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New York Times, Saturday, December 3, 2005

Author:
Dana Motley
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Down : Light-colored
TotalDebutLatest
311/30/19978/16/2013
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20001721
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5314867%
Dana Motley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {JKQXZ} This is puzzle # 26 for Ms. Motley. Saturday freshness: 26%
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© 2005, The New York Times12/3/5 ( No. 20,479 )
Across
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Sinclair Lewis's ___ Timberlane : CASS
5
Bad tads : IMPS
9
Forest issue : FAWNS
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"___ Hora" (Ezra Pound poem) : ERAT
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"Dutch Interior" painter : MIRO
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Dull type : IDIOT
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Wealthy, as a dueña : RICA
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Lies, perhaps : PROPAGANDA
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Sports affiliate : FARMTEAM
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Ham : MUGGER
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Kind of column : OPED
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The Arc feeds it : ISERE
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Region between the Vosges and the Rhine : ALSACE
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Career pitcher : SALESREP
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Lixiviate : LEACH
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One bottled up : GENIE
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TV debut of 1972 : HBO
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Red distributor, say : VINTNER
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Grocery store suppliers : DAIRIES
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Abbr. in the Yellow Pages : INC
40
Composition of some towers : IVORY
42
Kind : GENRE
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High-tech company with a landmark 1995 I.P.O. : NETSCAPE
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Some are fit for a king : SHEETS
46
Walked from one bank to another : WADED
47
Balance providers : ATMS
48
Steamed dish : TAMALE
51
Certain doo-wopper : FALSETTO
55
Norton Anthology focus, for short : ENGLISHLIT
57
Outback critters : ROOS
58
Fen resident : EGRET
59
"Suddenly, as ___ things will, it vanished": E. B. Browning : RARE
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White-bearded Africans : GNUS
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Hard to settle : MESSY
62
Hungarian city near Miskolc : EGER
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Innovative furniture designer Aarnio : EERO
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Old "What's My Line?" panelist : CERF
2
Cantatrice's offering : ARIA
3
Beyond criticism : SACROSANCT
4
Quickly repealed statute : STAMPACT
5
Block : IMPEDE
6
Red giant in Cetus : MIRA
7
Indication of future success : PROMISE
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Conciliatory gesture : SOP
9
Graceful loops : FIGUREEIGHTS
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Gnomes : ADAGES
11
Prayer partner? : WING
12
Orbital point : NODE
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Play a big part : STAR
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1751 Henry Fielding novel : AMELIA
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Specialist's point : TECHNICALITY
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Light-colored : SANDY
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Sgt. York : ALVIN
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Hanover's river : LEINE
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Cheap substitute, of sorts : RHINESTONE
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1975 Pulitzer-winning critic : EBERT
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Puts forward : POSES
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Get a feel for things? : GROPE
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Shakes : EVADES
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Make a comeback : REEMERGE
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Mark for a particular purpose : REDFLAG
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Moist lowlands : SWALES
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One who might get a pinch : SALTER
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Be prolific : TEEM
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Parisian protector : ANGE
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Some hirers: Abbr. : MGRS
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Ending with some very large numbers : AIRE
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Museum offering : TOUR
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Benito's bone : OSSO
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Its spiritual head was the pope: Abbr. : HRE

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

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