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New York Times, Friday, August 1, 2008

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Down : The M-1, for one
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 113 for Mr. Berry. Friday freshness: 89%
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© 2008, The New York Times8/1/8 ( No. 21,451 )
Across
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Mover of merchandise : SALESREP
9
Deadens : DAMPS
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Like singing in a shower : ACAPPELLA
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Ship sinker : UBOAT
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Unwilling to get organized : ANTIUNION
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Divine : GODLY
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Showing extreme embarrassment : BEETRED
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___ War ("Charge of the Light Brigade" conflict) : CRIMEAN
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Fictional parrot type featured in Monty Python's "dead parrot sketch" : NORWEGIANBLUE
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7 and 11 : PRIMES
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Some swings in a ring : LEFTS
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Threw a tantrum : RAGED
28
Reach in total : RUNTO
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Inner ear? : COB
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"Draft Dodger Rag" singer : OCHS
33
Athletic schedule list : MEETS
34
Ordering option : TOGO
35
Spaying customer? : PET
36
South-of-the-border homes : CASAS
37
Pack animal : BURRO
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Pack animal? : CAMEL
39
1970s American Motors car : HORNET
40
They often make a splash : WATERBALLOONS
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Where to find free spirits : OPENBAR
45
While traveling : ENROUTE
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Lieutenant of Capone : NITTI
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Having trouble delivering the eulogy, say : CHOKINGUP
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Labor activist Silkwood : KAREN
52
1860 campaign nickname : HONESTABE
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Catch : SNARE
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Survivor of many battles : WARHORSE
Down
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"Born from jets" company : SAAB
2
It might make you red in the face : ACNE
3
Around the witching hour : LATENIGHT
4
Archetypes : EPITOMES
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Drove : SPURRED
6
Extends, as a lease : RENEWS
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Choose not to say? : ELIDE
8
Mideast grp. : PLO
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Tackled energetically : DUGINTO
10
W.W. II enders, for short : ABOMBS
11
Architect's starting point : MODEL
12
Micronesian nation that hosted the 10th season of "Survivor" : PALAU
13
"Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" composer : STYNE
15
Plato and Aristotle, e.g. : ANCIENTS
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A lot : RAFTS
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Elmer's product : GLUEALL
24
Play thing : PROP
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Competition : RACE
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Bookwork, e.g. : RESEARCH
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Dextrose : CORNSUGAR
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Big brute : OGRE
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Wellington, e.g. : BOOT
33
Tree-dwelling snake : MAMBA
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Enter, as a cross street : TURNONTO
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The M-1, for one : CARBINE
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Impolite : BOORISH
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Snapper, of a sort : CENTER
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Nose, slangily : HONKER
40
Eggheaded experts : WONKS
41
Dealing with honey makers : APIAN
42
Prefix with chloride : TETRA
43
Singer Lewis with the 2008 #1 hit "Bleeding Love" : LEONA
46
Slow-moving ships : TUBS
47
Sword: Fr. : EPEE
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___-to : HOW

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

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