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New York Times, Monday, January 1, 2007

Author:
Randy Sowell
Editor:
Will Shortz
Starts of 21- and 53-Across and 3- and 30-Down
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Randy Sowell

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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Sowell. Grid flow: 33.3 Monday freshness: 30%
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© 2007, The New York Times1/1/07 ( No. 20,873 )
Across
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Mrs. Dithers of the comics : CORA
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Holder of billiard balls : RACK
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County, in Britain : SHIRE
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Breakfast chain : IHOP
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Jazz's Fitzgerald : ELLA
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Blender setting : PUREE
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Huge : VAST
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Numbskull : BOOB
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Modern missive : EMAIL
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Anger : IRE
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Carnival treat : COTTONCANDY
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More shrewd : CAGIER
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"It's not easy ___ green" : BEIN
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Like some modern music : ATONAL
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___ Pieces : REESES
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Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic destination : PARIS
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Farm billies : GOATS
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Charlottesville sch. : UVA
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Cutlass, e.g., informally : OLDS
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Starts of 21- and 53-Across and 3- and 30-Down : BOWLS
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Gets older : AGES
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Golf ball position : LIE
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Storms : RAGES
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Eurasian mountains : URALS
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The Jayhawks of the Big 12 : KANSAS
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Groove-making tool : ROUTER
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Tiny hill dwellers : ANTS
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Skip : PASSUP
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Carbonated citrus-flavored drink : ORANGECRUSH
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Medical care grp. : HMO
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Cape ___ Islands : VERDE
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Diaper problem : RASH
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Keep ___ on (watch) : TABS
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___ tube : INNER
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Nabisco best-seller : OREO
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160 square rods : ACRE
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Jim Morrison's group, with "the" : DOORS
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Feathered missile : DART
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"Sure, go ahead" : OKAY
Down
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___ center : CIVIC
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"Gone With the Wind" surname : OHARA
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White House setting : ROSEGARDEN
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Likely : APT
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Like many evangelicals : REBORN
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Loads : ALOT
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Arterial blockage : CLOT
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Shish ___ : KABOB
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Canis lupus familiaris, for dogs : SPECIES
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Compassionate : HUMANE
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Neighbor of Pakistan : IRAN
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Actor/director Tim : REID
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Slithery : EELY
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Corporate V.I.P.'s : CEOS
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"Phooey!" : NERTS
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"How sweet ___!" : ITIS
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Wide-eyed : AGOG
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Toward the bottom : LOWER
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1963 #1 hit for the Fireballs : SUGARSHACK
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Daredevil Knievel : EVEL
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Impudent talk : SASS
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President before Taylor : POLK
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Inter ___ : ALIA
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Too : ALSO
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Moisten, as poultry : BASTE
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Mars' Greek counterpart : ARES
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New York N.H.L.'ers : RANGERS
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Great Salt Lake's state : UTAH
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Wood-smoothing tool : SANDER
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Result : UPSHOT
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Atlantic food fish : SCROD
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Shadow : UMBRA
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Actress Parker ___ : POSEY
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"Metamorphoses" poet : OVID
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Nevada city : RENO
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River through Florence : ARNO
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___ avis : RARA
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One getting a manual : USER
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Confucian path : TAO

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