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New York Times, Thursday, November 8, 2007

Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
15-Down : Secretary of state during the War of 1812
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Paula Gamache

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 26 for Ms. Gamache. Thursday freshness: 19%
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© 2007, The New York Times11/8/7 ( No. 21,184 )
Across
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Quarrel (with) : SPAR
5
Contents of a scoop : INFO
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Glass substitute : MICA
13
Child's plea : CANI
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"Jabberwocky," for one : POEM
15
Real ___ : MCCOY
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Former southern constellation in the shape of a ship : ARGO
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Billet-doux writer : AMIE
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"Skunk egg" : ONION
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Internal-combustion device : PISTONENGINE
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Executor's concern : ESTATE
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When someone 27-Across : ARRIVAL
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See 23-Across : COMES
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"Très sexy!" : OOLALA
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"American Psycho" author : BRETEASTONELLIS
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One of the first to raise a hand, usually : YEA
36
Barn adjunct : PEN
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Scented gift : LEI
38
Loser in a staring contest : FIRSTONETOBLINK
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Temper, as metal : ANNEAL
46
Vaccine target : POLIO
47
Acts as a middleman : RESELLS
49
Began : DAWNED
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Unfeeling nature ... or a literal hint to 19-, 31- and 38-Across : HEARTOFSTONE
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Lustrous black : RAVEN
59
"What ___?" : TODO
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Type choice: Abbr. : ITAL
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Apply : EXERT
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Not worth ___ : AFIG
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Equipment in chuck-a-luck : DICE
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Best of the early Beatles : PETE
65
Chop ___ : SUEY
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Tolkien's talking trees : ENTS
Down
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Suffix with land or sea : SCAPE
2
Setting for "La Traviata" : PARIS
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Inner tension : ANGST
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It's read to the unruly : RIOTACT
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Beach adjacent to Copacabana : IPANEMA
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The ___ Nugget, Alaska's oldest newspaper : NOME
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Sinn ___ : FEIN
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The end : OMEGA
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Historian William H. ___, author of "The Rise of the West" : MCNEILL
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Here, abroad : ICI
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Be lovey-dovey : COO
12
Philosopher Rand : AYN
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Secretary of state during the War of 1812 : MONROE
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Siouan speaker : OTOE
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Monopoly token : IRON
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"Rag Doll" singer, 1964 : VALLI
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Visitor from afar : ALIEN
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Kind of surgery for the eyes : LASIK
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Home of "Monday Night Football" : ESPN
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Soak : STEEP
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Without question : BYFAR
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Marie Antoinette, par exemple : REINE
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Gets : EARNS
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Hang ___ : ONTO
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"You pay attention!" : SEEHERE
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Factor in pageant judging : TALENT
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Stewpot : OLLA
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One who's late to adopt the latest : OLDFOGY
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Leaning : BIAS
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Beach maximizer : LOWTIDE
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Mex. misses : SRTAS
50
Away : NOTIN
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Pass : ENACT
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Strikes out : DELES
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Vegan's protein source : TOFU
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Cartoon canine : ODIE
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Agent, for short : REP
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Sturdy feller? : AXE
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A.S.P.C.A. worker : VET

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