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PUT IT TOGETHER

New York Times, Sunday, December 4, 2005

Author:
Eric Berlin and Craig Kasper
Editor:
Will Shortz
129-Down : Gloomy atmosphere
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
436/23/200211/29/20203
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1413521521
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
361.5223969%
Eric Berlin
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1612/5/199710/21/20075
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43012321
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
211.5810758%
Craig Kasper

This puzzle:

Rows: 23, Columns: 23 Words: 170, Blocks: 100 Missing: {Q} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Berlin. This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Kasper. Sunday freshness: 8%
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© 2005, The New York Times12/4/5 ( No. 20,480 )
Across
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Diner option : BOOTH
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Rice University mascot : OWL
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Place to perform : VENUE
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Top of the line : SUPERB
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Certain scholar : RABBI
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Top of a clock dial : XII
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Puts into action : EXERTS
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Nobelist Sakharov : ANDREI
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First-stringers : ATEAM
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Football amts. : YDS
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Mrs. John Quincy Adams : LOUISA
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Do worse than : LOSETO
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Solidify : GEL
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"Now ___ it!" : IGET
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Monopoly quartet: Abbr. : RRS
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Tire holders : RIMS
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Sellers's foil, in the "Pink Panther" movies : LOM
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Give life to : ANIMATE
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1966 film western set in Texas : WACO
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Cassio's rival : IAGO
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Ripped : TORE
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143A + 144A : CHINACABINETCONTENTS
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Grp. with eligibility requirements : NCAA
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Certain supports : IBARS
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Unloading site : PIER
51
Fast-moving piano piece : RAG
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Completely : ALL
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Old video game inits. : NES
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Channels: Abbr. : STNS
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Many of the Marshall Islands : ATOLLS
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"Follow me" : DOASIDO
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Slowly : ADAGIO
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Sixth-grader, usually : PRETEEN
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Craggy peak : TOR
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Amtrak train : ACELA
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Called across the field : MOOED
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You might shake on it : DEAL
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Percolate : SEEP
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Tricky billiards shot : MASSE
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"L'Arlésienne" composer : BIZET
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"The One I Love" group : REM
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Stadium parking lot habitué : SCALPER
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Some French wines, informally : RHONES
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Bests at the dinner table : OUTEATS
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Caught a glance of : ESPIED
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"Take one" : HERE
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Where a water mint grows : FEN
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Sound of support : RAH
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Sounds of satisfaction : AHS
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Rank above viscount : EARL
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Classic theater : ODEON
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Percolate : OOZE
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___ Point Lighthouse, on Buzzards Bay : NEDS
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Abbé de l'___, sign language pioneer : EPEE
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Instruction to an equestrian : TROT
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Séance holders : MYSTICS
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Mad. ___ : AVE
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Moonshine mix : MASH
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Buddy : MAC
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Acronym since 1960 : OPEC
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Lake Okeechobee's state: Abbr. : FLA
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Bought out the store, say : BINGED
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Eyepiece : OCULAR
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Rattle : JAR
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Lift : STEAL
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Withstand : ENDURE
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Gary of "CSI: NY" : SINISE
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Louisville museum subject : ALI
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Outpouring from ducts : TEARS
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Movie preview : TEASER
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Bad habits : VICES
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"___ bite!" : ILL
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Hood's place : PARKA
Down
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Actress Sonia : BRAGA
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Like granola : OATEN
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Symbols marking spurious passages in old manuscripts : OBELI
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Not yet decided: Abbr. : TBA
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Half of an everyday duo : HIM
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About 21% of the atmosphere : OXYGEN
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Off, as a pitch : WIDE
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It's just one thing after another : LIST
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M.p.h. : VEL
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Head-turning experience? : EXORCISM
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Synapse neighbor : NEURON
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"Trinity" author : URIS
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Some characters in "The X Files," for short : ETS
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Gravlax base : SALMON
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Spanish ones : UNOS
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A.P.B. broadcasters : PDS
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By and by : ERELONG
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Many a zinger : RETORT
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Ecological units : BIOMES
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Crusaders' enemies : SARACENS
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"Lord, is ___?" : ITI
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Stravinsky and others : IGORS
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Future doc's exam : MCAT
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Queequeg's captain : AHAB
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Crib cry : WAAH
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"East of Eden" woman : ABRA
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Suffix with exped- : ITION
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Old White House scandal : TEAPOTDOME
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Has a temperature, say : AILS
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Toronto media inits. : CBC
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Perfectly illustrate : EPITOMIZE
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Played out : TRITE
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Court plea, for short : NOLO
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Carbonated choice : COLA
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Rage : FAD
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Perseus' wife, in myth : ANDROMEDA
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Writer Rosten : LEO
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Pressure unit: Abbr. : PSI
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Achieved through great effort : HARDWRUNG
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What a rake may do : LEER
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Little hole, maybe : LEAK
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NBC offering, in brief : SNL
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They turn at busy intersections : STOPLIGHTS
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Super ending? : IOR
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German cries : ACHS
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Postponements : DEFERRALS
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Taking after : ALA
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"___ Talks" (1984 movie) : GARBO
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Capital of Poland : PEE
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Ashcroft and Reno, e.g.: Abbr. : AGS
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Snake eyes : ONES
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Mich. neighbor : ONT
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P.I.'s : TECS
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Pile : HEAP
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Former Mideast inits. : UAR
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German article : EIN
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Even so : YET
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Burlington-to-Brattleboro dir. : SSE
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Inherently : PERSE
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5-Down's partner : HER
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Ref. staple : OED
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London Bridge's home now: Abbr. : ARIZ
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Poet laureate of 1700 : TATE
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Short : SHY
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Junkings : HEAVEHOS
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High nest: Var. : EYRIE
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Helvetica is one : FONT
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Number twos : VEEPS
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Entrance frame : DOORCASE
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"___ idea!" : IDNO
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Straight, or straightened : NEAT
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Slip on : DON
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Long periods : EONS
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Checked item : COAT
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Extras : ADDENDA
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For money : ONABET
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Ted of "Monk" : LEVINE
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Column one story : LEADER
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Leaning to the right : ITALIC
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Food Network name : EMERIL
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Home of Times Sq. and Columbus Cir. : NYC
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"Alas ..." : IFEAR
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University in Worcester, Mass. : CLARK
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Lively dance : SALSA
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Insignificant : MERE
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Tax-free bond, briefly : MUNI
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City east of Santa Barbara : OJAI
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Gloomy atmosphere : PALL
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Gloomy guy : GUS
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Kind of engr. : CIV
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___ gestae : RES
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Racing car product : STP
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Sri Lanka export : TEA

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

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