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New York Times, Saturday, August 11, 2007

Author:
Karen M. Tracey
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Down : Misses at fiestas: Abbr.
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Karen M. Tracey

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 28 Missing: {KQX} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 13 for Ms. Tracey. Saturday freshness: 50%
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© 2007, The New York Times8/11/7 ( No. 21,095 )
Across
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Whole ___ : SHEBANG
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Place on a Monopoly board : STJAMES
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What goes around : ROTATOR
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Gain or loss : YARDAGE
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Line from a scam artist : TRUSTME
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Tablets site : MTSINAI
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Where the African Union is headquartered : ADDISABABA
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Headache intensifiers : DINS
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Patient status : SEEN
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Slicer locale : DELI
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Little sucker? : VAC
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Dept. store stock : GDS
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Fictional salesman of '80s ads : JOEISUZU
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Shrink : COWER
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It's hard to fail : EASYA
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Grammy category : RAP
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Biographical subject of the Best Picture of 1936 : FLORENZZIEGFELD
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A driver might dip into it : OIL
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Farm housing : STIES
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Place for a clown : RODEO
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Tap type : SOFTSHOE
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He beat Botvinnik in 1960 : TAL
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Unlikely to break the ice : SHY
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Firm wheel: Abbr. : PRES
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Per ___ : DIEM
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1988 chart-topping country album : REBA
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Resident of Chinese highlands : GIANTPANDA
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Hero's welcome : OVATION
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Jambalaya : GRABBAG
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Relief pitcher Armando : BENITEZ
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Went over : RANLATE
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Substitute for some snack foods : OLESTRA
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McDonald's mascot before Ronald : SPEEDEE
Down
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Misses at fiestas: Abbr. : SRTAS
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Group of 6-Down : HORDE
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Exercise of a sort : ETUDE
4
Best Supporting Actress of 1997 : BASINGER
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Some defenders: Abbr. : ATTS
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See 2-Down : NOMADS
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Relative of a loon : GREBE
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Mutualism : SYMBIOSIS
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Cry before disappearing : TATA
10
Univ. class : JRS
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Sportswear company whose logo is three parallel stripes : ADIDAS
12
Like a well-kept lawn : MANICURED
13
Science fiction author Greg : EGAN
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Number of wives of Enrique VIII : SEIS
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Mideastern news source : ALJAZEERA
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Sex therapist's suggestion : VIAGRA
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Smart : DRESSY
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One held in an orbit : EYE
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___ Corporation (jewelry retail giant) : ZALE
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Hair salon option : UPDO
31
Corp. bigwigs : CFOS
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Jambalaya : OLIO
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Monkshood : WOLFSBANE
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Co-star of Broadway's "Fanny" : EZIOPINZA
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Indefinitely large : NTH
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Like many a road map : FOLDABLE
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Clarifying words : THATIS
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Pump alternative : TSTRAP
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Boeing personnel: Abbr. : ENGRS
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On the outs (with) : INBAD
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Virtual meeting of a sort : EDATE
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Patrick with a Tony : MAGEE
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Cyborg's beginning? : ROBO
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First name in motorcycling : EVEL
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It may follow convention : GOER
55
Oft-framed piece : PANE
57
Cousin of TV : ITT

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

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