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ALL SAINTS' DAY

New York Times, Sunday, October 26, 2008

Author:
Daniel C. Bryant
Editor:
Will Shortz
60-Down : Word origin: Abbr.
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Daniel C. Bryant

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 72 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Bryant. Sunday freshness: 50%
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© 2008, The New York Times10/26/8 ( No. 21,537 )
Across
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Titles are often put in it: Abbr. : ITAL
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Scarlett O'Hara, e.g. : BELLE
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Like Arnold Schoenberg's music : ATONAL
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1990 Literature Nobelist Octavio ___ : PAZ
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Singer Winans : CECE
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Certain bulb : ONION
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Smooth and shiny : SATINY
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Actress Thurman : UMA
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Switch in an orchestra section? : EXCHANGEOFSTRINGS
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"Take the filly in the fifth," e.g. : TIP
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Pressing need? : STEAM
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Union member since 1896 : UTAH
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Wise men : SOLOMONS
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Emmy category : DRAMA
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You can make one for yourself : NAME
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North Carolina university : ELON
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Negative north of England : NAE
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Pilgrim? : HOLYSTROLLER
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86-Across's alma mater: Abbr. : USMA
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Got cozy together : CUDDLEDUP
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Beau ___ : IDEAL
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Scare off : DETER
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Stumble ___ : ONTO
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Kipling's "Follow Me ___" : OME
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Came about : AROSE
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Something near many a checkout line : ATM
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Neolithic outlaws? : STONEARMEDBANDITS
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Bank offering, for short : IRA
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Beckett's "Endgame: ___ in One Act" : APLAY
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Crazy Legs Hirsch of the early N.F.L. : ELROY
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Parented : REARED
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How dastards speak : NASTILY
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Rabbit's home, maybe : BRIER
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Major-league manager Tony : LARUSSA
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Be Circe-like : ENTICE
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Alfred E. Neuman visages : GRINS
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Cut : HEWED
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Sch. group : PTA
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Invisible lost dogs? : ULTRAVIOLETSTRAYS
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Sheet music abbr. : ARR
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Do some tune-up work on : REOIL
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First Shia imam : ALI
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Gen. Robt. ___ : ELEE
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Swag : LUCRE
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Photo files, in computer lingo : JPEGS
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Signifying : CONVEYING
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Internet initialism : IMHO
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Gets fat? : GOESALLSTOUT
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Org. for 86-Across : CSA
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Composer Dohnányi : ERNO
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Blackthorn : SLOE
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Author Zora ___ Hurston : NEALE
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African nation founder Jomo ___ : KENYATTA
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Inside pitch? : TVAD
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Traditional symbol of friendship : TOPAZ
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Devon river : EXE
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Go-go club? : WHERETHEBOYSSTARE
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Turn down : DIM
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Hero pilot : AIRACE
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Result of some sandbagging : LEVEE
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Whistler's whistle, maybe : TUNE
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Trough site : STY
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Key of Bach's best-known Mass : BMINOR
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J.F.K.'s "Why England ___" : SLEPT
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They ring in a ring : OLES
Down
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Clinches : ICES
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Bible reading : TEXT
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Let win : ACCEDEDTO
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Franz who composed "You Are My Heart's Delight" : LEHAR
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French approval : BON
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Part of E.S.L.: Abbr. : ENG
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Stead : LIEU
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Spoils : LOOT
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___ terrible : ENFANT
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Bermuda hrs. : AST
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Swab : TAR
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Milo's title partner in a 1989 film : OTIS
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El ___ : NINO
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One opening up a can of worms? : ANGLER
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Everyday disinfectant : LYSOL
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Add new connections between floors? : PUTONSTAIRS
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Whitaker played him in a 2006 film : AMIN
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Nukes : ZAPS
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Menotti role for a boy soprano : AMAHL
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Actress Belafonte : SHARI
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Pout : MOUE
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Curly conker : MOE
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"The Naked and the Dead" star, 1958 : ALDORAY
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All the rage : MOD
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Longtime D.C. delegate to Congress ___ Holmes Norton : ELEANOR
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PX users : NCOS
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Spider-Man's ___ May : AUNT
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"Delish!" : YUMMY
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Graf ___ : SPEE
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Loaded with fat : LARDY
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"The Time Machine" people : ELOI
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Distances in Canada : METRES
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Force in the ocean : ARMADA
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Costume designer Danilo ___ : DONATI
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Another name for 28-Across : DESERET
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Soda fountain supply : STRAWS
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Gourmet : EPICURE
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Gene variant : ALLELE
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Word origin: Abbr. : DERIV
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Crepes : BLINI
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Kid's comeback : ARESO
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Meadows of comedy : AUDREY
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Certain Himalayan : NEPALI
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Anatomical cavity : ANTRUM
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Dieter? : STARCHENEMY
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Needing a lift? : BRALESS
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Reveal to, as a secret : LETINON
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Grouse : GRIPE
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Serf : HELOT
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W.W. II Axis leader : TOJO
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Leman and others : LACS
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American suffragist honored with a 1995 stamp : ALICEPAUL
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Desires : YENS
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Genesis creator : SEGA
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Cowboy actor Calhoun : RORY
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Jug capacity: Abbr. : GAL
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A deadly sin : SLOTH
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Saturn S.U.V. : VUE
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Les ___-Unis : ETATS
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Cry upon an arrest : GOTHIM
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Is honest (with) : LEVELS
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Old Indian V.I.P. : NAWAB
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Numbers game : LOTTO
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Some sneakers : KEDS
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Way out : EXIT
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___ Polo of "Meet the Fockers" : TERI
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Galway Bay's ___ Islands : ARAN
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Explorer Tasman of Tasmania fame : ABEL
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Messenger of Noah : DOVE
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"Rule, Britannia" composer : ARNE
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Sleep indicators : ZEES
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"Baudolino" author : ECO
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Thrice, in Rx's : TER
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"You betcha" : YEP
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Collector's goal : SET

Answer summary:
12 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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