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New York Times, Friday, April 28, 2006

Author:
Eric Berlin
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Down : Take off a spindle
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
436/23/200211/29/20203
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1413521521
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
361.5223969%
Eric Berlin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 29 Missing: {GQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 25 for Mr. Berlin. Friday freshness: 68%
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© 2006, The New York Times4/28/6 ( No. 20,625 )
Across
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Goons : APES
5
"Star Wars" villain, for short : JABBA
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Not solid : IFFY
14
"Shoot!" : DRAT
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Others, abroad : OTROS
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Senate majority leader, 1985-87 : DOLE
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Animated friend of the monkey Boots : DORATHEEXPLORER
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It's not standard : OPTION
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Some are natural : SCIENCES
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1940's-60's world leader : NEHRU
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Mollify : PLACATE
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Underhanded : SLY
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Send over : REAIR
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A toast : SKOAL
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Find one's place : FITIN
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Supergroup of the 1980's : MENUDO
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Corrupted : DEBASED
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Egyptian architect credited with building the Step Pyramid at Saqqara : IMHOTEP
36
Puts on a pedestal : EXALTS
37
Give money to : ENDOW
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"Hits the spot" sloganeer, once : PEPSI
39
Up to : UNTIL
40
One of the Beverly Hillbillies : JED
43
Some farmers : TENANTS
45
Caterpillar competitor : DEERE
47
Battle of Britain fighter : SPITFIRE
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Builder's need, often : PERMIT
50
Division of many a company : CUSTOMERSERVICE
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Vision: Prefix : OPTO
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Get ready to drive : TEEUP
54
Apple variety : IMAC
55
Weak one : WUSS
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Blast from the past : OLDIE
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Boss Tweed skewerer : NAST
Down
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They're not standard : ADDONS
2
Move forward : PROPEL
3
Unrefined : EARTHY
4
Part of a flight : STAIR
5
New Testament figure : JOHN
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Took in : ATE
7
Best-selling author of "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight" : BRESLIN
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It's in for the long haul : BOXCAR
9
Food garnish : ASPIC
10
"Beats me" : IDONTKNOW
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Evict : FORCEOUT
12
Skip : FLEE
13
Informal possessive : YERS
18
Sign inside a state line : TOURISTINFO
19
Renter : LEASEHOLDER
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Stamp with a date : PAID
26
Are, in Arles : ETES
28
Drink with a straw, maybe : ADE
29
Cut : LOP
30
High parts : FALSETTOS
31
Mid-millennium year : MMDI
32
Passbook abbr. : DEP
33
Windows file extension : EXE
34
5-Down and others : BAPTISTS
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Dramatic football plays: Abbr. : INTS
37
Popped in : ENTERED
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Take off a spindle : UNREEL
40
Aunt ___ : JEMIMA
41
Heathers : ERICAS
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Sense : DETECT
44
"We ___ please" : AIMTO
46
Senator of Watergate fame : ERVIN
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It's got a flat bottom : SCOW
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Kind of platter : PUPU
49
Nickname for José : PEPE
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___ juris (in one's own right): Lat. : SUI

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