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New York Times, Sunday, August 7, 2005

Author:
Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Down : Smoker's purchase: Abbr.
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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 72 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Glickstein. This is puzzle # 146 for Ms. Salomon. Sunday freshness: 35%
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© 2005, The New York Times8/7/5 ( No. 20,361 )
Across
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Court case? : ATTACHE
8
Friendly correspondent : PENPAL
14
Toy that goes "bang" : CAPGUN
20
Rocket stage : BOOSTER
21
Develop : EMERGE
22
Melodic : ARIOSO
23
Protection in the city? : URBANDEODORANT
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Cut with the grain : RIPSAW
26
Playwright O'Casey : SEAN
27
Keep out : BAR
28
Surfer stops : WEBPAGES
30
Work unit : ERG
31
Traditional brain doctor? : NEUROCONSERVATIVE
37
Thingums : DOODADS
39
Singer Jarreau and others : ALS
40
Take in : EAT
41
Pique : PET
42
Nantes-to-Paris dir. : ENE
43
Brood : MOPE
45
Convention V.I.P.'s : KEYNOTERS
48
What Indian cooks play? : THECURRYINGGAME
53
Tide competitor : ERA
54
Mystique : AURA
55
California river named for a fish : EEL
56
Major injustice : OUTRAGE
59
Historic plane : ENOLAGAY
62
Home of a '69 "miracle" : SHEA
64
Decent fellow : MENSCH
68
PC display : LCD
69
Federal government connections? : BUREAUBRIDGES
73
Sob syllable : HOO
74
Australian lass : SHEILA
76
Mavens : PROS
77
Try to snow : FASTTALK
79
Sheet fabric : PERCALE
82
Iranian ayatollah Sayyed ___ Khamenei : ALI
83
Panhandle migrant : OKIE
84
Work for eds. : MSS
86
Schedule at a Vegas chapel? : HOURLYMATRIMONY
91
George Washington University athletes : COLONIALS
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Backside : SEAT
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Indivisible : ONE
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"Double Fantasy" singer : ONO
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Producer of lts. : OCS
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Tokyo carrier, for short : JAL
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Adam and Eve, presumably : NUDISTS
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Sodom or Gomorrah? : TOWNWITHOUTPURITY
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Cry of wonder : OOH
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Goes first : PIONEERS
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Thimbleful : SIP
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Swing around : SLUE
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Scanty, in Scarborough : MEAGRE
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Result of wearing high heels? : ALTEREDSTATURE
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Get to : ACCESS
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Be upset by, say : LOSETO
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Purified, as water : AERATED
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Cordwood units : STERES
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Like slander : SPOKEN
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"Timon of Athens," e.g. : TRAGEDY
Down
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Was addicted to : ABUSED
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Lord of the ring? : TORERO
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English-speaking island in the Caribbean : TOBAGO
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___ aside : ASAN
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Smoker's purchase: Abbr. : CTN
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"___ let us in, knows where we've been" (Beatles lyric) : HED
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Cavern on the way to Hades : EREBUS
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California's San ___ Bay : PEDRO
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Modern music genre : EMO
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___ Tamid (synagogue lamp) : NER
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Some scampi : PRAWNS
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Infamous 1972 hurricane : AGNES
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Don't bother : LETBE
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Desert parade : CARAVAN
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Thank you, in Tokyo : ARIGATO
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Lab tube : PIPET
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Dirt spreader : GOSSIPER
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Can. neighbor : USA
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"I said ___!" : NOW
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It might go for a dip in the ocean : OAR
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Wolf or shark : PREYER
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When repeated, Mork's TV sign-off : NANU
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Linda of "Jekyll & Hyde" : EDER
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___ Andy ("Show Boat" role) : CAPN
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First name in fashion : OLEG
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Miles of film : VERA
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Some warriors in "War of the Worlds" : ETS
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Transfer : DECAL
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"As if!" : MYEYE
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Salad topper : OIL
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Where "South Pacific" was filmed : KAUAI
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CPR giver : EMT
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Bar mitzvah boy, for one : TEEN
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Asian weight units : TAELS
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Suspicion : HUNCH
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Lose ground? : ERODE
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Behind : REAR
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Busy people : GOERS
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Singing brothers' name : AMES
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Daring deed : GEST
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Fit : ABLE
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___ gum (thickening agent) : GUAR
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More likely : SURER
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Where to dig "Six Feet Under" : HBO
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Plumed hat : SHAKO
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Quinn formerly of "S.N.L." : COLIN
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Contrived : HOKEY
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Highest mark : APLUS
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Key of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 1 : DFLAT
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Way to go : GAIT
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___ facto : IPSO
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Marisa of "Alfie," 2004 : TOMEI
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Opposite of loose : CHASTE
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Big mail deliverer : AOL
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Org. for life savers : AMA
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Like old recordings : MONO
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It's far off the record time : SLOWPACE
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Future atty.'s hurdle : LSAT
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Canine cry : YELP
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Win in a walk : ROUT
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1980's movie hero, informally : INDY
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Camp sack : COT
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Unchanged : NOWORSE
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Chill : ICINESS
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In no other way : JUSTSO
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Tries to bite : NIPSAT
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Sugar in coffee, e.g. : SOLUTE
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Barnstormed : TOURED
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"The Breakfast Club" co-star, 1985 : SHEEDY
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River through Mali : NIGER
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Makes better : HEALS
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Lowest deck : ORLOP
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Hit with, as a pickup line : USEON
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Free : RID
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Like some shows : STAG
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More, in Mexico : MAS
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Outside: Prefix : ECT
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Reaction to a rodent : EEK
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A.A.A. idea : RTE
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Prescription notation : TER
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Altar in the sky : ARA

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

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