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WALL STREET

New York Times, Sunday, July 8, 2001

Author:
Michael S. Maurer
Editor:
Will Shortz
67-Down : Facilitators
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Michael S. Maurer

This puzzle:

Rows: 23, Columns: 23 Words: 168, Blocks: 86 Missing: {JQ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. Maurer. Sunday freshness: 35%
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© 2001, The New York Times7/8/1 ( No. 18,870 )
Across
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Feature of a murder mystery : CORPSE
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It's often done by phone : POLL
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Chocolate source : CACAO
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Evanesces : FADES
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Soporific : OPIATE
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Bow to : OBEY
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Hurdles to a degree? : ORALS
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Take up room : EXIST
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Classroom-supplies market report? : PENCILSLOSEPOINTS
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Mustang catcher : RIATA
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Family name with a checkered past? : UNSER
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Passing comments? : AYES
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Russian figure skater Sokolova : ELENA
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Wood mill apparatus : PULPER
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Unwanted look : LEER
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Heidi's home : ALPS
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Nike, e.g. : DEITY
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Some eBay users : SELLERS
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Recipe direction : ADD
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Teacher of Samuel : ELI
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Not hold it in : BURST
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Pop up : APPEAR
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Cutlery market report? : KNIVESUPSHARPLY
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Site for spores : SAC
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Kind of fork : SALAD
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Rugged ridge : ARETE
52
First king of Phliasia, in myth : ARAS
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Effuse : GUSH
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Film job : EDITOR
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Old Polo Grounds star : OTT
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Ruined : SHOT
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Wise guys? : MENSA
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Put out : TAG
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Bedding market report? : FEATHERSDOWN
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Porter musical : CANCAN
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1968 champion at Forest Hills : ASHE
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Conflict that ended at 11:00 on 11/11 : WWI
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Singer Easton : SHEENA
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Like an excellent game for a pitcher : ONEHIT
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State bordering Veracruz : TABASCO
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Parlor letters : OTB
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Rabbi's alma mater : YESHIVA
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Knee-slapper : GASSER
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Actress Pia : ZADORA
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Joan, e.g.: Abbr. : STE
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Six-footers : ANTS
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Fix, as a pipe joint : REWELD
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Fruit market report? : BANANASSPLIT
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Former Portuguese colony in India : GOA
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"___ Like You" (1967 hit) : AGIRL
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"Hee Haw" humor : CORN
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It's usually 3, 4 or 5 : PAR
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500 cars : RACERS
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500 places : PITS
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Manipulate, as the books : COOK
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Memento : RELIC
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Wiggle room, in a shoe : WIDTH
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Computer key: Abbr. : ESC
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Farm-stock market report? : HORSESBUCKTREND
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Subjects for hypnotists : HABITS
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Pirate's box : CHEST
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Charley's love in "Where's Charley?" : AMY
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Electricity source : DAM
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Took an extra course? : OVERATE
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Rafter's thrill : CHUTE
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Downy : SOFT
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Explorer's quest, with "the" : POLE
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Agave fibers : SISALS
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Preferred invitees : ALIST
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Broadcast : EMIT
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Bridge enthusiast? : TROLL
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Feat of clay? : ADOBE
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Metals market report? : LEADHEAVILYTRADED
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Infidel, in Islam : KAFIR
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Endured : BORNE
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Sample : BITE
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Power problem : OUTAGE
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Soviet subs : ALFAS
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Player against Player : SNEAD
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Arctic transport : SLED
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Exercised pull? : WEEDED
Down
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Linking verb : COPULA
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In full bloom : OPENED
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Washed off : RINSED
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Many an expectant father : PACER
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Recipe direction : STIR
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Sushi fare : EEL
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Growth : POLYP
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Reeds section : OBOES
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Nothing ___ : LESS
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Eye burner : LYE
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Distant : COOLISH
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Short operatic piece : ARIETTA
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Street-smart : CANNY
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Utah ski resort : ALTA
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Old spy org. : OSS
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Schoolmarm's discipline dispenser : FERULE
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Armpit : AXILLA
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Nursery-supplies market report? : DIAPERSUNCHANGED
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Ethyl acetate, e.g. : ESTER
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Sky lights : STARS
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Drivel : SALIVA
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Barons and earls : PEERS
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"___ Diary" : PEPYS
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Pugilist poet : ALI
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Gull : DUPE
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Comics sound : SPLAT
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___ an era : ENDOF
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Isolated locales : BUTTES
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Table part : APRON
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Kit ___ : KAT
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Suggestive : EROTIC
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See 57-Down : SETH
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New Jersey city : RAHWAY
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Very, in music : ASSAI
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Sound from a monastery, maybe : CHANT
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Stiff hair : SETA
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County seats in Minnesota and Oklahoma : ADAS
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Electrical equipment market report? : LIGHTSWITCHESOFF
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League of Nations seat : GENEVA
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Reason to rat : REWARD
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43-Down, to Adam : SON
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"The ___ Love" (Gershwin tune) : MANI
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Expressions of disbelief : AWS
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Window dresser of TV sitcom : RHODA
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___ Hall : SETON
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Actress Messing of "Will & Grace" : DEBRA
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Sibling, often : COHEIR
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Facilitators : EASERS
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Unit of nautical time : BELL
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Missouri vacation destination : OZARKS
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Lively intelligence : ESPRIT
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MO town : STL
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Nehi flavor : GRAPE
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Protection : AEGIS
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Raggedy doll : ANN
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Look : ASPECT
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Slander, e.g. : TORT
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Scarf : SASH
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Yokels : BOORS
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Polio scientist : SALK
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Lion-colored : TAWNY
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Robert of Broadway's "My Fair Lady" : COOTE
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El ___ : CID
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Notes of a sort : CHITS
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Artifice : RUSE
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Sly : CRAFTY
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Animal that's fond of 84-Across : ECHIDNA
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Like library talkers : SHUSHED
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Balzac's "La Cousine ___" : BETTE
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One rushing to a hosp. : EMT
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Land bordering Mesopotamia : ARABIA
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Some field workers : BALERS
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Thingamajig : DOODAD
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Claim : ALLEGE
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As one : MELDED
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Honshu city : OSAKA
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"1876" author : VIDAL
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County of Ireland : CLARE
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Whomp, old-style : SMITE
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Tipsy : OILED
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Chatter : PRATE
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It seems like forever : AEON
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Dark doings : EVIL
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Test choice : TRUE
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N.F.L. positions : LBS
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Exercise target : ABS
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Exercise pull? : TOW

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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