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New York Times, Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Author:
Nancy Kavanaugh
Editor:
Will Shortz
31-Down : They may be rubbed out
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Nancy Kavanaugh

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 20 for Ms. Kavanaugh. Tuesday freshness: 20%
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© 2005, The New York Times6/21/5 ( No. 20,314 )
Across
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Set-to : SCRAP
6
Carpet type : SHAG
10
Meat on a kabob, maybe : LAMB
14
Cute "bear" : KOALA
15
Contented sound : PURR
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Decorative pitcher : EWER
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Bear and Berra : YOGIS
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One opposed : ANTI
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Big do : AFRO
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One liable to get hurt : SITTINGDUCK
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Ally of America : ISRAEL
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It may need massaging : EGO
28
Sodium hydroxide : LYE
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Provision for late-arriving spectators : STANDINGROOM
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Prayer start : LORD
34
Potato bud : EYE
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Star in the constellation Cygnus : DENEB
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Declare : AVER
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Like hilly beaches : DUNED
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Be the master of : RULE
44
French mothers : MERES
46
The last King Richard of England : III
47
Abstraction : IDEA
48
Insect that's well-camouflaged on a tree : WALKINGSTICK
52
Grow old : AGE
55
China's Chiang ___-shek : KAI
56
Atlas features : INSETS
57
Co-nominee : RUNNINGMATE
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Keen on : INTO
62
Paint unskillfully : DAUB
63
Originator of the phrase "Familiarity breeds contempt" : AESOP
68
Barely gets, with "out" : EKES
69
Other than : ELSE
70
Maker of Seven Seas salad dressing : KRAFT
71
Ancient harp : LYRE
72
Losing proposition? : DIET
73
Busybody : YENTA
Down
1
Poseidon : sea :: Uranus : ___ : SKY
2
Avian sound : COO
3
Cleaning cloth, often : RAG
4
MacGraw of "The Getaway" : ALI
5
Said "no thanks" : PASSED
6
Set-to : SPAT
7
Event for hounds : HUNT
8
More pretentious : ARTIER
9
"Old ___" (1989 Jane Fonda film) : GRINGO
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Show the way : LEAD
11
Just terrible : AWFUL
12
Something asked of the 33-Across : MERCY
13
Out of money : BROKE
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Fibber's words : ILIED
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"Well done!" : GOOD
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Belief of 4 1/2 million Americans : ISLAM
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Griddle locale : STOVE
25
Harder to find : RARER
26
Fergie's ex : ANDREW
30
Big Apple educ. institution : NYU
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They may be rubbed out : GENII
32
Is worthy of : MERITS
36
Skin flick : NUDIE
37
Vote in : ELECT
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Woodpeckers' peckers : BEAKS
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German article : EIN
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Finger or toe : DIGIT
45
"The Square Egg" writer : SAKI
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Got, as a job : LANDED
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Capital of Rwanda : KIGALI
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Underhanded : SNEAKY
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Sharon of 23-Across : ARIEL
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Gooey : GUNKY
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Keyboard key : ENTER
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Sniffer : NOSE
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Inspiration source : MUSE
60
Help in a heist : ABET
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Before, before : ERE
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___ Andreas fault : SAN
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Frequently : OFT
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Mom-and-pop org.? : PTA

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

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