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IDIOM'S RESTAURANT

New York Times, Sunday, January 27, 2002

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Patrick Berry

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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 138, Blocks: 74 Missing: {JXZ} This is puzzle # 26 for Mr. Berry. Sunday freshness: 23%
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© 2002, The New York Times1/27/2 ( No. 19,073 )
Across
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It's set before a snap : FSTOP
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Reggae singer Peter : TOSH
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Lecture room : HALL
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Painful reminder : SCAR
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Wanting : INADEQUATE
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Jim Davis creation : ODIE
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You shouldn't get them up too soon : HOPES
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Entree that patrons suddenly stop eating? : COLDTURKEY
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Polynesian carving : TIKI
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Commodious : AMPLE
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"Roseanne" broadcaster : ABC
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"Not on ___" : ABET
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Oh-so-dainty : TWEE
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Company co-founded by Spielberg : AMBLIN
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"Evita" role : PERON
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Punter : BOATMAN
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Golfer Ballesteros : SEVE
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___ terrible : ENFANT
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An author might give it away : PLOT
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"Gross!" : ICK
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Short time : SEC
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Suet's source : LOINS
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Meal that encompasses everything on the menu? : WHOLEENCHILADA
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___-gatherum : OMNIUM
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Bow : ARC
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"Far out!" : RAD
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Council of ___ (Venetian tribunal) : TEN
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Dessert that's easy to prepare? : PIECEOFCAKE
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Butts into : REARENDS
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Finalizes, in a way : INKS
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Left behind : PASSED
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Long beat? : DRUMSOLO
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Formerly : NEE
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Express : AIR
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Garden tool : EDGER
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Germany's Dortmund-___ Canal : EMS
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Unburdened : RID
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Be saucy : GETFRESH
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One of the Furies : ALECTO
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A goodly number : MANY
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More twinkly : STARRIER
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Appetizer that diverts attention from the main menu? : REDHERRINGS
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Number of years Horace lived : LVI
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Sitcom set in Baltimore : ROC
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Big section in a dictionary : CEE
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Marsh plants : SEDGES
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Amenity that keeps the restaurant in business? : BREADANDBUTTER
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Quaint contraction : TWERE
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Sugar Loaf Mountain site : RIO
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In medias ___ : RES
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Burns writing : POEM
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Bold and outspoken : BRASSY
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Ices : OFFS
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Hawser : TOWROPE
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Conductor Anderson : LEROY
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Puts up : OFFERS
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Dimbulbs : OAFS
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Early Yucatán dweller : MAYA
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Steamy place : SPA
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She sang "Sweet Dreams (Of You)" : CLINE
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Overlook : OMIT
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Fruit dish that's not available ... though no one wanted it anyway? : SOURGRAPES
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"Demian" novelist : HESSE
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Fall off : WANE
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Requiring a rescue : INDISTRESS
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Take off : SHED
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"Only Time" singer : ENYA
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It's done for appearance' sake : POSE
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Future World site : EPCOT
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Paycheck abbr. : FICA
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Climber, of a sort : SNOB
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Mineral in pesticide : TALC
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Funny : ODD
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Dearest : PET
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Engine booster : TURBO
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Like some butcher blocks : OAKEN
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Mark of reconsideration : STET
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"What's the idea?!" : HEY
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Drink order that could be trouble? : HOTWATER
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Go on ___ (slim down) : ADIET
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Agreeing : LIKEMINDED
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Island chain : LEI
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Pretended : SHAM
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"The Gift of the Magi" gift : COMBS
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Fruit offering that's simply incomparable? : APPLESANDORANGES
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Went through again : RELIVED
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Milk purchase : QUART
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Writer exiled by Claudius : SENECA
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Archaeological dig find : TOOL
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Cross of old : ANKH
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Falls apart : PANICS
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Result : ENSUE
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Unable to proceed : BLOCKED
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N.C.A.A. tourn. feeder : ACC
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Forestalling objections, you might say : ELOPING
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Certain contenders : NOMINEES
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Seafood dish that's rather a mess? : FINEKETTLEOFFISH
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"Wheel of Fortune" category : PHRASE
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W.W. II servers : WACS
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Object near a temple : EAR
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Particulars : ITEMS
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Contact, e.g. : LENS
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More dejected : MOPIER
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Tehran tongue : FARSI
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Honor for Eric Ambler : EDGAR
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Ridge : ARETE
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Buzz : RUMORS
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Hash house workers : SLINGERS
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Lengthy undertaking : ODYSSEY
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Secret competitor : ARRID
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Ballot choice : ELECTEE
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Trade in : REDEEM
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Kind of bean : FAVA
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She owns stock : HERDSWOMAN
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1987 Best Actress : CHER
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Place for a ride : MIDWAY
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Loot : ROB
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Unmodern : RETRO
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Beverage that suits its drinker perfectly? : CUPOFTEA
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Jewelry purchase : BROOCH
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Flips (through) : RIFFLES
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Bachelor's area : ARTS
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Prefix with plasm : NEO
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Outstanding : TOPS
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Crows : BRAGS
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Pick up on : SENSE
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Wet : RAINY
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Hails : LAUDS
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Isolated nest: Var. : EYRIE
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Bassoon, e.g. : REED
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Like the Beatles' early work : MONO
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Some work may be done on it : SPEC
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Mexican bread : PESO
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Beleaguered exec.'s need : ASST
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Really should give : OWE
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Thimbleful : SIP
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Navig. plan : RTE
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Sculptor Jean : ARP

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

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