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New York Times, Friday, June 23, 2000

Author:
Noah Dephoure
Editor:
Will Shortz
They may be directed toward the back
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Noah Dephoure

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 31 Missing: {FJQVXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Dephoure. Friday freshness: 16%
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© 2000, The New York Times6/23/0 ( No. 18,490 )
Across
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Plank's place, perhaps : PIRATESHIP
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Nevada's Sen. Harry ___ : REID
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What a tippler might have : ONETOOMANY
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"___ Imroth" (Sandburg poem) : ANNA
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Think about changing : RECONSIDER
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Scanty : SLIM
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"Jerry Maguire" director : CROWE
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Put on : LADE
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They may be directed toward the back : PATS
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Pack ___ : ITIN
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First name in game shows : REGIS
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Cracker topper : BRIE
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Nada : NIL
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Health store snack bar ingredient : CAROB
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OK, in a way : LEGAL
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Fast follower : EASTER
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Certain crown material : LAUREL
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Zoning board calculation : AREA
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R.P.I. grad, perhaps : ENGR
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In the rear : ASTERN
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It may be at your fingertips : KEYPAD
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Some games require them : ANTES
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PC support staff : TECHS
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Crackerjack : ACE
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A film might receive one : STAR
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Louise and others : TINAS
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Ready : PREP
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On its way : SENT
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Biology lab supply : AGAR
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Caffeinated concoction : LATTE
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European leader? : INDO
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Some people work on it : COMMISSION
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Pet : SNIT
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"Some help would be nice, folks!" : INEEDAHAND
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Some vacationers' acquisitions : TANS
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Emulates Scheherazade : TELLSTALES
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Like some pen residents : PORCINE
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Lack of get-up-and-go : INERTIA
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Shows alarm : RECOILS
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Nevil Shute's "___ Like Alice" : ATOWN
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Pitch : TONE
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Selene's sister : EOS
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Happy sort : SMILER
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Tried, with "at" : HADAGO
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Spoiled : INEDIBLE
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Lighted stacks : PYRES
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Show of disapproval : RASPBERRY
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Blow up : ENLARGE
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OK, in a way : INITIAL
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Producer of a distress call? : DAMSEL
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Done less? : RARER
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Astronomical discovery of 1801 : CERES
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Olympic racers : LUGES
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Ore-Ida product : TATERTOTS
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Egyptian symbols of life : ANKHS
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Sophocles tragedy : ANTIGONE
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Wave catcher : ANTENNA
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Double : STANDIN
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Not full : PARTIAL
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Polish remover : ACETONE
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"That ___..." : DEPENDS
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Respond to 56-Across : ASSIST
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Crown coverer : ENAMEL
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West Coast artists' colony site : CARMEL
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Like some agreements : TACIT
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Muhammad Ali was one : PASHA
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Future atty.'s hurdle : LSAT
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Tags : IDS

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

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