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New York Times, Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Author:
David Pringle
Editor:
Will Shortz
Thought before blowing out the candles
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David Pringle

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJQYZ} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Pringle. Tuesday freshness: 5%
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© 2008, The New York Times3/18/8 ( No. 21,315 )
Across
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MacDowell of "Groundhog Day" : ANDIE
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#41 or #43 : BUSH
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These may be coddled : EGGS
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Nickel and dime : COINS
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Home to most Turks : ASIA
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Maul or awl : TOOL
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Providential : HEAVENSENT
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Mr. Peanut prop : CANE
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Vogue competitor : ELLE
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Not 'neath : OER
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Walked like a tosspot : REELED
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Disco ___ of "The Simpsons" : STU
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Conclude one's argument : REST
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Nary a penny : NOTONEREDCENT
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Gymgoer's pride : BOD
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Portfolio contents : ASSETS
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Carrot or radish : ROOT
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Ending with bed or farm : STEAD
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Mai ___ : TAI
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Cass and Michelle, in '60s pop : MAMAS
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Does something : ACTS
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Like cows, to Hindus : SACRED
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Hieroglyphics serpent : ASP
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In close pursuit : HOTONTHESCENT
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Double reed : OBOE
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One of two in "boxcars" : SIX
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Never-before-seen : ALLNEW
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Be in hock : OWE
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Follow closely : TAIL
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Pope from 440 to 461 : LEOI
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Adds up ... like this puzzle's theme? : MAKESSENSE
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"We try harder" company : AVIS
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Up to the task : ABLE
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Bracelet site : ANKLE
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Thought before blowing out the candles : WISH
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Tide type : NEAP
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Significant ___ : OTHER
Down
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Ibuprofen target : ACHE
2
Coward of the theater : NOEL
3
"Don't touch that ___!" : DIAL
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Play the market : INVEST
5
Suffix with Brooklyn : ESE
6
When stolen, it stays in place : BASE
7
Tech caller : USER
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Covet thy neighbor's wife, say : SIN
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Dislikes, plus : HATREDS
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"Yadda, yadda, yadda" : ETCETERA
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Slap shot success : GOAL
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Auctioneer's last word : GONE
13
Iditarod entry : SLED
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Some are proper : NOUNS
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Upper-left key : ESC
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Wart cause, in folklore : TOAD
26
Hit the hay : RETIRE
27
Gunslinger's mark : NOTCH
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"___ a Nightingale" : ODETO
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Everything that's left : ESTATE
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Get to : REACH
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"___ is an island" : NOMAN
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Done for, slangily : TOAST
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Org. with dens : BSA
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Cough medicine amt. : TSP
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Really wow : ASTONISH
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Early 17th-century year : MDCI
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One with a carrot nose, maybe : SNOWMAN
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Tricky turns : ESSES
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U.K. honour : OBE
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Full range : EXTENT
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What "there oughta be" : ALAW
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Strauss of jeans : LEVI
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Cohort of Clark : LOIS
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State with a panhandle: Abbr. : OKLA
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Show grief : WEEP
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Hieroglyphics cross : ANKH
57
Archipelago unit : ISLE
58
Sly glance : LEER
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"Honest" prez : ABE
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___ Paulo : SAO

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