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New York Times, Thursday, December 11, 2003

Author:
Ed Early
Editor:
Will Shortz
47-Down : "Borstal Boy" autobiographer
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
557/7/19947/14/20081
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1917117442
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5419532%
Ed Early

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 32 for Mr. Early. Thursday freshness: 58%
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© 2003, The New York Times12/11/3 ( No. 19,756 )
Across
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Dashed : TORE
5
Religious community : PARISH
11
Flap : ADO
14
Film director Reitman : IVAN
15
Once did : USEDTO
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Impose : PUT
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Part of an old sock, maybe : MEND
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Start of a quote by John Lennon : LIFEISWHAT
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Work unit : ERG
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Heart of Dixie: Abbr. : ALA
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French rococo painter Watteau : ANTOINE
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"Get it?" : SEE
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Novelist Jaffe : RONA
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Bridge support : GIRDER
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Quote, part 2 : HAPPENSWHILE
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Site of Greek excavations : AGORA
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Moola : KALE
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Thus : SIC
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Depend : RELY
36
Hall of Fame sportscaster Curt : GOWDY
38
Dull-witted one : DODO
39
"But I heard him exclaim, ___ he ..." : ERE
40
Kelly of "Live With Regis and Kelly" : RIPA
41
Any port in a storm : HAVEN
42
Quote, part 3 : YOUAREMAKING
45
Raise in relief : EMBOSS
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Honored guest's site : DAIS
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Ike's command in W.W. II : ETO
50
Son of Polonius : LAERTES
52
Alphabet trio : RST
53
Tammy Wynette hit "___ I Get It Right" : TIL
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End of the quote : OTHERPLANS
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Hoof it : HIKE
57
Kind of patch : PEA
58
Orbital point : APOGEE
59
Israeli weapons : UZIS
60
Long time : EON
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Outcasts : LEPERS
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Parcel : METE
Down
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Vacation purchase : TIMESHARE
2
Rarin' to go : OVEREAGER
3
Surveyor's rod : RANGEPOLE
4
One may be dead : END
5
Fisherman's boot, e.g. : PULLON
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They occupy 30% of the earth's land : ASIANS
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Ring figure, familiarly : REF
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It has a germ : IDEA
9
In a closefisted manner : STINGILY
10
Fighting : HOSTILE
11
Greenfly, for one : APHID
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Rock pioneer ___ Eddy : DUANE
13
Musk secreter : OTTER
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Disappeared, with "off" : WORE
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Field : AREA
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Lubberly : AWKWARD
28
Peep : PRY
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Was down with : HAD
32
Convert to Stalinism : SOVIETIZE
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It makes faces : IDENTIKIT
34
Brazzaville residents : CONGOLESE
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Garibaldi, the Liberator of Italy : GIUSEPPE
37
W.W. II ration board agcy. : OPA
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U.S. terr., 1861-89 : DAK
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Of a speaker's platform : ROSTRAL
41
Biblical verb with "thou" : HAST
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Days of ___ : YORE
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Employee : EARNER
44
Department store department : MISSES
45
Run away : ELOPE
46
San ___ : MATEO
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"Borstal Boy" autobiographer : BEHAN
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Spill : SLOP
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Long time : AGE
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Be busy : HUM

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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