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New York Times, Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Author:
Allan E. Parrish
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Down : McCarthy quarry
TotalDebutLatest
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
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Allan E. Parrish

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Parrish. Wednesday freshness: 40%
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© 2008, The New York Times8/20/8 ( No. 21,470 )
Across
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Formed for a specific purpose : ADHOC
6
Good (at) : ADEPT
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"Next" network : MTV
14
Pipe type : BRIAR
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Inlay material : NACRE
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Back : AGO
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See 55-Down : LIFTINGTOOL
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Like Abner : LIL
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Prefix with -cardial : EPI
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Badlands feature : MESA
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Deprived : BEREFT
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Rapper Kanye : WEST
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Stood up to : FACED
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Astaire wear : TOPHAT
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Capote wearers : MATADORS
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Munch Museum's home : OSLO
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Starts of some brawls : SHOVES
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Marshal under Napoleon : NEY
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Hitcher's digit : THUMB
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"I'd like to buy ___" : ANO
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Straphanger's buy, once : TOKEN
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Hosp. procedure : EEG
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Ones in matching tuxes : USHERS
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"Whip It" band : DEVO
46
Bulwark : MAINSTAY
48
Minded : OBEYED
50
Some sculptures : NUDES
51
___ Gailey of "Miracle on 34th Street" : FRED
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Talented Zero : MOSTEL
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Great Trek emigrant : BOER
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Diner cupful : JOE
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Guitar, in slang : AXE
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See 55-Down : PLAYINGCARD
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Water around Polynésie : MER
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Gobi greenery : OASES
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Comedy club host : EMCEE
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Pantry raider : ANT
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"It is equally an error to ___ all men or no man": Seneca : TRUST
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Canon competitor : NIKON
Down
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Up to it : ABLE
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IV flow : DRIP
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Rec room item of old : HIFI
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Granola morsel : OAT
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Yalta's peninsula : CRIMEA
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Recurring Woody Allen theme : ANGST
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Flash drive filler : DATA
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Writer Umberto : ECO
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Validation of a will : PROBATE
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Put on the tube : TELECAST
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See 55-Down : MALEDONKEY
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End-of-workweek cry : TGIF
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Pioneering General Motors electric car : VOLT
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Homes of twigs : NESTS
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McCarthy quarry : RED
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Part of T.W.I.M.C. : WHOM
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Goodie bag goodie : FAVOR
26
Clan symbol : TOTEM
27
Milo of Hollywood : OSHEA
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See 55-Down : PLUGINSERT
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See 55-Down : MONEY
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A Chaucer pilgrim : REEVE
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Church council : SYNOD
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Comedy club outbursts : HAHAS
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Commuters' terminus : BUSDEPOT
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Had need of an E.R., maybe : ODED
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Top-notch : STELLAR
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Philosopher Kierkegaard : SOREN
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Granola morsel : NUT
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Candice of "Murphy Brown" : BERGEN
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Palm off : FOIST
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Word from the crib : MAMA
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Teamed beasts : OXEN
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Tournament passes : BYES
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Word that can define 17- and 59-Across and 11-, 28- and 29-Down : JACK
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Modern ice cream flavor : OREO
57
Scene of a fall : EDEN
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Tempe sch. : ASU
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Early 10th-century year : CMI

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