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New York Times, Thursday, May 3, 2007

Author:
Richard Chisholm
Editor:
Will Shortz
21-Down : Cause of a red face
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Richard Chisholm

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {KQZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. Chisholm. Thursday freshness: 11%
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© 2007, The New York Times5/3/7 ( No. 20,995 )
Across
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One left hanging after an election? : CHAD
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Janis's hubby in the funnies : ARLO
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Sharp pain : STAB
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Dwellers at First Mesa, Ariz. : HOPI
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At hand : NEAR
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Vacation locale : SHORE
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Role in "Troy" : AJAX
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The O'Hara spread : TARA
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Land of Ephesus : IONIA
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See 61- and 62-Across : POLITICALSCRIPT
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Not all together : EACH
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Old White House inits. : HST
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Long-tubed flower : CROCUS
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Stephen of "FeardotCom" : REA
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Kind of adapter : ACDC
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Made, as a new trench : REDUG
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City on the Alabama River : SELMA
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Question from a person just awakened : HUH
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See 61- and 62-Across : OLDPHONESERVICE
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Like early-morning hours : WEE
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That one and that one : THOSE
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Boston team, informally : CELTS
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Successor to Claudius I : NERO
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Shock's partner : AWE
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Superlatively collectible : RAREST
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___ es Salaam : DAR
49
Car company owned by Volkswagen : AUDI
50
See 61- and 62-Across : HAVEWEMETBEFORE
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"___ kick out of you" : IGETA
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False : IDOL
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Wise to : INON
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With 62-Across, clue for 19-, 37- and 50-Across : PARTY
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See 61-Across : LINE
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Abba of Israel : EBAN
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Title for Miss Spain?: Abbr. : SRTA
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Form of "to be" with "vous" : ETES
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Unit of force : DYNE
Down
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Redden and crack : CHAP
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Orange-roofed inn, for short : HOJO
3
"Be ___" : APAL
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Disposable picnic item : DIXIECUP
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Tomfoolery : ANTICS
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Gain : REACH
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Boris Pasternak heroine : LARA
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Kind of cavity : ORAL
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The second of January? : SHORTA
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Nobel laureate Morrison : TONI
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Take ___ (swing hard in baseball) : ARIP
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Jack Kerouac or Allen Ginsberg : BEAT
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Unleashes : SICS
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Instructed : TAUGHT
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Cause of a red face : SHAME
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Symbol of sovereignty : CROWN
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U. S. Grant adversary : RELEE
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More curious : ODDER
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Kyle ___, "The Terminator" protagonist : REESE
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"Anything ___?" : ELSE
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Country claiming a chunk of Antarctica : CHILE
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Passages : DUCTS
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It may be pounded : CHEST
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Cause of certain blindness : SNOW
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Game venue : ARCADE
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Midway alternative : OHARE
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Authenticated : VERIFIED
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One-named folk singer : ODETTA
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Moscow moolah : RUBLES
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Out of town : AWAY
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Joined (with) : ATONE
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Places for holsters : HIPS
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Culture medium : AGAR
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Green: Fr. : VERT
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80% of the Kentucky Derby : MILE
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PC menu heading : EDIT
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"Walk ___" (Dionne Warwick hit) : ONBY
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Moroccolike leather : ROAN
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Feminine suffix : ENNE

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

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