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New York Times, Saturday, September 11, 2004

Author:
Byron Walden
Editor:
Will Shortz
34-Down : 2003 Nick Lachey hit "___ Swear"
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Byron Walden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Walden. Saturday freshness: 81%
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© 2004, The New York Times9/11/4 ( No. 20,031 )
Across
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Ill-fated emperor of 1502-20 : MONTEZUMA
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Marine tank : SCUBA
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"I'm waiting" : ANYDAYNOW
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Instrument Paul McCartney played on Ringo Starr's "You're Sixteen" : KAZOO
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Getting down : CONSUMING
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Permanently : ININK
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The last thing a Yale cheerleader wants : ANE
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Scruffy : UNKEMPT
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Southeast-most county of Ireland, or its seat : WEXFORD
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Tycoons' holdings : EMPIRES
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Backslider? : LUGER
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California city NW of Bakersfield : DELANO
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Kiwis : APTERYXES
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English county from which the Pilgrims set sail in 1620 : DEVON
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Take up, perhaps : REHEM
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Spaniard's "that" : ESO
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First secretary of H.E.W., 1953, ___ Culp Hobby : OVETA
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Santa ___ : ANITA
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Messiah : DELIVERER
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Buffalo's AAA baseball team : BISONS
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Face saver : TONER
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Cold start : SNIFFLE
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Astronomical distances : PARSECS
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Blank page : FLYLEAF
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Filch : COP
55
Holy Roman emperor crowned 962 : OTTOI
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Clayey rock once common in building : MARLSTONE
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Attach, in a way : SEWON
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Passing legislation? : ESTATELAW
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Mexican War general known as Old Fuss and Feathers : SCOTT
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Checks : RESTRAINS
Down
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Large bird with a loud scream : MACAW
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See 57-Down : ONONE
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Half of a 1997 telecom merger : NYNEX
4
Successful field results, for short : TDS
5
Lac contents : EAU
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The chemistry of fermentation : ZYMURGY
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Hard to research : UNINDEXED
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Figure in Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose" : MONK
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"Shucks!" : AWGEE
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Not chosen : SKIPPEDOVER
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Structural supports : CANTILEVERS
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Certain gun : UZI
13
French compliment : BON
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Fine, slangily : AOK
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Roman square? : MMD
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Swift : FLEETOFFOOT
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1966 James Bond spoof : OURMANFLINT
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Obvious lunatic : RAVER
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Short message via AOL, say : ENOTE
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Bat signals? : SONAR
30
Button for pins : RESET
32
Luxor locals : ARABS
33
Confine : PENIN
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2003 Nick Lachey hit "___ Swear" : THISI
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Arias : SOLOPARTS
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Like Elgar's Symphony No. 1 : INAFLAT
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Sneaking : SLY
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Baseball Hall-of-Famer Flick : ELMER
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Gastrointestinal danger : ECOLI
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Big name in late-night TV : CONAN
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Throws off : SPEWS
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Let up : EASE
55
Old spy grp. : OSS
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Shamus : TEC
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With 2-Down, certain mismatch : TWO
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Orch. part : STR
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Some like it hot : TEA

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

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