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New York Times, Tuesday, March 15, 2005

Author:
Gail Grabowski
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Down : New Mexico's state flower
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Gail Grabowski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 6 for Ms. Grabowski. Tuesday freshness: 21%
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© 2005, The New York Times3/15/5 ( No. 20,216 )
Across
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Frisks, with "down" : PATS
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Muhammad's birthplace : MECCA
10
Elisabeth of "Leaving Las Vegas" : SHUE
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Ranch unit : ACRE
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Pong maker : ATARI
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Hoopster Malone : KARL
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"All I Wanna Do" singer, 1994 : SHERYLCROW
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Toledo's lake : ERIE
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Pekoe server : TEAPOT
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Luggage attachment : NAMETAG
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Threw in : ADDED
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French article : UNE
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Like woolen underwear? : ITCHY
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Salsa scooper-uppers : NACHOS
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Sun. delivery : SER
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Yeats or Keats : POET
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Boys' or girls' room, in London : LOO
34
Attack by plane : STRAFE
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Cleansed (of) : RID
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First U.S. chief justice : JOHNJAY
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Hide-hair link : NOR
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No longer in style : OLDHAT
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Press for payment : DUN
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Palm reader, e.g. : SEER
45
Hither's partner : YON
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Rigid bracelet : BANGLE
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Bill of fare : CARTE
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Needle hole : EYE
51
Gut course : EASYA
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All riled up : INASTIR
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Rich's partner : FAMOUS
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Say "Uncle!" : GIVE
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"Network" star : PETERFINCH
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On the ocean : ASEA
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No longer in style : STALE
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Add kick to : LACE
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Flat rate? : RENT
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Late actor Davis : OSSIE
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Chapters of history : ERAS
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Orzo, e.g. : PASTA
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Had a yen : ACHED
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Radial pattern : TREAD
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Eve's tempter : SERPENT
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Fountain offering : MALT
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Catchall abbr. : ETC
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Cougar or Lynx : CAR
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Hags : CRONES
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Sony competitor : AIWA
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Summer pest, informally : SKEETER
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"The Bridge" poet : HARTCRANE
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Dickens's ___ Heep : URIAH
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Mournful poem : ELEGY
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Luke Skywalker's mentor : YODA
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Like the air around Niagara Falls : MISTY
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"Looks like trouble!" : UHOH
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Lunchtime, for many : NOONDAY
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Congealment : CLOT
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Country club figure : PRO
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Mideast export : OIL
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Singer with the 1988 #1 country hit "I'm Gonna Get You" : EDDYRAVEN
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Acted the fink : SANG
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Antagonist : FOE
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Flub : ERR
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Leigh of "Psycho" : JANET
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Month for many Geminis : JUNE
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Difficult spot : HOTSEAT
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Mariner's measure : SEAMILE
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Guardian Angels toppers : BERETS
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Table extension : LEAF
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New dad's handout : CIGAR
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Biscotti flavoring : ANISE
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Salvage ship's equipment : SONAR
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New Mexico's state flower : YUCCA
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Cookout leftovers? : ASHES
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___ facto : IPSO
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For the asking : FREE
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Profs' helpers : TAS
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Yalie : ELI

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1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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