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New York Times, Saturday, April 2, 2005

Author:
Byron Walden
Editor:
Will Shortz
6-Down : The odds are against them
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Byron Walden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 29 Missing: {JQW} This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. Walden. Saturday freshness: 96%
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© 2005, The New York Times4/2/5 ( No. 20,234 )
Across
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Computer programs that sequence print jobs : SPOOLERS
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Give, as a topic for discussion, in newscaster lingo : TOSSTO
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Part of the 1964 Civil Rights Act concerned with employment discrimination : TITLEVII
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Crackerjack : SUPERB
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Foreign instigators? : ANTIGENS
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Ballet stars, familiarly : PRIMAS
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Dumpster-dives : SCAVENGES
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Store opening time : NINE
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Retreats : HAVENS
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School org. : NEA
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It may be high on weekends : MASS
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Spar : YARD
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Stands : SOAPBOXES
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Planes provide it : AIRSERVICE
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Foisting (off) : FOBBING
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Record producers : ARRESTS
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Without fail : UNERRINGLY
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Eliminates funding for : ZEROESOUT
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Shyness? : LACK
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"Thérèse Raquin" novelist : ZOLA
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Lizard, old-style : EFT
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Shooter : CAMERA
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Friend of Guinevere, in "The Idylls of the King" : ENID
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Blueprint : FLOORPLAN
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Foiled : DONEIN
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Completely covering : ENCASING
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Noted Paris-based org. : UNESCO
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Jerks : SCHMUCKS
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Having more sauce : PERTER
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Doesn't get hung up on : SEESPAST
Down
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Store that's hard to find : STASH
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Laffit ___ Jr., thoroughbred racing's winningest jockey : PINCAY
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In music, a full interval higher or lower than written : OTTAVA
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Fat guy in shorts : OLIVER
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Map part : LEGEND
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The odds are against them : EVENS
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Sumo venue : RING
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Assent of the Andes : SISENOR
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Equal amt. : TSP
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"___ Love" (Tommy Dorsey #1 hit) : OUR
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Balletic basketball maneuver : SPINMOVE
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One of a pair in an ellipse : SEMIAXIS
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Cut across : TRANSECT
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Gets hung up : OBSESSES
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Evaporation product : SEASALT
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Little talent? : APERY
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"Good night, Chet," "Good night, David," e.g. : SIGNOFF
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Winter cry : BRR
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Pastis flavor : ANISE
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Blurred : FUZZEDUP
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Tête-à-tête : ONEONONE
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Inventor of the gramophone : BERLINER
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In the ___ sense : BROADEST
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Feeling of frustration : IRE
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Yellow : GUTLESS
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N.F.L. team that featured the Fearsome Foursome : LARAMS
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Intensifies, in slang : AMPSUP
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Popular car model starting 1971 : CELICA
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"Christmas With the ___" (2004 film) : KRANKS
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Car, in Caracas : COCHE
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Unsettledness : ANGST
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Years back : ONCE
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Something found in a sheet : ICE
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Scand. land : NOR

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 7 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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