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New York Times, Saturday, July 3, 2010

Author:
Joe Krozel
Editor:
Will Shortz
6-Down : Start of the second half?
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Joe Krozel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 68, Blocks: 22 Missing: {FJQXZ} Spans: 6, (2 double stacks) This is puzzle # 37 for Mr. Krozel. Saturday freshness: 98%
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© 2010, The New York Times7/3/10 ( No. 22,152 )
Across
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Puts in a seat : APPOINTS
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Like vinyl records : PRESSED
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Fills all the seats for : SELLSOUT
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Faith-based initiative? : HOLYWAR
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Most likely : INALLPROBABILITY
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Capital 7,200 feet above sea level : SANAA
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Poltergeist output : NOISES
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It's south of Sp. : MOR
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Tree line stats. : ALTS
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Sought the opinions of, in a way : POLLED
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___ other (matchlessly) : ASNO
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"Is ___?" : ITI
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Keebler's head elf and others : ERNIES
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Dressing holder : CRUET
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Levels with sticks? : DYNAMITES
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Sitcom sports agent Michaels : ARLISS
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What goes around at a hoedown? : DOSIDO
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Big Dipper star : ALIOTH
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Bath hub? : CENTRE
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Sowing pioneer : APPLESEED
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Court whizzes : ACERS
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Some smokes : CLAROS
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Peace Nobelist Kim ___ Jung : DAE
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Italian novelist Morante : ELSA
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Bellyacher : MOANER
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47-Across personnel: Abbr. : DIRS
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Screened city dweller? : SIM
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Tennis's Fraser and others : NEALES
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High-profile defendant of 1992 : GOTTI
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"Dracula" and "Frankenstein" producer : UNIVERSALSTUDIOS
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Clio maker : RENAULT
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Struggling to get : EKINGOUT
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What MapQuest requests : ADDRESS
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Some opinions : DISSENTS
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"Again ..." : ASISAID
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Opposing team's turndown : PENALTYDECLINED
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Suggest subliminally, perhaps : PLANTINONESMIND
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Cantina cookware : OLLAS
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Gran Bretaña, e.g. : ISLA
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Start of the second half? : NOP
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Make like : TURNONTO
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Sting participant : STOOLIE
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First and last quarters, e.g. : PHASES
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Like many judges : ROBED
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Participants in the annual Safety Dance : ELIS
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One of four in Mississippi: Abbr. : SYL
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Revealing issue : SWIMSUITEDITION
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Some building weakeners : DRYROTS
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They were black and yellow in old medicine : BILES
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Tough thing to swallow : PRIDE
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Jimmy Johnson title comics character and others : ARLOS
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10-Down commanders : EMIRS
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"Help!" and such : CRIES
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Senate stars? : ASTRA
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___ nothing : ALLOR
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Social time at the lodge : APRESSKI
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Bard's break : CAESURA
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Brown-tinged Hawaiian crow : ALALA
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Like some station wagons : PANELED
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Cuts it out : DESISTS
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Doesn't work hard : COASTS
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Blackbirds : MERLS
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Skirt : DODGE
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___ Zürcher Zeitung (leading Swiss daily) : NEUE
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Magazine contents : GUNS
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Dictionary abbr. : VAR
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"___ so appalling - it exhilarates": Dickinson : TIS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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