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GOING ALL OUT

New York Times, Sunday, November 16, 2003

Author:
Cathy Millhauser
Editor:
Will Shortz
18-Down : Aaron's brother
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Cathy Allis

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 78 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 81 for Ms. Allis. Sunday freshness: 9%
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© 2003, The New York Times11/16/3 ( No. 19,731 )
Across
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Informed : POSTED
7
Many a hymn : CHORALE
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James ___ Garfield : ABRAM
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"Do I have a volunteer?" : ANYONE
20
Duck with a broad bill : SHOVELER
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Spot broadcast, often : PROMO
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Walked purposefully : STRODE
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Bribe, say, a gardener? : PAYOFFINSPADES
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French high : HAUTE
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A peer : EARL
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Opposite of windward : ALEE
28
Botanical creeper : VINE
29
Withhold praise for certain football linemen? : APPLAUDNOEND
33
Blows away : ASTOUNDS
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Blows it : ERRS
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Un vote, peut-être : OUI
38
Past potentate : TSAR
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Just fine : AOK
42
Get a ride for seismological research? : BEDRIVENTOAFAULT
50
Jones of the original Rolling Stones : BRIAN
53
Minnesota's state bird : LOON
54
Jamaica-based music : SKA
55
Karel Capek play : RUR
56
Shooting target? : ENEMY
57
Dungeonlike : DANK
59
"Only Time" singer : ENYA
62
Great start? : MAXI
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What mold might do at an obesity clinic? : DEVELOPONALARGESCALE
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Actress Petty : LORI
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When repeated, a rebuke : TUT
70
Kind of standard : GOLD
71
Make a monster smart? : STINGSOMETHINGFIERCE
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___ de vivre : JOIE
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Elisabeth of "Leaving Las Vegas" : SHUE
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Reset figure : ZERO
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Mooring sites : PIERS
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Welsh rabbit ingredient : ALE
85
Today's platters : CDS
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Dark shade : NAVY
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Row house hangout : STOOP
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Emulate some of Bach's composing? : WORKWITHAPASSION
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Seek intelligence : SPY
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Queen who wrote "Leap of Faith" : NOOR
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Gift of flowers : LEI
100
Troubles : WOES
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Repudiated : DISOWNED
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Do humor in the style of Alfred E. Neuman? : WRITELIKEMAD
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Kaffiyeh wearer : ARAB
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Bjorn rival : ILIE
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Alternative to Chuck : CHAS
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"___ Heartbeat" (1991 Amy Grant hit) : EVERY
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Take first place in a whiskey drinking contest? : WINBYALONGSHOT
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Strong-arm : COERCE
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___ Lauder : ESTEE
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Canines' neighbors : INCISORS
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Fast food order : BURGER
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Herringlike fishes : SHADS
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Listers on eBay : SELLERS
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Mounts : STEEDS
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Ottoman title : PASHA
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Ready to be drafted : ONTAP
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Corn product : SYRUP
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Flute sound : TOOTLE
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Ingratiate : ENDEAR
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River in Aberdeen : DEE
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One-named Spanish singer/actress : CHARO
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Big name in games : HOYLE
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Ab ___ (from the beginning) : OVO
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One who may O.K. a KO : REF
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___ Romeo : ALFA
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Girl rescued by Don Juan : LEILA
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Carmaker Maserati : ERNESTO
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PC program : APP
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Showy musical style : BRAVURA
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"The Kiss" sculptor : RODIN
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Set right : AMEND
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Aaron's brother : MOSES
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Full extent : SPAN
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___ date (makes wedding plans) : SETSA
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Bomb developed in the 1950's : EDSEL
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Metro area : URB
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Natl. Adoption Awareness Month : NOV
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Club charges : DUES
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Clodhopper : OAF
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Printing press part : INKER
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Not up : ABED
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River in D-Day news : ORNE
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Chicken ___ : KIEV
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Dummkopf : DODO
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Mixed-with-white, as horsehair : ROAN
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Present from birth : INNATE
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Salsa quality : TANG
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Continental divide : URAL
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Poshness : LUXE
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Geometrical prefix : TRI
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Title girl in a 2001 French comedy : AMELIE
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One stocking : NYLON
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Butterfingers : KLUTZ
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Human cracker : YEGG
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Commencing : ASOF
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Arrived : MADEIT
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Grps. : ORGS
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"That's hogwash!" : PISH
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Ohio University site : ATHENS
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Excerpts : CLIPS
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With God as one's co-pilot? : SOLO
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Seating section : TIER
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Punch response : OUCH
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Hero's pride : MEDAL
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Income source for seniors, for short : IRAS
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___ Sad (city on the Danube) : NOVI
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Model T contemporaries : REOS
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Dusting target : CROP
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Spot : ESPY
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Shoot the breeze : JAW
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Gush : SPEW
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Loud complaints : YOWLS
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Gnarly : KNOBBED
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Bowl over : WOW
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Ancient land with a sea named after it : IONIA
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Support for a 28-Across : TRELLIS
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Clothes dryer : AIR
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"___ won't!" (curt refusal) : NOI
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Scrape together : EKEOUT
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Torrential : SEVERE
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Coolidge's veep : DAWES
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Rollers of R's : IRISH
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Christmas decoration : SANTA
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Saturn satellite : DIONE
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Blood of the gods, in Greek myth : ICHOR
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1950's-60's missiles : THORS
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Chow : EATS
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Traffic sign : MERGE
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Like a rainbow : ARCED
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Batik artists, e.g. : DYERS
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Abbr. at the bottom of a business letter : ENCL
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Thumbs-up : YES
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Rap progenitor ___ Scott-Heron : GIL
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Jacksonville-to-Miami dir. : SSE
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"Rescue 911" network : CBS

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

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