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New York Times, Saturday, December 29, 2001

Author:
Bob Peoples
Editor:
Will Shortz
38-Down : Mideast's ___ Desert
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Bob Peoples

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 27 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Peoples. Saturday freshness: 76%
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© 2001, The New York Times12/29/1 ( No. 19,044 )
Across
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Center's position : PIVOT
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"Peanuts" character : SCHROEDER
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Obviously amazed : AGAPE
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Heaven : CLOUDNINE
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Game needs : RULES
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Massage therapists, e.g. : RELIEVERS
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Corrupt : TAINT
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Actress Gray and others : ERINS
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Hard to keep in stock, say : HOT
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Obligation : ONUS
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Candle holders? : CAKES
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Bold competitor : ALL
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Sing : NAMENAMES
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Roosevelt brain truster Adolf : BERLE
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Like some souls : SAVED
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Dapper Dans : BLADES
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Worn down : ABRADED
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Orchestra section : BRASSES
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Ready : PRIMED
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Like tree leaves : VEINY
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Delirious person, often : RAVER
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Youth : SALADDAYS
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Like Beethoven's Seventh Symphony : INE
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Pilot's guidepost : PYLON
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Turgenev's birthplace : OREL
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Spock, e.g.: Abbr. : CDR
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Kind of wrap : SARAN
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Tooth trouble : DECAY
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Alternative to a steak fry : ONIONRING
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Practice : USAGE
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Shot past? : TENNISACE
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Banquets : DINES
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Made more attractive : SWEETENED
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Skittish move : START
Down
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"Steel Magnolias" co-star : PARTON
2
Galápagos Islands shore dweller : IGUANA
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Calmer : VALIUM
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Access provider : OPENSESAME
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Makeup, e.g. : TEST
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Jumped off the page, maybe : SCREAMED
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Followed in Cratchit's footsteps : CLERKED
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Sacred sites : HOLIES
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Archaeologist's destination : RUINS
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___ of Solomon (noncanonical book) : ODES
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It may have a window: Abbr. : ENV
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Irreconcilables : DIEHARDS
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Program participant : ENROLLEE
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Pacing, say : RESTLESS
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Gave up, slangily : CAVED
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2000 candidate : NADER
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Unlikely to excite : BLAND
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"Down, boy!" : EASYDOESIT
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___ Boru, Irish king who defeated the Norse : BRIAN
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They may be in a jam : APRICOTS
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Just out : BRANDNEW
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Located along a large stream : RIVERINE
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Fit in : BELONGED
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Canopy curtain : VALANCE
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Mideast's ___ Desert : SYRIAN
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Secrets : ARCANA
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1947 sound-barrier breaker : YEAGER
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Least ingenuous : SLYEST
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Break down, in a way : PARSE
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Pet : SNIT
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They don't go off : DUDS
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Starting square : ONE

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

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