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New York Times, Monday, July 13, 2009

Author:
C. W. Stewart
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Comfily ready to sleep ... or a hint to 17-, 24-, 37- and 47-Across
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Carolyn W. Stewart

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVXY} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 10 for Ms. Stewart. Monday freshness: 8%
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© 2009, The New York Times7/13/9 ( No. 21,797 )
Across
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Chicago's ___Planetarium : ADLER
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Country singer Brooks : GARTH
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Opposite of dis : DAT
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Like oil directly from a well : CRUDE
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Hilo hello : ALOHA
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Aussie hopper : ROO
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Ditch digging, e.g. : MANUALLABOR
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Little Rock's home: Abbr. : ARK
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Yolk's site : EGG
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City name before Heat or Vice : MIAMI
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"Inferno" writer : DANTE
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Money borrowed from a friend, e.g. : PERSONALLOAN
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Fleet : ARMADA
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Bald person's purchase : WIG
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Serve, as tea : POUR
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"Airplane!" or "Spaceballs" : SPOOF
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Flow back : EBB
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The Dalai Lama, e.g. : SPIRITUALLEADER
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At any time, to a poet : EER
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Six ___ a-laying (gift in a Christmas song) : GEESE
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Silent screen star Naldi : NITA
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Reverse of WSW : ENE
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Acid blocker sold over the counter : ZANTAC
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Slash symbol, e.g. : DIAGONALLINE
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Helicopter part : ROTOR
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Hotelier Helmsley : LEONA
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Address for an overseas G.I. : APO
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Wonderment : AWE
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Comfily ready to sleep ... or a hint to 17-, 24-, 37- and 47-Across : ALLTUCKEDIN
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Moms : MAS
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One of the Judds : NAOMI
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Ryan of "The Beverly Hillbillies" : IRENE
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Tidbit for an aardvark : ANT
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Lugs : TOTES
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Homes for 65-Acrosses : NESTS
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Pinnacle : ACME
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Wet blanket : DRAG
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Aqua-___ : LUNG
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Univ. e-mail ending : EDU
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Cleaned out, as with a pipe cleaner : REAMED
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Black-tie affairs : GALAS
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"Remember the ___!" (rallying cry of 1836) : ALAMO
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Harbinger of spring : ROBIN
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Even if, informally : THO
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What a serf led : HARDLIFE
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Clog-busting brand : DRANO
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Main artery : AORTA
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Thimble or shoe, in Monopoly : TOKEN
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Franc : France :: ___ : Italy : LIRA
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2x + 5 = 15 subj. : ALG
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Last name of Henry VIII's last : PARR
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M.P.'s quarry : AWOL
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Cathedral recess : APSE
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Hillbilly's belt : ROPE
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John who founded the Sierra Club : MUIR
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Take to court : SUE
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Dads : PAS
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Shout after a bull charges : OLE
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Blue-pencil : EDIT
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Gamma preceder : BETA
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Bric-a-___ : BRAC
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Unaware : IGNORANT
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Many a driver's ed student : TEEN
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First name of Henry VIII's second : ANNE
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Self-esteem : EGO
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Next-to-last element alphabetically : ZINC
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___ Skywalker of "Star Wars" : ANAKIN
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Comedy's counterpart : DRAMA
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Cedar Rapids native : IOWAN
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Event that could be seen as far away as Las Vegas in the '50s : ATEST
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Mete out : ALLOT
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"I'll do it!" : LETME
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1930s-'40s heavyweight champ Joe : LOUIS
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Fruit drinks : ADES
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Pub serving : PINT
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Small bills : ONES
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Thai neighbor : LAO
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Before, poetically : ERE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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