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New York Times, Thursday, December 6, 2007

Author:
Joe Krozel
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Down : Center of power
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Joe Krozel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Krozel. Thursday freshness: 11%
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© 2007, The New York Times12/6/7 ( No. 21,212 )
Across
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Exorcism, e.g. : RITE
5
Certain aerophone : OBOE
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Circle : ORBIT
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Like some histories : ORAL
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Addition : WING
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Toots : BEEPS
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Scolding : TALKINGTO
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Chevy offering : TAHOE
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Cry from Santa : ONCOMETONCUPID
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Debate side : PRO
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A.A.A. part: Abbr. : ASSN
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You can hear it coming and going : ALOHA
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Father : PADRE
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Paris's Palais ___ Congrès : DES
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Renounce allegiance : REVOLT
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Scala of "The Guns of Navarone" : GIA
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How experts work : ABLY
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Sporadic : ONAGAINOFFAGAIN
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Wire measures : MILS
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Not long or short: Abbr. : REG
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Extremely : EVERSO
44
"Is that ___?" : ANO
45
Bordeaux variety : MEDOC
47
Longtime Mideast leader : ASSAD
48
Shot, informally : FOTO
50
Verb in a question from Juliet : ART
52
Some theater : OFFOFFBROADWAY
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Discharges : EMITS
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Not allowing for compromise : ALLORNONE
61
Duel measures : PACES
62
Corner : NOOK
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___ Wintour, real-life editor on whom "The Devil Wears Prada" is based : ANNA
64
War locale, broadly : ARENA
65
Company leaders: Abbr. : SGTS
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Hubbub : STIR
Down
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Old newspaper section : ROTO
2
It's about 200 miles south of Georgia : IRAN
3
Anti-rash agent : TALC
4
Nevada city : ELKO
5
Insurance seeker, frequently : OWNER
6
Circus : BIGTOP
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Come ___ (proposition) : ONTO
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Austrian painter Schiele : EGON
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Dense : OBTUSE
10
Hauls in : REAPS
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Locked up : BEHINDBARS
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Product with earbuds : IPOD
13
Literary monogram : TSE
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Classic Chevy offering : IMPALA
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Wine order : CARAFE
24
Pipe tobacco has it : AROMA
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"What Is to Be Done?" pamphleteer, 1901 : LENIN
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Center of power : OVALOFFICE
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University of Arkansas team, informally : HOGS
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Disco-era suffix : AGOGO
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"What's the ___?" : DIF
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"I Still See ___" ("Paint Your Wagon" song) : ELISA
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Ecclesiastical council : SYNOD
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Grow impatient with : TIREOF
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All-___ (G-rated) : AGES
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Nancy Drew's guy : NED
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Personification : AVATAR
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Greek peak : MTOSSA
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Place to start a test-drive : CARLOT
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Quite a bit : OFTEN
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Chisels : ROOKS
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Title poet in a 1957 biopic : OMAR
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Ballpark figures : FANS
54
Modern writing : BLOG
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Genetic strands : DNAS
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Custom : WONT
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MCI and others : ANNI
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One of 57-Down, in English : YEAR
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Govt. org. with a flower in its logo : EPA

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