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New York Times, Friday, June 9, 2000

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
10-Down : Crusoe's supposed prototype
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Joe DiPietro

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {FJQZ} This is puzzle # 34 for Mr. DiPietro. Friday freshness: 11%
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© 2000, The New York Times6/9/0 ( No. 18,476 )
Across
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Fish with lines : STRIPEDBASS
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Rx abbr. : TSP
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"Search me!" : IHAVENOIDEA
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"Certainement!" : OUI
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National Actors Theatre founder : TONYRANDALL
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Three Dog Night's "___ the World Ends" : TIL
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Set a price of : ASK
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One seeking some anthers : BEE
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Chopper's skill? : KARATE
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Tighten, in a way : RESEAL
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Full of holes : RIDDLED
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Dairy section selection : CREAMER
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Conductor's intro? : SEMI
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Ouija alternative : TAROT
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Haberdashery supply : SOCKS
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Not dis : DAT
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Nerve cell appendages : AXONS
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Italian prime : TRE
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It's about 2,100 miles in diameter : PLUTO
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One may be prepared for survival : KIT
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Town destroyed during W.W. I : YPRES
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Yellow, perhaps : RIPEN
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Site of Roman ruins : ESTE
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Bay of Whales locale : ROSSSEA
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Lynx lynx, e.g. : SPECIES
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Not a company man? : HERMIT
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Kind of class : HONORS
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It's stranded : RNA
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What makes Dr. Dre? : ANE
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Miracle response : AWE
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Quasar, for one : RADIOSOURCE
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Identify, informally : PEG
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Classless society supporter : EGALITARIAN
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Centimeter-gram-second unit : ERG
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Today's teens : GENERATIONY
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Indian music maker : SITAR
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"___ Calloways" (Disney film) : THOSE
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Officers' command : RANKS
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Producer of wall flowers? : IVY
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Part of a rate of speed : PER
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Let : ENABLE
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On the back burner, perhaps : DONE
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It may be before one's time : BIDE
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Org. for some extractors : ADA
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Crusoe's supposed prototype : SELKIRK
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Leaves on the table : SALAD
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Reckoned : TOTALEDUP
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Sharer of a hotel booking : SUITEMATE
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Praised and then some : PILEDITON
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Places for forks: Abbr. : RDS
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Coll. major : ECON
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Dilettantish : ARTSY
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Niche : RECESS
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Colt .45s, today : ASTROS
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Conventions : MORES
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Unfold : TAKESHAPE
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Italy, once : AXISPOWER
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Classic missile at a speaker : ROTTENEGG
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Fling : SPREE
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Storyteller : LIAR
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Portend : PRESAGE
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Friendly introduction? : ECO
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National forest in California : SHASTA
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Not smooth: Abbr. : IRREG
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Tenor Lanza : MARIO
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Like a bygone empire : INCAN
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Minute : TEENY
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Tee off : RILE
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Like some roulette numbers : NOIR
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Old title equivalent to "master" : DAN
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Horse bit : OAT
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Kingston sch. : URI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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