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New York Times, Friday, March 17, 2006

Author:
John Farmer
Editor:
Will Shortz
11-Down : Desert rats
TotalDebutLatest
331/25/20061/29/2015
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21361083
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
271.6417668%
John Farmer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 28 Missing: {FQXYZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Farmer. Friday freshness: 59%
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© 2006, The New York Times3/17/6 ( No. 20,583 )
Across
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Modern investor's option : ETRADE
7
Potluck supper offering : LASAGNA
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Where some bank deposits are made : SHORES
15
Talkative one : PARAKEET
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Part of a frame : TRUMPEDUPCHARGE
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Deride : HITAT
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Ranger that cost about $2,500 : EDSEL
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___-Saint-Laurent (Quebec region) : BAS
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Fair : EVENHANDED
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Gold medalist in Sarajevo and Calgary : WITT
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Actress Polo of "Meet the Fockers" : TERI
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Not sharp : MILD
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A pair apart? : POLES
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Co. founded by H. Ross Perot in 1962 : EDS
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Ask : POSE
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Something ventured : GUESS
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Calvins, e.g. : BLUEJEANS
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Nosy Parker : PRIER
34
Hall-of-famers Bill Klem and Nestor Chylak, e.g. : UMPS
35
"___-Ami" (Guy de Maupassant novel) : BEL
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Milan-based fashion house : PRADA
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She's a plus : EMME
40
French writer François ___ de Chateaubriand : RENE
41
Ring side : ROPE
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Capricious conceits : PIPEDREAMS
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Gray shade : ASH
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Privy fixture : BIDET
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"Cómo ___?" : ESTAS
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Sparing no expense : WHATEVERTHECOST
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Flawless diamond display? : NOERRORS
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"Hooray for the red, white, and blue!" : USAUSA
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They may give players a stiff arm : SPLINTS
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Thrifty customer? : RENTER
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Museumgoer, e.g. : ESTHETE
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Shined : THRIVED
3
Network devices : ROUTERS
4
Emporio ___ : ARMANI
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Bathysphere reading : DEPTH
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San Jose-to-Fresno dir. : ESE
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No longer practicing : LAPSED
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Bowed : ARCED
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Montreal-born comic who wrote jokes for J.F.K. : SAHL
10
Booking letters : AKA
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Desert rats : GERBILS
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Disestablishes : NEGATES
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Big news in the 40's and 50's : ATESTS
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Short-hop specialists : PUDDLEJUMPERS
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"Room 222" actress Nicholas : DENISE
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Cause for an assignation : AMOUR
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Griper's litany : WOES
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Groaners : PUNS
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Many a prayer : PLEA
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Couldn't hide one's astonishment : GAPED
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Wait : BIDE
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Daniel Decatur ___, composer of "Dixie" : EMMETT
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It supplies drivers : PROSHOP
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Renaissance man : RAPHAEL
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Edge : BEATOUT
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As one : ENMASSE
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Pitch from Carlton or Merit : LESSTAR
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Cioppino ingredients : PRAWNS
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You can get down from them : EIDERS
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Do a price check on : RESCAN
42
Basketball maneuver : PIVOT
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Baseball's Little Colonel : REESE
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Capital founded in 1191 : BERN
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Prefix with state : TRI
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Judah's house in a Lew Wallace novel : HUR

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3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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