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New York Times, Saturday, June 19, 2004

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Answer to the folk riddle "Worker in yellow clothes"
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Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 3, (1 triple stack) This is puzzle # 80 for Mr. Quigley. Saturday freshness: 29%
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© 2004, The New York Times6/19/4 ( No. 19,947 )
Across
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Dainty piece of delicate workmanship : BIJOU
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"A truer measure of man's ability" sloganeer, once : SEIKO
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It has a variety of schedules: Abbr. : IRS
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Nursery supplies : LOAMS
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Nut source : HAZEL
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Struggle : VIE
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Dispirit : UNMAN
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Not currently : ATONETIME
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Occupational ending : IER
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Site of some famous hangings : PRADO
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Consideration : HEED
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Humanities degs. : MAS
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Canadian capital? : CEE
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"Angie Baby" singer, 1974 : REDDY
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"The point being ...?" : AND
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Biker's bike, colloquially : HAWG
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Suffix with two : FER
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Line from a classic tongue twister : ISAWESAUHESAWME
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Lenape orator who inspired Pontiac : DELAWAREPROPHET
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Anticipates an imminent disaster, maybe : SAYSONESPRAYERS
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Ten follower : HUT
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Long haul : TREK
40
"___ Time transfigured me": Yeats : ERE
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Owner of a famous thumb : EBERT
44
Ricky Nelson's "___ Late" : ITS
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Solution, on an Rx : LIQ
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Big benefit, say : GALA
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They're impulsive : AXONS
50
"Friends" actress, familiarly : JEN
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Vaunt : BRAGABOUT
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Spent : JADED
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Richard Gere title role of 2000 : DRT
56
North Sea tributary : MEUSE
57
Dispatch boat : AVISO
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Emolument : FEE
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Composer Warlock : PETER
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Stately home : MANSE
Down
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Italian color : BLU
2
View from Calabria : IONIANSEA
3
"Medical Center" star : JAMESDALY
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Taliban mullah : OMAR
5
Salts are in it: Abbr. : USN
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It's free for a limited time : SHAREWARE
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David George Gordon's "The ___-Bug Cookbook" : EATA
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Polo competitor : IZOD
9
Match game? : KENO
10
Paul Bunyan's blacksmith : OLE
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Like some walls : IVIED
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Put a winter coat on? : RIMED
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Poorly kept : SEEDY
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Doctor's order : THERAPY
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Field worker : PEASANT
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Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo and Pitti-Sing in "The Mikado" : MAIDS
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Excoriate : CHEWOUT
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Marinates more : RESOAKS
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Hospitality target : GUEST
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Hare hunters : FERRETS
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Sink item : WASHRAG
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LaserJet 2100, e.g. : HPPRINTER
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Brought by dolly : WHEELEDIN
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Jocosity : MERRINESS
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Court citation abbr. : ETSEQ
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Staff lines? : EGBDF
42
Dance studio feature : BARRE
43
Really turn on : ELATE
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Answer to the folk riddle "Worker in yellow clothes" : ABEE
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Strike : XOUT
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English river to the Wash : OUSE
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Mud : JAVA
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Increase, with "up" : AMP
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Fix : JAM
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Unknown name : DOE

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

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