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"SOUNDS LIKE IT'S COLD IN HERE"

New York Times, Sunday, November 9, 2008

Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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Paula Gamache

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 138, Blocks: 68 Missing: {JQV} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 35 for Ms. Gamache. Sunday freshness: 93%
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© 2008, The New York Times11/9/8 ( No. 21,551 )
Across
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18th-century Venetian fresco painter : TIEPOLO
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Gets with the times : ADAPTS
14
Pellet shooters : BBGUNS
20
It's lighter than air : AMMONIA
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Site of two ecumenical councils : NICAEA
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"Capeesh?" : YOUSEE
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Question to a paralegal? : WHERESTHEBRIEF
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___ Sea, west of New Zealand : TASMAN
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Type : SORT
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Hoods : THUGS
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Overhead shot : SMASH
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"Sugar Lips" trumpeter : HIRT
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What if, informally : SPOSE
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Figure in an Edmund Spenser poem : FAERIE
34
Inner: Prefix : ENTO
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Ancient name for Great Britain : ALBION
38
Red Sox franchise? : BRANDINBOSTON
41
Three-time Masters winner Nick : FALDO
42
Bogus : PSEUDO
44
Symbol on the back of a dollar bill : EYE
45
Warning sign outside of Br'er Rabbit's home? : BRIERBEWARE
47
Classic cowboy name : TEX
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Not on good terms (with) : INBAD
54
Pigeon : SAP
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Sire : BEGET
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Neighbor of Switz. : AUS
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London's ___ Square : SLOANE
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Brown shade : COCOA
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Affiance : BETROTH
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Imagine that : IDEA
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Useful advice for a ring referee? : KEEPYOUREYEONTHEBRAWL
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Botanical angle : AXIL
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Science of the ear : OTOLOGY
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___ Davis, first African-American to win a Heisman : ERNIE
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How-to : MANUAL
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It's more than a stretch : FIB
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CB radios, once : CRAZE
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Some batteries : AAS
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"Don't make ___!" : AMESS
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Juilliard deg. : MFA
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Clinician in the 'hood? : MEDICINEBRO
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Canadian prov. : PEI
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Knife : PIERCE
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Ancient Egyptian kingdom : NUBIA
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Silicone implant companies? : BREASTSELLERS
93
Man and ape : BIPEDS
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Start of some choice words? : EENY
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Parting words : ADIEUS
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Hoops Hall-of-Famer Thomas : ISIAH
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Brink : EDGE
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Low person on a staff : GOFER
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"Marshal of Cripple Creek," e.g. : OATER
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Sure target : ODOR
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Beloved of Pyramus : THISBE
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Matzo mover? : FLATBREADTRUCK
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Georgia's Lake ___, behind the Buford Dam : LANIER
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Underwater trap : EELPOT
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Connect with : TIEINTO
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Timeless, in verse : ETERNE
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One living month to month, say : LESSEE
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Weeks in Madrid : SEMANAS
Down
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Fancy shooting marbles : TAWS
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"If you ask me," in a chat room : IMHO
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Matter of life and death: Abbr. : EMER
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It's left on a ship : PORTSIDE
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I : ONE
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Boxer nicknamed "The Bear" : LISTON
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Promising words : OATHS
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Uncommon blood type, informally : ANEG
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Childish claim : DIBS
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Horizontal: Abbr. : ACR
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Chum : PAISANO
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Abounded : TEEMED
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Hunt overseas : SAFARI
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Incidentally : BYTHEBY
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Wrap around the neck : BOA
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Overdoes the accolades : GUSHES
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Philly money maker : USMINT
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Almost at : NEARTO
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Forwarded : SENTON
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Lemon or orange : HUE
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Vicks nasal decongestant : SINEX
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Hero of New Orleans : POORBOY
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Be outscored at the end : FADE
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Jet locales: Abbr. : AFBS
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Doctor Zhivago's love : LARA
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Sound on classic Pong : BLIP
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Rhythm : BEAT
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Play with machines : RUR
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French for 44-Across : OEIL
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Score the winning point in cribbage : PEGOUT
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Renounce : SWEAROFF
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"Chill!" : BECOOL
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Twist : TURN
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For initiates only : ESOTERIC
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Bête ___ : NOIRE
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___ Bing! (go-go bar on "The Sopranos") : BADA
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Over : ANEW
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Exclamation with a handshake : DEAL
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"This is not ___" (warning label) : ATOY
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"The Lion King" character voiced by Whoopi Goldberg : SHENZI
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Slightly above average : CPLUS
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Invitation stipulation : BYOB
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Brain scan letters : EEG
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Homeland of Orpheus : THRACE
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___ Sutra : KAMA
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Bar ___ : EXAM
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Die Zeit article : EINE
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"Essays of ___" : ELIA
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Periods between Winter and Summer Olympics : BIENNIA
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Egyptian symbols of royalty : ASPS
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U.S.N. officers : CDRS
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French cleric : ABBE
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Duller than dull : ARID
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With the intent : SOAS
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Botch : MISDO
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Architect ___ van der Rohe : MIES
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Musket end? : EER
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Bliss : EUPHORIA
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Stand for things : ETAGERE
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Lice and mice, e.g. : PLURALS
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Automotive comeback of 1998 : BEETLE
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Cardinal's topper : REDHAT
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Power source : ENGINE
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Cry with a salute : AYESIR
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French engineer Gustave : EIFFEL
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Sobieski who played Joan of Arc : LEELEE
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Duffer's accomplishment : BIRDIE
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Suffix with social : ITE
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Butt abutters : SEATS
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Wind in a pit : OBOE
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Uffizi Gallery hanging : ARTE
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Singing partner of Brooks : DUNN
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Numerical prefix : OCTA
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Old theaters once owned by Howard Hughes : RKOS
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Jerry's partner : BEN
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Festoons with Charmin, informally : TPS
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Pro ___ : TEM

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8 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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