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New York Times, Thursday, July 10, 2008

Author:
Ari Halpern
Editor:
Will Shortz
3-Down : Presidential middle name
TotalDebutLatest
211/23/20067/10/2008
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1.62819%
Ari Halpern

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQVW} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Halpern. Thursday freshness: 7%
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© 2008, The New York Times7/10/8 ( No. 21,429 )
Across
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Gave an order to : BADE
5
Fork : SPLIT
10
Woods call : FORE
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Platinum Card offerer, for short : AMEX
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Shopping center : PLAZA
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Shuffle or 67-Across, e.g. : IPOD
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Eliminate, with "out" : RULE
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Symbol of thinness : RAZOR
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Alternatives to creams : GELS
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Arctic explorer post-fight? : BLACKEYEDPEARY
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Hatch or Byrd: Abbr. : SEN
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Formerly, in high society : NEE
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Possible cover for a siesta : SERAPE
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Mood : TONE
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Some offensive linemen: Abbr. : RTS
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Off : NOTON
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"___ Love," 1975 Jackson 5 hit : IAM
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"THAT guy!" : HIM
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Past : OLD
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Bows and arrows for Midas? : GOLDENARCHERY
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Was on the ticket : RAN
44
Major Indonesian export : TIN
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Big inits. in Hollywood : SAG
46
1985 John Malkovich drama : ELENI
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Beseech : BEG
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Convinced : SOLD
54
Choice poultry : CAPONS
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Use (up), as savings : EAT
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Common suffix on chemical elements : IUM
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Storage area for ribbed fabric? : CORDUROYPANTRY
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Ladies' man : STUD
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Inspector of crime fiction : MORSE
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Yearn (for) : ACHE
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See 16-Across : MINI
68
Model : POSER
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Horse-drawn carriage : SHAY
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Switch possibilities : ACDC
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Level ... or a three-word hint to 20-, 38- and 60-Across : STORY
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Proctor's call : TIME
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Unpleasant remarks : BARBS
2
Item worn around the neck, maybe : AMULET
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Presidential middle name : DELANO
4
Prez, e.g. : EXEC
5
Binge at the mall : SPREE
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Ladies' man : PLAYER
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What many do on a day off : LAZE
8
Polo alternative : IZOD
9
Temporary covers : TARPS
10
Singer of Rossini's "Largo al factotum" : FIGARO
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Zero personality? : OPERATOR
12
Pudgy : ROLYPOLY
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Money managers?: Abbr. : EDS
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Massage : KNEAD
22
Night of poetry : EEN
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Tight ___ : END
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Not even a little : NIL
30
Shakespearean title : THANE
31
English title : SIR
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Big Apple cultural attraction, with "the" : MET
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Hosts : MCS
38
Enormous : GALACTIC
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Candy box size : ONEPOUND
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Pen point : NIB
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"___ mañana" : HASTA
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The "I" of Claudius I : EGO
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Boombox button : REC
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Like some skiing : NORDIC
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Not the party type?: Abbr. : IND
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Yellowstone Park attraction : GEYSER
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Chinese fruit tree : LITCHI
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Duke's home : DURHAM
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Water pits : SUMPS
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Copycatting : APERY
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"The hell you say!" : MYEYE
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Source : ROOT
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Roughly : ORSO
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Thomas with a pointed pen : NAST
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Little, to Robert Burns : SMA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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