS
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"___ hardly believe it!" : ICAN
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___, amas, amat ... : AMO
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Contradict : BELIE
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Myanmar neighbor : LAOS
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Relatives of nieces : AUNTS
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Sugar Loaf Mountain site, briefly : RIO
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Poppy product : OPIUM
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Five o'clock shadow remover : RAZOR
65
___ Lingus : AER
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Impertinent : SASSY
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Space shuttle gasket : ORING
Down
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It's dispensed from a hose : GAS
2
Remodeled Clay? : ALI
3
Lenient : LAX
4
Public hangings? : ART
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Dirty tricks on the campaign trail : SMEARS
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:50 : TENOF
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Shower with praise : EXTOL
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Dolt : SCHMO
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Online chuckle : LOL
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"Wheel of Fortune" purchase : ANE
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Instrument played by George Harrison : SITAR
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Bergen dummy : SNERD
13
Jumping the gun : EARLY
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Suffix with ranch : ERO
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Eye drop : TEAR
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Boxer Graziano, formally : ROCCO
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Holiday visitor, maybe : INLAW
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#2's : VEEPS
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"The Time Machine" race : ELOI
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The squares of "three squares" : MEALS
27
Event for Cinderella : BALL
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Making the dean's list, e.g. : HONOR
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QB Manning : ELI
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Sigma preceder : RHO
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Big box : BIN
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The four seasons, e.g. : CYCLE
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Where Rioja wine comes from : SPAIN
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Doctrine : TENET
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Heavy volume : TOME
40
Like a game heading into extra innings : TIED
44
Reply to "Are not!" : AMSO
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Champs-Élysées sight : BISTRO
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Plant life : FLORA
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Jack of "The Great Dictator" : OAKIE
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Helicopter part : ROTOR
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City of Light : PARIS
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___ T. Firefly, Groucho's role in "Duck Soup" : RUFUS
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Any Hatfield, to a McCoy : ENEMY
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MapQuest quests?: Abbr. : STS
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Jackson and Derek : BOS
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Air quality org. : EPA
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Driveway topper : TAR
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Submachine gun : UZI
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Dijon denial : NON
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Work unit : ERG

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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