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New York Times, Friday, June 14, 2002

Author:
Randolph Ross
Editor:
Will Shortz
7-Down : Bush and Clinton, once
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Randolph Ross

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 66 for Mr. Ross. Friday freshness: 87%
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© 2002, The New York Times6/14/2 ( No. 19,211 )
Across
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Cinephile's purchase : DVDPLAYER
10
Kind of curl : SPIT
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Title for Sir Anthony Eden : EARLOFAVON
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French bean : TETE
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Survives : STAYSALIVE
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N.B.A., e.g.: Abbr. : ASSN
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Short shot? : PIC
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Basis of comparison for many innovations : SLICEDBREAD
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"I Ain't Marching Anymore" singer, 1965 : OCHS
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Umpire's call : LET
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Shape of a certain drum : KETTLE
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Breaks : TAMES
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Dava ___, author of the best seller "Longitude" : SOBEL
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Melody : AIR
31
Nets, maybe : SNARES
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Medical disappointments : RELAPSES
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"Who Let the Dogs Out" group, the ___ Men : BAHA
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"Duchess of ___," Goya painting : ALBA
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Most stomach-turning : GROSSEST
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Chinese-American with 14 Grammys : YOYOMA
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Former Mideast inits. : UAR
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___ nothing : ALLOR
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Played again : RERAN
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Ultimate object : ENDALL
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Kitty : POT
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Marmalade ingredient : RIND
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Washed up : SWEPTASHORE
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Canal site : EAR
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"Dear" ones : SIRS
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Proximity : CLOSERANGE
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Major addition? : ETTE
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Brunei and others : SULTANATES
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P P P : RHOS
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Some museum workers : RESTORERS
Down
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Oppressors : DESPOTS
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Belvedere Park locale, with "the" : VATICAN
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Bygone money : DRACHMA
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Thickness : PLY
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Erosion : LOSS
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Pride precedes it, they say : AFALL
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Bush and Clinton, once : YALIES
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Cruel landlord? : EVICTOR
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Drift : ROVE
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Show fear : START
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Bygone money : PESETAS
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"I've been framed!" : ITSALIE
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Submits : TENDERS
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Real-life outlaw played in film by Mick Jagger : NEDKELLY
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Dwell on : BELABOR
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Some Bosnians : SERBS
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Product of evaporation : SEASALT
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Cole Porter's "___ Clown" : BEA
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Beats badly : SHELLACS
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Restaurant dinner host, usually : PAYER
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Communication without talking: Abbr. : ASL
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One taking a shot : GUESSER
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Accompanied : RANWITH
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Words after "bring" or "in" : ORDERTO
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First-rate, in British slang : TOPHOLE
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East, in España : ORIENTE
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Executive : MANAGER
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First "Bond girl" : ANDRESS
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Perches : ROOSTS
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Polygonal projections : APSES
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Take care of : TREAT
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Insinuation : SLUR
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Cosmetics maker ___ Laszlo : ERNO
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Swiss stream : AAR

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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