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New York Times, Saturday, November 17, 2007

Author:
Brad Wilber
Editor:
Will Shortz
41-Down : Drinking fountain
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Brad Wilber

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {JQV} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Wilber. Saturday freshness: 74%
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© 2007, The New York Times11/17/7 ( No. 21,193 )
Across
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Liniment ingredient : CAMPHOROIL
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Certain copier : MITA
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Presidents Adams, Fillmore and Taft : UNITARIANS
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"... on the head of ___?" : APIN
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"The Man Who Fell to Earth" director : ROEG
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Make a scene? : ACT
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Put down some chips? : SNACK
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Minute buzzer : MIDGE
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Detail on some tickets : TIER
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Its banks are lined with nearly 200 palaces : GRANDCANAL
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Cousin of -trix : ENNE
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"Giuliani: Nasty Man" author : EDKOCH
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Booster of a rock band : AMP
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Tackle box item : FLY
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Ici ___ (here and there, to Thérèse) : ETLA
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"In the," in Italy : NEI
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Nostalgia elicitor : OLDIE
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Imprecise : LOOSE
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Alma mater of Albert Sabin and Jonas Salk: Abbr. : NYU
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You may get into it while shopping : DEBT
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Rx specification : TER
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Sinusitis studier's specialty: Abbr. : ENT
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100 centimes, in Haiti : GOURDE
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Like the Chrysler Building : DECO
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Nightspots where the attraction is simply a gas : OXYGENBARS
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Characteristic quality : ODOR
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Direct : REFER
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Makes a raucous noise : BLATS
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Project wrap-up? : ILE
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Rolls roller : TYRE
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National Historic Landmark in Manhattan : PLAZAHOTEL
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Quarter division : WEEK
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Apropos : FELICITOUS
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Pablo Neruda's "___ to Common Things" : ODES
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Big name in Dakota history : CRAZYHORSE
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Parish leader : CURATE
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Its ads once showed hammers inside the head : ANACIN
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One of a protective pair : MITTEN
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Org. addressing class conflict : PTA
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Occupiers of top spots : HATS
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Like a bad spray-on tan : ORANGEY
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Score direction: Abbr. : RITARD
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Scottish cereal staple : OATCAKE
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Snarled : INAKNOT
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"Saving Private Ryan" craft, for short : LST
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Musical character who sings "My Favorite Things" : MARIA
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Player in a shirt pocket : IPODNANO
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Anticlimactic court outcomes : TIEGAMES
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Lemony meringue concoction : ANGELPIE
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Celtic Kevin with a retired jersey #32 : MCHALE
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Bank offering, briefly : REFI
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Seventh-century year : DCL
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It can help you keep your balance : LEDGER
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Not many : ONEORTWO
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Keen of vision : LYNXEYED
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Like some airport shopping : DUTYFREE
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Novus ___ seclorum (Great Seal phrase) : ORDO
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It goes on and on : EON
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Drinking fountain : BUBBLER
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Syllables to skip by : TRALALA
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Willful state? : TESTACY
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Character on trial in "A Passage to India" : DRAZIZ
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People person? : EDITOR
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Mint-family plant with bright-colored leaves and blue flowers : COLEUS
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Goon's last words : ORELSE
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Unlikely prom kings : GEEKS
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"___ Ching" (classic book of Chinese poetry) : SHIH
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U.S.M.C. E-2 : PFC
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Ear: Prefix : OTO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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