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New York Times, Thursday, August 9, 2001

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
37-Down : Big bite of spaghetti
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {BJQX} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. Berry. Thursday freshness: 65%
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© 2001, The New York Times8/9/1 ( No. 18,902 )
Across
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Church name opener : OUR
4
Vacation plan, maybe : TOUR
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Door fixture : HASP
12
Application : USE
13
Famous squire of Spanish lit : PANZA
14
Farm letters? : EIEIO
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High ground : THEPROMISEDLAND
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Emblem of the House of Lancaster : REDROSE
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Made a fool of : HAD
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Gave, as lines : FED
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One of the Durants : ARIEL
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High ground : PARADISE
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High ground : CITYOFGOD
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Love inspirer : EROS
29
Typography units : ENS
30
Amble or shamble : GAIT
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Harped (on) : DWELT
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Middle ground : PURGATORY
35
1966 Michael Caine role : ALFIE
38
Big do : GALA
39
Walther ___ (007's gun) : PPK
42
Former capital of Nicaragua : LEON
43
Low ground : PERDITION
45
Low ground : TARTARUS
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Immediate occasion : NONCE
49
Bearer of the Commandments : ARK
50
Discontinuity : GAP
51
Athelstane's romantic rival : IVANHOE
53
Low ground : INFERNALREGIONS
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Compact stuff : ROUGE
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Fluff up, as hair : TEASE
58
Bud of Bud : LOU
59
Arctic sight : FLOE
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It's right on the map : EAST
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Talent that defies sci. : ESP
Down
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Get there before : OUTRACE
2
Mark the beginning of : USHERIN
3
Adapts for a new audience : REEDITS
4
Where Kit Carson is buried : TAOS
5
"Lean ___" : ONME
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Automatic : UZI
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Mrs. Huxtable's portrayer : RASHAD
8
Tinseltown gossip Hopper : HEDDA
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Trouble : AIL
10
Marine bioluminescence : SEAFIRE
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Clorox Company product : PINESOL
13
Speech that opens a play : PROLOGUE
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Least explicable : ODDEST
17
Hunted : PREY
18
Corn serving : EAR
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Creamy soups : POTAGES
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___-eyed (naive) : DEWY
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Substantially : FAR
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Small carriage : GIG
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It's poor on the moor : DRAINAGE
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Pub order : PINT
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Creosote source : TAR
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Word before school or master : OLD
35
Brightest star in the Aquila constellation : ALTAIR
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Find out about : LEARNOF
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Big bite of spaghetti : FORKFUL
39
Tiny aperture : PINHOLE
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Pennsylvania resort area : POCONOS
41
British dance party : KNEESUP
43
Enter a nonfeeding state : PUPATE
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Actress Collette of "The Sixth Sense" : TONI
46
Jibe : AGREE
47
Bolted : RAN
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Long-term finan. plans : IRAS
52
Buttoned item : VEST
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___ ideal : EGO
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Grassy tract : LEA

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

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