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New York Times, Thursday, December 20, 2007

Author:
Peter A. Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
33-Across : Niggling criticism
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Peter A. Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQZ} Spans: 4 Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzles. This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Collins. Thursday freshness: 12%
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© 2007, The New York Times12/20/7 ( No. 21,226 )
Across
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Ditsy : DAFT
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Oast : OVEN
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Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Am I ___" : LOSIN
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Oviedo stew : OLLA
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Nautilus captain : NEMO
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Allergic explosion : ACHOO
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Explanation of this puzzle's theme ... : EVERYENTRYTHATS
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Single-reed instrument : SAX
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Isolated French places : ILES
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American or Delta route : AIRWAY
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Scharnhorst admiral of W.W. I : SPEE
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Adolescent outbreak : ACNE
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... including this ... : INTHEGRIDHASTHE
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Director of the budget who became U.S. vice president : DAWES
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Niggling criticism : NIT
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Rapper MC ___ : REN
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Enoch's great-great-grandfather : ENOS
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Sticks turned over a fire : SPITS
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More than half : MOST
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Anecdotal collection : ANA
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One may be rolled : OAT
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Macintosh accessory : MOUSE
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... still more ... : SAMEFIRSTLETTER
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"Sovereign" : SIRE
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Vessel for a florist : VASE
49
Busyness : BUSTLE
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Alternative to a Trac II : ATRA
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Appendage : ARM
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... and, finally, the end of the explanation : ASTHEENTRYSCLUE
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Rent again : RELET
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Corleone portrayer : CAAN
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Aid in crime : ABET
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Offensive emanations : ODORS
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Ornamental stone : ONYX
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Transmitter of cold war news : TASS
Down
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Discharges : DOES
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An inventor's middle name : ALVA
3
Flaunt, say, as muscles : FLEX
4
Tobacco smoke component : TAR
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On which an arabesque is performed : ONELEG
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Varnished surface, sometimes : VENEER
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Experts at CPR : EMTS
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Neither's partner : NOR
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Lady from south of the border : LATINA
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Orangish tones : OCHRES
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"Saint Joan" playwright : SHAW
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Insignificant amount : IOTA
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Not just casually interested : NOSY
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"Yowzer!" : YIPES
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You can see them at marinas : YACHTS
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Sinatra tune "___ Funny That Way" : SHES
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Access for a collier : ADIT
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Inspirations : IDEAS
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Norse goddess married to Balder : NANNA
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Time to close a bar, maybe : TWOAM
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"I" and "M" in I. M. Pei: Abbr. : INITS
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They chase flies : TROUT
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Hermann who wrote "Steppenwolf" : HESSE
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Exit's opposite : ENTER
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Shindig of sorts : SOIREE
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Peel : PARE
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Minute bit : MOTE
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Monument Valley sights : MESAS
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Espoused of Ahasuerus, in the Bible : ESTHER
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Fish orders : FILETS
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Tube watcher's food holder : TVTRAY
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Language organ : LARYNX
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Beginning for metric : BARO
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Utilized : USED
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Site of July 1944 fighting : STLO
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Arrive ___ agreement : ATAN
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Actress Jessica : ALBA
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Regrets : RUES
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"Miracle" team of 1969 : METS
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No lieutenant yet: Abbr. : NCO
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Cool ___ : CAT

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

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