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New York Times, Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Author:
Trip Payne
Editor:
Will Shortz
"Everything can't work out perfectly"
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Trip Payne

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQYZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 29 for Mr. Payne. Grid flow: 30.9 Tuesday freshness: 4%
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© 2005, The New York Times7/19/05 ( No. 20,342 )
Across
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Observe Yom Kippur : FAST
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Small snack : BITE
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Foxhole, basically : DITCH
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Darth's son : LUKE
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Immunity item on "Survivor" : IDOL
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___ Gay (W.W. II plane) : ENOLA
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God who rode an eight-legged horse : ODIN
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Latch (onto) : GLOM
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Disastrous : FATAL
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"Everything can't work out perfectly" : WINSOMELOSESOME
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Actress Lupino : IDA
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Binary digit : ONE
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Tactic during police questioning : GOODCOPBADCOP
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The Amish raise them : BARNS
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Figure-skating division : PAIRS
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Judo setting : MAT
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401(k) alternatives : IRAS
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Moves a muscle : STIRS
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Word processor command : SAVE
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Giants outfielder Mel : OTT
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What a bloodhound tracks : SCENT
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Wing, perhaps : ANNEX
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It's one's word against the other : HESAIDSHESAID
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Pound sound : ARF
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Pear-shaped fruit : FIG
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Not continuous : ONAGAINOFFAGAIN
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Place with a "vacancy" sign : MOTEL
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Folk singer Guthrie : ARLO
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"The Joy of Cooking" author Rombauer : IRMA
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Like the Vikings : NORSE
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Boxer Max : BAER
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Without ice : NEAT
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Hopping mad : IRATE
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Part of a venetian blind : SLAT
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Othello, e.g. : GAME
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Move like lava : FLOW
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Carmaker from Bavaria : AUDI
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Tattoo artist's "canvas" : SKIN
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Causes of stress : TENSIONS
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Whopper rival : BIGMAC
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Just chilling : IDLE
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Hammer or hoe : TOOL
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"Tickle me" guy : ELMO
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Keeps safe : DEFENDS
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"Very soon" : INASEC
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The Wizard of Oz's exposer : TOTO
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Littleneck, e.g. : CLAM
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Robust : HALE
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Part of a sweepstakes's fine print : ODDS
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Flies high : SOARS
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"Wayne's World" sidekick : GARTH
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Speak at length : ORATE
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Was decisive : OPTED
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Minor nuisances : PAINS
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Blessed event : BIRTH
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Citizen of Muscat : OMANI
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Put asphalt on : PAVED
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Story of one's life : BIO
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Country singer Ritter : TEX
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Heinlein's genre : SCIFI
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Laying hold of : SNAGGING
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Frozen dessert brand : SARALEE
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Where Tibet is : ASIA
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Most like a swami : SAGEST
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Attempt : EFFORT
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Magazine that had a "UFO Update" : OMNI
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Jordan's Queen ___ : NOOR
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Gillette brand : ATRA
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Catches in the act : NABS
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Spoken : ORAL
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Small circus performer : FLEA
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Square footage : AREA
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Islamic holy man : IMAM
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"Six Feet Under" character : NATE

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