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New York Times, Friday, October 26, 2001

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Down : Subject of Mach's principle
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Peter Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 33 Missing: {FJV} Grid has supersymmetry. This is puzzle # 70 for Mr. Gordon. Friday freshness: 46%
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© 2001, The New York Times10/26/1 ( No. 18,980 )
Across
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"The House of the Seven Gables" girl : PHOEBE
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Consequence : IMPORT
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Part of an AOL screen : MAILBOX
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"Sextette" was her last film : MAEWEST
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Like New York's Waldorf-Astoria : ARTDECO
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Manners : PSANDQS
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Sound from a bowl : RAH
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"Ocean's Eleven" cast members : RATPACK
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Clamor : HUE
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Words of explanation : IDEST
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Article of the Constitution that defines treason : III
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Hard work : SWEAT
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"Buona ___" (Italian greeting) : SERA
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Trauma aftereffects : SCARS
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Harp seal's lack : EARS
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Garden item : TRELLIS
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Straphanger : STANDEE
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Benefit : AID
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First of the 49-Across to hit 500 home runs : OTT
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Grills : QUIZZES
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Arab League member : SOMALIA
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Oscar winner Paquin : ANNA
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Dismay : APPAL
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Where the Marañón flows : PERU
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See 36-Across : NLERS
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Inits. at sea : USN
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Southwest sites : MESAS
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Lonely outlook : TOR
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In a caustic way : ACRIDLY
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Fort Erie's home: Abbr. : ONT
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Follow : ACTUPON
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Western wear : BOLOTIE
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It has a snow ring near its bottom : SKIPOLE
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Descendant of Mohammed : AGAKHAN
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Like the Ganges, to Hindus : SACRED
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Apollo 12 astronaut : GORDON
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Showoff : PARADER
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"Hello" : HITHERE
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Timeworn : OLD
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"I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie" author : EBERT
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City south of West Palm : BOCA
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Rare plants : EXOTICS
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Vitiates : IMPAIRS
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Foreign noun designation: Abbr. : MASC
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Crescendos : PEAKS
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Part of M.Y.O.B. : OWN
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One who's usually fair : REDHEAD
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Draftsman's tool : TSQUARE
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Member of a Roman Catholic order : MARIST
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Flybelt fly : TSETSE
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"Lo's Diary" author ___ Pera : PIA
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Three-time New York City Marathon winner : SALAZAR
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Came unglued : WENTAPE
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Top of a platter : SIDEA
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Sot spot : STOOL
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Singer Phair : LIZ
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Modern gas station feature : ATM
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Company whose 56-Down is a jumping animal : QANTAS
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Releases : UNLOCKS
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Subject of Mach's principle : INERTIA
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Rejected : SPURNED
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Ambush : SANDBAG
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Basutoland, now : LESOTHO
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Language family that includes Kurdish : IRANIAN
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Mount Godwin ___ : AUSTEN
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Symbol of electric flux : PSI
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Flavor : SAPOR
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Insulation material : MYLAR
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Artist Thomas ___, founder of the Hudson River School : COLE
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See 37-Down : LOGO
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Cash bars? : UPC
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Authorized : OKD

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