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New York Times, Sunday, November 18, 2007

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
63-Down : Pitts of silent film
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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 76 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 104 for Mr. Berry. Sunday freshness: 10%
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© 2007, The New York Times11/18/7 ( No. 21,194 )
Across
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Immature : BABYISH
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"___ at Large," 2003 Fox sitcom : WANDA
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El ___ (Peruvian volcano) : MISTI
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Like Kashmir rugs : ORIENTAL
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For all to hear : ALOUD
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One-dimensional : LINEAR
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Nebraska town, named after an Indian tribe, featured in "Lonesome Dove" : OGALLALA
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Run away from chewing-tobacco users? : FLEESPITTERS
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Alexander the Great's ambition? : TOSLAYTHEEAST
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Leading the field : ONTOP
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___ admin (computer techie, for short) : SYS
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Revolution-era loyalist : TORY
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Black and tan ingredient : ALE
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Mental acuity : WITS
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Glinting flecks in granite : MICA
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Problem for a sweaty-handed Tarzan? : VINYSLIDING
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Trawler's trailer : NET
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Much of Anaïs Nin's work : EROTICA
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Quite often : ALOT
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One of the five stages of grief : ANGER
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Leaves in hot water : TEA
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___ de guerre : NOM
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Oil company in a 1999 merger : MOBIL
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Technique involving thickly applied paint : IMPASTO
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Crumb carrier : ANT
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One who's crazy for a sharp-dressed man? : FOPLOVER
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Moved two chessmen in one turn : CASTLED
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Early collaborator with Eastwood : LEONE
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Islamic chieftain : EMIR
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Drug ___ : CZAR
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Bring on board : HIRE
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Stole, perhaps : FUR
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Shakespearean prince who's handsome and muscular? : STUDLYHAL
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Membranous structure : SAC
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Sportswear brand : PUMA
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Weekly service : MASS
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Creditor's collection : IOUS
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Some hieroglyphic characters : ANKHS
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At great length : ONANDON
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Fish-worshiping groups? : CODCULTS
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Insect egg : NIT
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Novelist Jamaica ___ : KINCAID
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You might hear it going up and down : MUZAK
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Backup singer's syllable : OOH
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Tridactyl bird : EMU
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Scotland's Summer ___ : ISLES
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Market pessimist : BEAR
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Beguiles : LEADSON
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Powell's "The Thin Man" co-star : LOY
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What a magician might do with a big saw? : HALVETHEGAL
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Theories : ISMS
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1978 disco hit : YMCA
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Say what isn't so : LIE
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"Good gracious!" : EGAD
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Bass part : FIN
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Mr. Bean : ORSON
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How to avoid getting tipsy on hard liquor? : PACEYOURBELTS
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Designed jeans? : PLOTTEDPANTS
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Barograph reading : PRESSURE
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DVD box set, possibly : SERIES
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"Ready ___ ..." : ORNOT
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Flat remover : TIREIRON
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Boxed-off map section : INSET
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Ladies and gentlemen of the jury : PEERS
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Producer of the Keystone Cops films : SENNETT
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Part of firefighter attire : BOOT
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Ship launched from Iolcus : ARGO
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Favoritism : BIAS
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Dresses down : YELLSAT
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Tabletop decoration : INLAY
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Good news for some prisoners : STAYS
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Parade-ground command : HALT
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Thin and crisp : WAFERY
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Soothes : ALLAYS
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They're not positive : NOES
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Performance that takes a second : DUET
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Some web site banners : ADS
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Paw : MITT
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Following behind : INTOW
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Oil spill? : SEEPINGSLICKNESS
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Sealant : TAR
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Schedule-keeping org. : IRS
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Christine of "Chicago Hope" : LAHTI
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Eton collar material : LINEN
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"Man is by nature a ___ animal": Aristotle : POLITICAL
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Long, long time : EON
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Excitement : ADO
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Show signs of falling : TEETER
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Took a big step : STRODE
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Bad stuff to microwave : METAL
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One of the Forsytes in "The Forsyte Saga" : IRENE
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Macho beer-drinker's outerwear? : COATOFMANLYCOORS
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Seductress : VAMP
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Place to hole up : LAIR
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Not feeling 100 percent : ILL
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Breaks : GAPS
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Gather : INFER
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Sweet talk : COO
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Lane on Broadway : NATHAN
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Greek god of ridicule : MOMUS
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Contemporary of Virgil : OVID
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See 94-Down : BERLIOZ
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Do damage to : MAR
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"___ Dance" (David Bowie album) : LETS
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Perceptive person's detection : NUANCE
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Throw out : CHUCK
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Pitts of silent film : ZASU
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Unable to see much : SANDBLIND
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Little green man : YODA
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Figure skater Cohen : SASHA
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At a slow pace : POKILY
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Popular sleep aid : UNISOM
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"Excusez-___!" : MOI
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Words mouthed to a camera : HIMOM
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Leaves gasping : STUNS
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Telegraphy signal : DASH
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Short-spoken : CURT
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Take up the entire sofa : LOLL
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Nail holder : TOE
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Ginnie ___ : MAE
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Iconic Anne Baxter role : EVE
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Gets one's food on a tray, say : DINESIN
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Fleshy-leaved shrubs : ALOES
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With 52-Down, "Symphonie Fantastique" composer : HECTOR
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Discharges : EGESTS
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Party to many a civil union : GAY
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Begin using : ADOPT
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Bandleader Shaw : ARTIE
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French business partner, maybe : FRERE
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"Peer Gynt" playwright : IBSEN
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What a line of dots may signify : STET
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Peel : PARE
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Charles Lindbergh's wife : ANNE
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Author of "Trinity" : URIS
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Draw in : LURE
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Brisk step : TROT
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Posted : SENT
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ESP, remote viewing, and such : PSI
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Hall-of-Famer Dawson : LEN
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Music genre : POP

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

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