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New York Times, Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
What 1938's "The War of the Worlds" broadcast set off
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Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQVXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 181 for Ms. Salomon. Tuesday freshness: 66%
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© 2008, The New York Times8/26/8 ( No. 21,476 )
Across
1
Smidgens : DABS
5
Corp. recruits : MBAS
9
Bill of fashion : BLASS
14
Home of Zion National Park : UTAH
15
The New Yorker cartoonist Peter : ARNO
16
In town : LOCAL
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Antique, antiquely : OLDE
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Formal frock : GOWN
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Extreme : ULTRA
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Bill from the govt. : TNOTE
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Angler's accessory : CREEL
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Lionel Richie's "You ___" : ARE
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A/C meas. : BTU
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Nebraska native : OTO
29
Sang like a bird : TRILLED
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Tends tots : SITS
33
PC key : ALT
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Base cops : MPS
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Co. in a 2001 merger with Time Warner : AOL
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Charisse of "Silk Stockings" : CYD
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Fill fully : SATE
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Waiters' aides : BUSBOYS
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Moping : SAD
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U.S.M.C. barracks boss : NCO
52
Case worker: Abbr. : ATT
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"Go ahead, ask" : SHOOT
55
Host a roast, say : EMCEE
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Suggest : OPINE
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Garr of "Tootsie" : TERI
62
Designer for Jackie : OLEG
64
More agreeable : NICER
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Precipitation that can leave dents : HAIL
66
Abraded : WORE
67
Enclosures with MSS. : SASES
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Mideast carrier : ELAL
69
Runs, hits or errors : STAT
Down
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Batman and Robin, e.g. : DUO
2
Monopoly avenue : ATLANTIC
3
Put down : BADMOUTH
4
Cover of night? : SHEET
5
Travelers to Bethlehem : MAGI
6
Some spears : BROCCOLI
7
Peace Nobelist Sadat : ANWAR
8
One begins "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" : SONNET
9
Symptom of hypothermia : BLUELIPS
10
1970 Kinks hit : LOLA
11
Honest-to-goodness : ACTUAL
12
"Nausea" author : SARTRE
13
Cracked up at a comedy club : SLAYED
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Former automaker that manufactured trucks in W.W. II : REO
22
Its capital is Hamilton : BERMUDA
23
SuperStation inits. : TBS
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Hunter's cry : TALLYHO
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D-Day carriers: Abbr. : LSTS
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Volvo rival : SAAB
34
Sleuth, informally : TEC
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Natural alarms : ROOSTERS
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What 1938's "The War of the Worlds" broadcast set off : HYSTERIA
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Most trusted knight of King Arthur : LANCELOT
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Yadda yadda yadda : ETCETERA
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Help wanted abbr. : EOE
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They're relayed in relays : BATONS
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Heaven on earth : UTOPIA
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Unmovable ones : STOICS
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Give relief : SOOTHE
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___ Leppard : DEF
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Jermaine ___, six-time N.B.A. All-Star : ONEAL
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"I want in" or "I want out" indicators, maybe : MEOWS
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Common arthritis site : KNEE
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Window part : SILL
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Comprehend : GET

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