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EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE

New York Times, Sunday, April 9, 2000

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
99-Across : When many people get to work
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Joe DiPietro

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 70 Missing: {Z} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 31 for Mr. DiPietro. Sunday freshness: 44%
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© 2000, The New York Times4/9/0 ( No. 18,415 )
Across
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Trim : PARE
5
Story that may hold secrets : ATTIC
10
Dresses for cooking : LARDS
15
Arrangement holder : VASE
19
"___ to that!" : AMEN
20
TV executive Arledge : ROONE
21
Appearance at home? : ATBAT
22
Endangered antelope : ORYX
23
Outer layer : RIND
24
Things that are not appreciated : PEARLSSWINE
26
Space between the dotted lines : LANE
27
Hardly a cold snap : ICEAGE
29
Notice : DETECT
30
I.C.U. conduits : IVTUBES
32
Produce a 130-Across : SAWLOGS
34
Actress Sorvino : MIRA
35
From the East : ASIAN
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Line of thinking : LOGIC
38
Quiet time : CALMTHESTORM
43
From an earlier time : OLD
46
Important test : FINAL
48
Do the same as : APE
49
Literary connection : SEGUE
50
Words of caution : LOOKYOULEAP
54
___ Day (Wednesday) : HUMP
57
Portoferraio's island : ELBA
58
"Death in Venice" author : MANN
59
Register : SIGNUP
61
Like the Owl and the Pussycat's boat : PEAGREEN
63
They're not me or you : OTHERS
66
Take a break : CATNAP
68
Govt. loan org. : SBA
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Entices potential dieters : SHOWSPHOTOGRAPHSSHOWS
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Go (for) : VIE
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Upstate New York's ___ Lake : ONEIDA
78
Calder Trophy awarder : THENHL
79
Part of some facials : SKINPEEL
84
Complicated situations : SNARLS
86
Tennis's Nastase : ILIE
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Thunderbird enthusiast? : WINO
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Unappetizing food : SLOP
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In succession : THEOTHERONE
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Flooded : AWASH
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They're fourth on the way up : FAS
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Makeup artist's problem : SMEAR
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Watered down : WET
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When many people get to work : NINEAQUARTER
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Hebrews' first high priest : AARON
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Say without thinking : BLURT
107
Splitter who makes splinters? : AXER
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Departed quickly : MADEOFF
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Can opener : PULLTAB
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Secure : ANCHOR
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Kind of smell : NEWCAR
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Actor Andrew : SHUE
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Popular activity for dogs : CARSCHASING
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Built for speed : AERO
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One and only : SOLE
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Big name at Notre Dame : KNUTE
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Exquisitely wrought trinket : BIJOU
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Car wash supply : RAGS
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A big person may come down with it : THUD
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Round of four : SEMIS
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Disturbing noise : SNORE
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Gut feeling? : KNOT
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He left Oenone for Helen : PARIS
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Lady friend in Italy : AMICA
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Keep getting : RENEW
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Ultimate object : ENDALL
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Musical run : ARPEGGIO
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See 70-Down : TOE
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Despicable sort : TOAD
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How some legal proceedings are conducted : INREM
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FleetCenter player : CELTIC
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Italian tourist attraction : LASCALA
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No. on a certain table : ATWT
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Result of a productive 21-Across : RBI
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Coffee go-with : DANISH
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Wonder who? : STEVIE
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Do work on the house : VOLUNTEER
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U.A.E. center : ARAB
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Since then, in song : SYNE
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Extinguished flames? : EXES
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Some transfusions : SERA
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Cartoon dog : GOOFY
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News agency name : TASS
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___ cavity : SINUS
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Enjoyed to the max : ATEUP
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Spotted : CALICO
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Ticket abbr. : MPH
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Eye : OGLE
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Sticks figure : RUBE
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Ignoble : MEAN
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He played Castillo on "Miami Vice" : OLMOS
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Reluctant : LOATH
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Singer with the Aliis : DONHO
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Musically connected : LEGATO
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Understood : KNEW
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Chekhov and others : ANTONS
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Peppery : PUNGENT
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It breathes : MESH
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Blue Ribbon makers : PABST
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Unwelcome one : PARIAH
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Wound : GASH
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Reply : RSVP
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Those seeking intelligence : SPIES
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Victims of an October 1998 sweep : PADRES
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6-Down's partner : HEEL
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Designer Picasso : PALOMA
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Prince or princess : HEIR
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Not at full power : ONLOW
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Complaint : WHINE
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Reason to use wipers : SLEET
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Kind of song : SWAN
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Nocturnal bird : KIWI
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"Back ___ hour" (shop sign) : INAN
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Like some seats in a stadium : NOSEBLEED
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Diet : LOFAT
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It may have a head : STEAM
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What's expected : PAR
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Scolding : HARANGUE
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Destroy slowly : ERODE
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Suspension : HALT
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Positions : STANCES
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They're not to be believed : QUACKS
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Polished : URBANE
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Trading place: Abbr. : EXCH
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Conditions, in a way : REHABS
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Choice for travelers to New York : NEWARK
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It's in the bag : ROSIN
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Three quarters of the earth, basically : OCEAN
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Macy's showcase? : FARGO
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"Mending Wall" poet : FROST
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Attention getter : PSST
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Concerned expression : UHOH
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Knockout : LULU
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Spot of Italian wine : ASTI
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1990 World Series M.V.P. Jose : RIJO
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Coke's partner : RUM
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Easter's beginning : NOR

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

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