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New York Times, Wednesday, March 31, 2004

Author:
Randy Sowell
Editor:
Will Shortz
16-Across : Compete in a 15-Across
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Randy Sowell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Sowell. Wednesday freshness: 34%
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© 2004, The New York Times3/31/4 ( No. 19,867 )
Across
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Tiny bit : ATOM
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Counting everything : INALL
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Matinee ___ : IDOL
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Like some bait : LIVE
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Loggers' contest : ROLEO
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Compete in a 15-Across : BIRL
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Nondrinker : TEETOTALER
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"Ignorance ___ excuse" : ISNO
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It'll tell you where to go : ARROW
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Bomb squad's compensation, say : HAZARDPAY
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Retina feature : CONE
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Mandlikova of tennis : HANA
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J.F.K. posting: Abbr. : ETD
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___ Canals : SOO
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Reuters competitor : UPI
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Liner stopovers : ISLES
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Vow of silence taker : TRAPPISTMONK
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Townshend of the Who : PETE
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Way up? : STAIR
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Old Culp/Cosby series : ISPY
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TV bigot : ARCHIEBUNKER
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Winter wear : PARKA
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Family nickname : SIS
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Frozen Wasser : EIS
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Tailless simian : APE
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Kemo ___ : SABE
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Game piece : TILE
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Rowdy sort : ROUGHNECK
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"Baloney!" : NOTSO
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It's off the NE coast of Corsica : ELBA
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Endive, e.g. : SALADGREEN
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Expo or Card, e.g. : NLER
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Fill with joy : ELATE
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Western Canada native : CREE
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Theater award : TONY
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Reveal : LETON
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Calls for : ASKS
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Claudia ___ Taylor (Mrs. Lyndon Johnson) : ALTA
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Ticket info : TIER
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Winter wear : OVERCOAT
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Tagalong's cry : METOO
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N.Y.C. subway line : IRT
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Biblical boatwright : NOAH
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He's prayed to five times a day : ALLAH
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Gibbons of TV : LEEZA
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Navigation acronym : LORAN
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Footnote abbr. : IBID
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Rid one's mind of : DISPEL
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Hardly spare : ORNATE
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Big name in insurance : LLOYDS
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Admit (to) : OWNUP
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Desert rarity : RAIN
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Protestant denom. : EPISC
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"The racer's edge" : STP
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Metallurgist's material : ORE
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Canal locale: Abbr. : ISTH
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Bones' partner : SKIN
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Reach a high : PEAK
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Skater Babilonia : TAI
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Architect Ludwig ___ van der Rohe : MIES
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Round trip? : ORBIT
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Pesky insects, colloquially : SKEETERS
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Province east of N.B. : PEI
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Abbr. in old letter sign-offs : YRS
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Too hasty : RASH
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Manipulating : USING
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Orphan's need : PARENT
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Rocky dethroned him in "Rocky II" : APOLLO
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Sandwich with sauerkraut : REUBEN
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Photographer Adams : ANSEL
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___ Street, Home of the Blues : BEALE
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Great brilliance : ECLAT
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Poet Federico García ___ : LORCA
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Hoosier industrial center : GARY
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Green Hornet's valet : KATO
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Hunt for : SEEK
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Till stack : ONES
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Thieves' place : DEN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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