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New York Times, Monday, April 15, 2013

Author:
Gayle Dean
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
37-Down : Halley's ___
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Gayle Dean

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 32 Missing: {BFJQXY} This is puzzle # 34 for Ms. Dean. Monday freshness: 67%
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© 2013, The New York Times4/15/13 ( No. 23,169 )
Across
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Scored 100 on, as a test : ACED
5
Women's room in a Turkish palace : HAREM
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Circle parts : ARCS
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Model's stance : POSE
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___ Oyl : OLIVE
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Circle : LOOP
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"___ upon a time ..." : ONCE
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Giant : TITAN
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Put on cargo : LADE
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Excessive sentimentality : SCHMALTZ
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Kind of bomb since the 1940s : ATOMIC
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Golf bag item : TEE
25
Hall & Oates, e.g. : DUO
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Comedian's gimmick : SCHTICK
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Good guys in westerns, usually : LAWMEN
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Jury member : PEER
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Nada : NIL
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"Anything ___?" (waiter's query) : ELSE
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Astronomer Sagan : CARL
34
Bird on U.S. money : EAGLE
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Habitual bungler : SCHLEMIEL
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State whose panhandle touches Canada : IDAHO
42
Eye drop? : TEAR
43
Coatrack projections : PEGS
47
Beatty of "Deliverance" : NED
48
Nasty : MEAN
50
Provide coverage for through Prudential, say : INSURE
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Bagel spread : SCHMEAR
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Solid ___ rock : ASA
55
Fond du ___, Wis. : LAC
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Folds in clothing : PLEATS
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Chat idly : SCHMOOZE
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Merit : EARN
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Moral climate : ETHOS
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Long in the tooth : AGED
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Hudson Bay native : CREE
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France's longest river : LOIRE
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Goodyear or BFGoodrich product : TIRE
66
Class struggle? : TEST
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Medicinal plant : SENNA
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Smart talk : SASS
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Last Supper attendee : APOSTLE
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Hide : CONCEAL
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Shuns : ESCHEWS
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Consider : DEEM
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It's served steaming in a school cafeteria : HOTLUNCH
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Justice Samuel : ALITO
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Big name in hotels or crackers : RITZ
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Little ___, who did the Loco-Motion : EVA
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Dennis, to Mr. Wilson : MENACE
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Apportion : ALLOT
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Like some cell phone charges : ROAMING
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Will add-on : CODICIL
13
Colored spot : SPECKLE
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Commercial suffix with Gator : ADE
23
What makes a crowd, in a saying : THREE
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Alabama march city : SELMA
28
Net fabric : MESH
29
Fuss over feathers : PREEN
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End of a bridal path : ALTAR
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Liechtenstein's locale : ALPS
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Halley's ___ : COMET
38
Body of water east of Dublin : IRISHSEA
39
Go over with a fine-toothed comb : INSPECT
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State emphatically : DECLARE
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Sticks (to) : ADHERES
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Laudatory tributes upon someone's passing : EULOGIA
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Sheep, at pasture : GRAZERS
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Leaves the union : SECEDES
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Stands in the studio? : EASELS
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"Apocalypse Now" setting, informally : NAM
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French artist who painted "The Absinthe Drinker" : MANET
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Nut with a cap : ACORN
57
Ankle-knee connector : SHIN
58
Feedbag bits : OATS
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Bathwater tester : TOE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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