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New York Times, Sunday, April 18, 2004

Author:
Richard Chisholm
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 82 Missing: {JQ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Chisholm. Sunday freshness: 3%
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© 2004, The New York Times4/18/4 ( No. 19,885 )
Across
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Wedding staple : BAND
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New Test. book : HEB
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Relay team member : ANCHOR
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Like some orders : TOGO
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Cool : ALOOF
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Suffix with pay : OLA
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Hold fast : COHERE
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Footnote abbr. : IBID
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Master violinist? : LORDOFTHESTRINGS
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First-place : GOLD
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Throw into confusion : DEMORALIZE
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Increases, with "up" : RATCHETS
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"Don't give up!" : TRY
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Newspaper income source : ADS
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Lifeless : INERT
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Doing battle : ATWAR
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Ireland's patron saint in a tizzy? : PATRICKSTEWING
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Hindu deity : SHIVA
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Sandra of "Gidget" : DEE
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___ rule : ASA
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Irish poet Seamus ___, 1995 Literature Nobelist : HEANEY
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Long-term sewing project? : SEVENYEARSTITCH
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___ John : DEAR
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Equal : ARE
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Actress Davis of the "Matrix" movies : ESSIE
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It's found in stacks : SOOT
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Hamas competitor, for short : PLO
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Health care supplement for seniors : MEDIGAP
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Gets rid of : AXES
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Subject of evolutionary study : PRIMATE
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Where a toddler sets a drink? : STROLLERCOASTER
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Thaw : DETENTE
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Penn of "Mystic River" : SEAN
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Bob of the comedy team Bob and Ray : ELLIOTT
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Mercury or Saturn : CAR
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Offenses : SINS
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Kind of game : BLAME
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Realm of Otto I: Abbr. : HRE
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Some Red Cross work: Abbr. : EVAC
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Do a cowboy's job? : CATCHSOMESTRAYS
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Some gallery offerings : LITHOS
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Cadge : BUM
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Department of eastern France : AIN
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Swashbuckler Flynn : ERROL
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Like a person who has fallen off a diet? : STOUTWARDBOUND
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Battle locale : ARENA
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Iota : TRACE
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R.I. clock setting : EST
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Fed. fiscal agency : OMB
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Runners' goals : ENDZONES
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Reasons for excommunication : APOSTASIES
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Slime : GOOP
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Order from an old English outlaw to his cohorts? : STALLTHEKINGSMEN
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Ocean danger : ORCA
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Soprano Farrell : EILEEN
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Weigh (on) : LIE
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Attendance counter : STILE
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Badge holder : SASH
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Gets 100 on a test : ACESIT
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Always, to a poet : EER
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Ocular problem : STYE
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Lacking cover? : BALD
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Desert plant : ALOE
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Standard : NORM
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Dummy : DODO
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How angry words are spoken : HOTLY
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Like some textbook publ. : ELHI
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"Diamonds and Rust" singer, 1975 : BAEZ
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"___ now!" : ACT
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Neither's partner : NOR
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A.L. and N.L. city: Abbr. : CHI
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Dramatist Ibsen : HENRIK
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Some are vital : ORGANS
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"... for anger ___ in the bosom of fools": Eccl. 7:9 : RESTETH
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Not a big spender : TIGHTWAD
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Woodwind : OBOE
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___-edged : GILT
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Las Vegas figures : ODDS
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Early programming language : FORTRAN
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___ cry : FAR
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Something to run for : SEAT
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Canadian tribe : CREE
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"Phooey!" : DRAT
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Assent in Acapulco : SISI
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It's just south of the Himalayas : ASSAM
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"___ you are!" : THERE
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Took a bride : WIVED
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Bygone greeting : AVE
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Stew ingredients : PEAS
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Wave catcher : AERIAL
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Noted Broadway debut of 10/7/82 : CATS
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Klutzy : INEPT
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Author Zora ___ Hurston : NEALE
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Greek sandwich : GYRO
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Tyrannical : DESPOTIC
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Longs (for) : YEARNS
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Sides in an age-old "battle" : SEXES
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Place where you're advised "Don't fall in love," in song : COPA
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Noted foursome : HORSEMEN
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Boxers seek them : TITLES
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Doer's suffix : IST
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Pioneer cell phone co. : GTE
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Ode preposition : ERE
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Union foes : SCABS
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Ott of the Polo Grounds : MEL
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John-John's stepdad : ARI
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2,700-mile-long Russian river : LENA
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Borrowed : ONLOAN
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Lifeboat support : DAVIT
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Muse of poetry : ERATO
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Midwest hub : OHARE
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Check for fit : TRYON
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Electrical pioneer : TESLA
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Disney output : CELS
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Naut. direction : STBD
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Surrounded by : AMID
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Impudence : CHUTZPAH
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It has six sides : CUBE
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Med. plan options : HMOS
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Leaf holders : TEABAGS
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Education basics, briefly : RRR
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Another, in Madrid : OTRO
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Dylan Thomas's birthplace, in Wales : SWANSEA
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___ acid : ACETIC
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Used car transaction : RESALE
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It has six sides : UTAH
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Willow : OSIER
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Atlas abbr. : MTN
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They're big on Wall Street : EGOS
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"A Doll's House" heroine : NORA
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Life savers : DOCS
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Famous kicker : PELE
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"The Grapes of Wrath" figure : OKIE
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Former Concorde fleet : SSTS
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Not genuine: Abbr. : IMIT
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Slimy : EELY
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Bygone blade : SNEE
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Guitarist Paul : LES
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"South Pacific" prop : LEI
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It does a bang-up job : TNT

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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