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New York Times, Friday, June 11, 2010

Author:
John Dunn
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
8-Down : 31-Across, for one
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John Dunn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 26 Missing: {VWXZ} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Dunn. Friday freshness: 83%
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© 2010, The New York Times6/11/10 ( No. 22,130 )
Across
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Secret target : UNDERARM
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Most diffident : SHIEST
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Where sunbathers sunbathe : POOLAREA
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Exclamation of joy : HURRAH
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Cherish : HOLDDEAR
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Mark who won the 1998 Masters and British Open : OMEARA
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1980-83 Stanley Cup champs, in brief : ISLES
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They have torches on their backs : DIMES
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Antonio or Joaquin : SAN
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Wanton gaze : LEER
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Dinner signals : GONGS
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Port container : CASK
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Trip vehicle? : LSD
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Twists about an axis : SLUES
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Exclamation of joy : OHBOY
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It's never right : ACUTE
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Reach by vessel : SAILTO
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Explorer born 6/11/1910 : JACQUESCOUSTEAU
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Mutinous : UNRULY
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"___ never enough" : ONEIS
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Signal from the third base coach, maybe : STEAL
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Cards and Reds : NLERS
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Real-estate ad abbr. : RMS
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Andalusian aunts : TIAS
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Pays, as a bill : FOOTS
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Conquest of Caesar's : GAUL
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Rep. : AGT
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Beaver's home : LODGE
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Cambridge measure : METRE
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Serf, e.g. : TOILER
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Lickety-split : INNOTIME
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Consecrate, in a way : ANOINT
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Classic Bob Marley song that was a 1973 hit for Johnny Nash : STIRITUP
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Lay bare : DENUDE
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Fields of operations : THEATERS
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Like an arduous battle : UPHILL
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Some chokers : NOOSES
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Dressed (up) : DOLLED
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Esau vis-à-vis Jacob : ELDER
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Dosimeters measure them : RADS
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Be transformed? : ARE
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Some computer displays : READOUTS
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31-Across, for one : MARINEECOLOGIST
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Brake equipment : SHOES
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Runs smoothly : HUMS
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More than exasperation : IRE
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Impermanent : ERASABLE
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Site of Florida's first golf course : SARASOTA
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Phrase an overseas traveler should know how to translate : THANKYOU
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Classic sports cars : MGS
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Viscous : GLUEY
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Some poker payments : CHITS
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Shell you may sit in : SCULL
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Place to get a date? : OASIS
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Pharmaceutical liquids : AQUAS
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Plaintiffs : SUERS
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Not much : JUSTATAD
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Sophocles tragedy : ANTIGONE
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Genesis highlight : CREATION
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Part given by the pious? : ONETENTH
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Listener's approval : NOD
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Kiwi, e.g. : RATITE
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Complain, in a way : MURMUR
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Succumbs to narcolepsy : SLEEPS
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Talent : FORTE
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"Savvy?" : GETIT
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Furnish : LEND
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Third baseman and two-time All-Star Melvin ___ : MORA
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Sch. in Brooklyn : LIU
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Never, to Haydn : NIE

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2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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