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New York Times, Saturday, December 23, 2006

Author:
Myles Callum
Editor:
Will Shortz
Abstract sculptor whose work is seen at Lincoln Center
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Myles Callum

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 29 Missing: {FGJQX} This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. Callum. Saturday freshness: 65%
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© 2006, The New York Times12/23/6 ( No. 20,864 )
Across
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Did some court work : TRIEDACASE
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Cow: Sp. : VACA
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Set of routine duties : DAILYDOZEN
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Argonaut who slew Castor : IDAS
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Locks up? : SPIKEDHAIR
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Things usually held while facing backward : OARS
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Architectural projection : ORIEL
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Ones with well-defined careers? : OILMEN
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Farm sound : CAW
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Players' tryouts : SCREENTESTS
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Fish also called a Jerusalem haddock : OPAH
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Play mates? : TEAM
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Alma-___, city where Trotsky was exiled : ATA
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Walgreens rival : RITEAID
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Separates : UNLINKS
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Not necessarily against : OPENTO
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Hang out : AIRDRY
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Rock formation, to geologists : TERRANE
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Contemporary correspondent : EMAILER
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Saint-___ (France's West Point) : CYR
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A following? : BCDE
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Formal introduction? : SEMI
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Couple in the news in 1945 : ATOMICBOMBS
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Blakey of CNN : REA
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Fly (by) : WHOOSH
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President between Farrell and Lonardi : PERON
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1968 album with the song "John Looked Down" : ARLO
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Interested : APPEALEDTO
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One with special insight : SEER
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Fails : DOESNTWORK
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"Look ___ ..." : HERE
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Carrots and mashed potatoes, e.g. : SIDEDISHES
Down
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What passes may lead to, quickly : TDS
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Charge on a record : RAP
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Crowd in old Rome? : III
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Nevada county or its seat : ELKO
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Tannery workers : DYERS
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Monkey, so to speak : ADDICTION
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Stuck : COHERED
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"Royalty of the garden" : AZALEA
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Twice 58-Down : SEI
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Minute Maid Park's former sponsor : ENRON
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Dwarf plant of the eastern U.S. : VIOLETIRIS
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Mr. Deeds player : ADAMSANDLER
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Sign that something's missing : CARET
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Clubs: Abbr. : ASSNS
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Lago di Como locale : ITALIA
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"Woman With a Pearl" painter : COROT
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Foucault's "This Is Not ___" : APIPE
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Dispenser of gossip? : WATERCOOLER
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Image on Australia's coat of arms : EMU
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Abstract sculptor whose work is seen at Lincoln Center : HENRYMOORE
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Consoles popular in the 80's : ATARIS
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Like fashionable apparel : NAMEBRAND
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Word in several Dunkin' Donuts doughnut names : KREME
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Its flag has two green stars : SYRIA
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Low ___ : EBB
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Iran-contra figure : EDMEESE
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Filched : COPPED
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Swimming : AWASH
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Lithium, on the periodic table : THREE
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Waste at the polls : CHADS
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Lifetime winner of the most Grammys (31) : SOLTI
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Intelligence : NEWS
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Island staple : POI
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Quote from Homer : DOH
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Amount past due? : TRE
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Accepts : OKS

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

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