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New York Times, Thursday, November 24, 2005

Author:
Michael Shteyman
Editor:
Will Shortz
40-Across : "Lord, is ___?"
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Michael Shteyman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {KQW} Spans: 2 Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzles. Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzlemakers. This is puzzle # 35 for Mr. Shteyman. Thursday freshness: 33%
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© 2005, The New York Times11/24/5 ( No. 20,470 )
Across
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"Just ___" : ASEC
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Kodak rival : AGFA
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Put away : ONICE
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Vaquero's view : MESA
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Show off, like Mr. America : FLEX
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Product first used commercially in toothbrush bristles : NYLON
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___ Sea, outlet for the Amu Darya : ARAL
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Honest : REAL
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Polish : EMEND
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See circles : JAILSENTENCE
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Road hazard in Frankfurt : EIS
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Doesn't bother : LETSBE
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See circles : FOURTHDIMENSION
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One of the sons on "My Three Sons" : ERNIE
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Friedrich ___, first president of the German Republic : EBERT
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Univ. applicants, typically : SRS
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Kitchen canful : LARD
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U.S. military planes : FTENS
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Substitute position : LIEU
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"Lord, is ___?" : ITI
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Subjects of research, e.g. : AREAS
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Sun block : VISOR
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See circles : POPULARMAGAZINE
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Title words repeated in a 1974 song after "Como una promesa ..." : ERESTU
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Monte Leone, for one : ALP
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See circles : TESTERSSHOUT
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"When it comes to ..." : ASFOR
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Leave : EXIT
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Prefix with knock or lock : ANTI
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"The Price Is Right" announcement : VALUE
61
Indian melodic pattern : RAGA
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Poker declaration : IMIN
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Last-minute birthday recognition : ECARD
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Big name in theaters? : IMAX
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Lean : RELY
Down
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Key of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7: Abbr. : AMAJ
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Hospital fluids : SERA
3
Actor Morales : ESAI
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Modern means of character recognition? : CALLERID
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From the top : AFRESH
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Dale : GLEN
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Guinness entry : FEAT
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Toll unit : AXLE
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Minimal postage hike : ONECENT
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M.L.B. team with a bridge in its logo : NYMETS
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Land in un fleuve : ILE
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Swindle : CON
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Dissolve : END
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Part of the cyberworld : SITE
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10-Down, e.g. : NLERS
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Affirmative in the lyrics of "Penny Serenade" : SISISI
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Concerned : BOREON
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Check again : ENSURE
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One of five Spanish kings : FELIPE
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Sen. Robert Byrd, for one : ORATOR
30
Green : UNRIPE
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Stop, perhaps : DETER
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Steel bar : IBEAM
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Mind-set? : MENSA
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Housewives, abroad : FRAUS
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Female rocker with the 2003 hit "Why Can't I?" : LIZPHAIR
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Spayed : ALTERED
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Actor Kilmer and others : VALS
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What a B'way show might have : USTOUR
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Big source of state revenue : GASTAX
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Actress Austin : TERI
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Final, say : EXAM
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Gulf of ___, arm of the Baltic : RIGA
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"Lean ___" : ONME
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Certain Monopoly sq. : UTIL
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Peewee : TINY
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Many a Monopoly sq. : AVE
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Cyst : SAC
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Its state flower is the orange blossom: Abbr. : FLA

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

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