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New York Times, Monday, November 3, 2008

Author:
Susan Gelfand
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQZ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Gelfand.
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© 2008, The New York Times11/3/08 ( No. 21,545 )
Across
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"Green ___" of 1960s TV : ACRES
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Spoiled kid : BRAT
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Bossy's offspring : CALF
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Fill the crevices of, as a window frame : CAULK
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Capital of Italia : ROMA
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Zero-shaped : OVAL
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Etiquette expert writes messages online? : EMILYPOSTS
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Device for a plow team : YOKE
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Thieves' locale : DEN
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Moist, as morning grass : DEWY
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Dog : barked :: cat : ___ : MEOWED
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Frees (of) : RIDS
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Poverty : WANT
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Singer speculates? : STEVIEWONDERS
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Eliminate the stubble : SHAVE
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Pupil's surrounder : IRIS
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___ & Tina Turner Revue : IKE
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Misjudges : ERRS
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Princess who helped Jason : MEDEA
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Tel ___ : AVIV
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Ballot marks : XES
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When repeated, a Samoan city : PAGO
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Ingrid Bergman or Bjorn Borg : SWEDE
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Artist clears the bases? : WINSLOWHOMERS
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Food, informally : EATS
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Actress Lupino and others : IDAS
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Many Halloween costumes : GHOSTS
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Cross-country ___ : SKIS
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Grain in Cheerios : OAT
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Announcement for the head of a queue : NEXT
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Actress searches? : HELENHUNTS
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Skater's jump : AXEL
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"___ and out" : OVER
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Bar legally : ESTOP
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Decrease, as the moon : WANE
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Rover's "hands" : PAWS
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Hotel offerings : ROOMS
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Scored perfectly on : ACED
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Arrived : CAME
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Damage beyond repair : RUIN
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90° pipe turn : ELL
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Jump from a plane : SKYDIVE
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Read a little here and there : BROWSE
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Pink, as cheeks : ROSY
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Gal. or qt. : AMT
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One of the six states of Australia : TASMANIA
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Cousin of the gray wolf : COYOTE
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Declare openly : AVOW
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Great Salt ___ : LAKE
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Skipped town : FLED
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Foot: Prefix : PEDI
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Wraps up : ENDS
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Guns, as an engine : REVS
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Had on : WORE
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One "tamed" in Shakespeare : SHREW
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Ankle bones : TARSI
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To whom a husband leaves an estate : WIDOW
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Potomac, for one : RIVER
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Loses control on a snowy road, say : SKIDS
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Gender : SEX
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Cain and Abel's mother : EVE
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Bobbysoxer's hangout : MALTSHOP
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They're subject to inflation : EGOS
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Inspires reverence in : AWES
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Warm-up exam for future collegians : PSAT
41
See 53-Down : SMASHER
43
Butterfinger candy bar maker : NESTLE
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Parkgoers with backpacks : HIKERS
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Chief Norse god : ODIN
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Chew (on) : GNAW
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Six: Prefix : HEXA
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Plow team : OXEN
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Whole lot : SLEW
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Aware of : ONTO
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With 41-Down, nuclear device : ATOM
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Recipe measures: Abbr. : TSPS
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Actress Longoria : EVA
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G.I. uplifter : USO

Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle.

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