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New York Times, Saturday, November 10, 2001

Author:
William I. Johnston
Editor:
Will Shortz
40-Across : Hot stuff
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William I. Johnston

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Johnston. Saturday freshness: 30%
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© 2001, The New York Times11/10/1 ( No. 18,995 )
Across
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Song that quotes the Gettysburg Address in "Hair" : ABIEBABY
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Painter Klimt : GUSTAV
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Place for a pullover? : RESTAREA
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Phidias subject : ATHENA
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People whose business is picking up? : TRASHMEN
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Goat features : BEARDS
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Give ___ go : ITA
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Boxes : SOCKS
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Tear : SPREE
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Director Vittorio De ___ : SICA
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Eye discharge : RHEUM
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Contemporary count : EARL
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Tempts, in a way : TESTS
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High land : NEPAL
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Electric flux symbol : PSI
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Anchor ring : TORUS
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Possessed child in "The Omen" : DAMIEN
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It's based on "The Berlin Stories" : CABARET
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Hot stuff : CAYENNE
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Flips over : ADORES
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Info on library slips : DATES
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Unit of conductance : MHO
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Put down in print : LIBEL
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Never seemed to end : RANON
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Letter before gimel : BETH
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Private reply? : NOSIR
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Historical figure portrayed in "Quills" : SADE
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Acrylic fiber : ORLON
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Garb for some parties : TOGAS
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Passbook abbr. : DEP
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It's placed on the bottom : DIAPER
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Need for a melt, maybe : TUNAFISH
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Carve : INCISE
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The Eddas were written in it : OLDNORSE
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Some airline employees : AGENTS
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Portable cutter : SABERSAW
Down
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Drawer : ARTIST
2
Wodehouse's Wooster : BERTIE
3
"Magic Hour" novelist Susan : ISAACS
4
Latin connections : ETS
5
Cross words : BAHS
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Protection : ARMOR
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Old gum brand : BEECHNUT
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Bronx cheer recipients? : YANKEES
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Blah-blah-blah : GAB
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Off-roaders' choices, briefly : UTES
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Diamond, e.g. : SHAPE
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Diamondback, e.g. : TERRAPIN
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Fairy tale figure : ANDERSEN
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Jelly not used in sandwiches : VASELINE
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More than snack : SUP
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Fragrant oil : ATTAR
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Hardly pleased with : MADAT
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The New Yorker caricaturist Edward : SOREL
31
Ply : LAYER
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It runs in the woods : RESIN
36
They have flat tops : MESAS
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Where to make riel wages? : CAMBODIA
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Following, with "to" : ADHERING
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Clodhopper's securer : BOOTLACE
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He made his horse a senator : CALIGULA
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Firedome and Firesweep : DESOTOS
45
'Droid : BOT
47
Floors : NADIRS
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Texas college town : ODESSA
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Great-___ : NEPHEW
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"I can give you a lift" : HOPIN
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Musical genre, in brief : RANDB
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Build a tree house? : NEST
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Unlikely to be committed : SANE
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Like some phone nos. : RES
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In payment of : FOR

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

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