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New York Times, Sunday, April 3, 2005

Author:
Nancy Nicholson Joline
Editor:
Will Shortz
"I respect a man who knows how to spell a word more than one way"
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Nancy Nicholson Joline

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 77 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 105 for Ms. Joline. Sunday freshness: 12%
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© 2005, The New York Times4/3/05 ( No. 20,235 )
Across
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Breaks : TAKESFIVE
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Places for notes : PADS
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All's partner : WARTS
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Not a long shot, by a long shot : EVENMONEY
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Rap sheet word : ALIAS
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___ Jackson, a k a Ice Cube : OSHEA
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"If I had a little humility, I'd be perfect" : TEDTURNER
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"I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries" : STEPHENKING
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It's heard in the Highlands : ERSE
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Beethoven work in E flat : SEPTET
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Accord : ENTENTE
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"___ Pagliaccio" : RIDI
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New Jersey's ___ Bay : RARITAN
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Sounds at the Simpsons' : DOHS
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Million-selling Harry Connick Jr. album : SHE
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All done : FINITO
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Habituate : ENURE
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"I have never been hurt by anything I didn't say" : CALVINCOOLIDGE
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Zodiac symbol : ARCHER
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Own : ADMIT
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"___ Gold" : ULEES
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Barbershop girl : ADELINE
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Stops : DIES
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Squeal : RAT
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Ibsen's Gabler : HEDDA
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Louisiana locale : DELTA
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Fellini film, with "La" : STRADA
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Henri, e.g. : NOM
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"I guess it just proves that in America anyone can be president" : GERALDFORD
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"Swan Lake" role : ODETTE
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Drug : OPIATE
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"I am a deeply superficial person" : ANDYWARHOL
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Ida. neighbor : NEV
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Pub servings : DRAFTS
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Trowel wielder : MASON
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Wetlands sights : REEDS
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Classic opener : NEO
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Latin singer Anthony : MARC
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Deighton's "The ___ File" : IPCRESS
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Praise : KUDOS
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Fan : LOVER
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"The English Patient" setting : DESERT
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"I am beautiful, famous and gorgeous" : ANNAKOURNIKOVA
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Womanizer : ROMEO
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Capers : ANTICS
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Letters for the dear departed : RIP
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"The Purple Cow" rhyme scheme : ABAB
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Points the finger at : ACCUSES
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Name in fragrances : COTY
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Cornmeal mush : POLENTA
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Filament : THREAD
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Ordnance component : AMMO
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"Everything you see I owe to spaghetti" : SOPHIALOREN
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"I respect a man who knows how to spell a word more than one way" : MARKTWAIN
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One of the Coen brothers : ETHAN
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Video game name : ATARI
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Weave : INTERLACE
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Film classic of 1953 : SHANE
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"What ___?" : ELSE
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Witches in "Macbeth," e.g. : SEERESSES
Down
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Louis XVI lost his : TETE
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Maintain : AVER
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1917 shoe debut : KEDS
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Stage direction : ENTER
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Laura Bush's alma mater, for short : SMU
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Pro : FOR
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Room offerer : INN
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Certain necklines : VEES
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Lake ___, lowest point in Australia : EYRE
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Italian staple : PASTA
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No longer the same : ALTERED
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Post-New Year's activity : DIETING
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Dope : SAP
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Stubborn person's word : WONT
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Appealed : ASKED
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Thick-skinned one : RHINO
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New York City avenue : TENTH
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Gurus : SAGES
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Cut : SHEAR
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Group of 112-Down : ENNEAD
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Working stiff : PROLE
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"___ ain't broke ..." : IFIT
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Clamor : DIN
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Run up : INCUR
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Calendar abbr. : TUE
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A lot : SCADS
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"I've ___!" : HADIT
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Playwright Rice : ELMER
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Gilbert and Sullivan title heroine : IOLANTHE
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Like some confrontations : TOETOTOE
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Border guard's request : VISA
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Suffix with book : ISH
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Comparatively embarrassed : REDDER
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Staff symbol : CLEF
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City whose name seems to consist of two opposites : HILO
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___'acte : ENTR
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Scan : READ
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High rating : AAAA
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Painter Schiele : EGON
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Trust in : DEPENDON
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Expel : DRIVEOUT
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Depressant : DOWNER
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"Bleak House" girl : ADA
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Blend : MELD
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Inc. : LTD
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Drops the ball : ERRS
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During : AMID
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Place to pick up kittens : NAPE
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Mil. awards : DSCS
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Time past, literarily : YORE
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One way to run : AMOK
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Present : FAVOR
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___ fountain : TREVI
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Junk : SCRAP
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Jamaican music : SKA
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"Hamlet" courtier : OSRIC
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Levels : STRATA
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Decree : UKASE
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Lean : LIST
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Film cable inits. : AMC
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Unbiased : NEUTRAL
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Fridge raiders : NOSHERS
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Staff sgt., e.g. : NCO
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Florida city : OCALA
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Places for altars : APSES
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Carnival feature : BOOTH
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First of a series : ALPHA
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"The Quare Fellow" playwright : BEHAN
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Cabdriver in "It's a Wonderful Life" : ERNIE
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Two-masters : YAWLS
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See 25-Down : NINE
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Porthos and Athos, e.g. : AMIS
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Great ___ : DANE
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Peter who wrote "The Valachi Papers" : MAAS
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Nursery rhyme trio : MICE
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Low scores : ONES
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Suffix with Capri : OTE
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Motorist's info: Abbr. : RTE
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Plop starter : KER
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Un numero : TRE

Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.

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