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New York Times, Tuesday, May 18, 2004

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
How a 43-Across is usually prepared
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QVZ} This is puzzle # 124 for Ms. Gorski. Tuesday freshness: 39%
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© 2004, The New York Times5/18/4 ( No. 19,915 )
Across
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Wise competitor : LAYS
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Quack : PHONY
10
On vacation : AWAY
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Snack sold in a stack : OREO
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Crystal set : RADIO
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Lens holders : RIMS
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Soccer commentator's cry : GOAL
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Shelley's "Adonais" is one : ELEGY
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List-ending abbr. : ETAL
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Caper : ANTIC
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Little one : TOT
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Four-bagger : HOMER
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Hosp. workers : MDS
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Top worn with shorts : TEE
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"All in the Family" network : CBS
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Arctic bird : AUK
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Soccer star Hamm : MIA
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___ correspondent : WAR
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Singer/songwriter Laura : NYRO
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Honky-tonk instruments : UPRIGHTPIANOS
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Mountaintop : APEX
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Aurora's counterpart : EOS
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Wonderment : AWE
43
Deli sandwich, for short : BLT
44
Corots, Monets and such : ART
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Sp. Mrs. : SRA
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Qualifiers : IFS
49
Red Sea peninsula : SINAI
51
Cartoon collectible : CEL
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Spokes, e.g. : RADII
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Passable : FAIRTOMIDDLING
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Some drive-thru features, briefly : ATMS
59
Not as friendly : ICIER
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Tennis score after deuce : ADIN
61
Old-fashioned dance : REEL
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"___ luck!" : LOTSA
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Evening, in ads : NITE
64
Retailer's gds. : MDSE
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"Mmm, mmm!" : TASTY
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Leave in, to an editor : STET
Down
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River blockage : LOGJAM
2
In the vicinity : AROUND
3
Bakery supplies : YEASTS
4
Longtime Chicago Symphony maestro : SOLTI
5
Air Force One passenger: Abbr. : PRES
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Soft, white mineral : HALITE
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Keats's "___ a Nightingale" : ODETO
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Bedtime drink : NIGHTCAP
9
Ma with a bow : YOYO
10
"All systems ___!" : AREGO
11
How a 43-Across is usually prepared : WITHMAYO
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All Olympians, once : AMATEURS
13
Designer monogram : YSL
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Play segment : ACTII
22
Sounds of doubt : UHS
26
"King Kong" studio : RKO
29
Raring to go : EAGER
31
Hare's habitat : BRIAR
33
Mystery man : MRX
34
Scale amts. : WTS
35
Del.-to-Vt. direction : NNE
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Elated : UPLIFTED
37
Spot and Felix, e.g. : PETNAMES
38
Après-ski treat : HOTCOCOA
39
Tony, Oscar or Hugo : AWARD
40
Middle manager's focus? : ABS
44
Balloon filler : AIR
45
Most guileful : SLIEST
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"Hurray for me!" : IDIDIT
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Limited : FINITE
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Major paperback publisher : SIGNET
50
Bridal path : AISLE
52
Gives off : EMITS
54
Bates and King : ALANS
56
Pinball stopper : TILT
57
Horse-drawn vehicle : DRAY
58
Pitching ___ : ARM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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