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New York Times, Tuesday, May 20, 2003

Author:
Peter Abide
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Across : Lowly foot soldier, slangily
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Peter Abide

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QV} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Abide. Tuesday freshness: 63%
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© 2003, The New York Times5/20/3 ( No. 19,551 )
Across
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One of Franklin's two certainties : DEATH
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Spielberg blockbuster : JAWS
10
Library item : BOOK
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___ Detoo of "Star Wars" : ARTOO
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The Fed's Greenspan : ALAN
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Rich vein : LODE
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Sports car at a deli? : MATZOMIATA
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Sportswear brand : IZOD
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Bake sale grp. : PTA
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Amigo : PAL
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People after whom things are named : EPONYMS
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Extremely : SORELY
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Lowly foot soldier, slangily : GRUNT
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Muslim in Russia : TATAR
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Bewilder : PUZZLE
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Bell or shell preceder : TACO
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Take ___ (try some) : ASIP
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"To your health!" : SKOAL
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Elvis's middle name : ARON
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Unseen title character in a Beckett play : GODOT
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"Gladiator" setting : ROME
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Get through to : REACH
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Arctic ice : FLOE
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Tabloid tidbit : ITEM
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Feeling of pity : PATHOS
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Midway alternative : OHARE
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Building add-on : ANNEX
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Pirate's supporter : PEGLEG
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Something to turn over on January 1 : NEWLEAF
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Alley ___ : OOP
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Buckeyes' sch. : OSU
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European automaker : OPEL
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Pancake-eating senator at a deli? : TRENTLATKE
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Singer McEntire : REBA
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Hand over (to) : CEDE
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Cathedral features : APSES
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Netting : MESH
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Co. medical offerings : HMOS
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2001 and 2010 : YEARS
Down
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Extinguishes : DAMPS
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Lord Byron's Muse : ERATO
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It may come out smelling like a rose : ATTAR
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From A ___ : TOZ
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Big to-do : HOOPLA
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One corner of a Monopoly board : JAIL
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Miss. neighbor : ALA
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Addition to a concentrate : WATER
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Grab quickly : SNAPUP
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Onslaught of crepe orders at a deli? : BLINTZKRIEG
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Leaking : OOZY
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1960's baseball Hall-of-Famer Blue Moon ___ : ODOM
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Some sneakers : KEDS
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Company with a "lonely repairman" : MAYTAG
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Burden : ONUS
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What an English student wore to a deli? : ETONCHALLAH
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Traffic problems at a deli? : GRIDLOX
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Beginning on : ASOF
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___ suiter : ZOOT
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Liberace fabric : LAME
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K-6, as a sch. : ELEM
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Canvas cover : TARP
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Length x width, for a rectangle : AREA
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Part of a suit : COAT
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Literary bear : POOH
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Place to put bags? : TEAPOT
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Sharpen : HONE
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Grab quickly : SNATCH
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Slo-mo footage, perhaps : REPLAY
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Violinist Zimbalist : EFREM
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"___ luck!" : LOTSA
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Glacial ridge : ESKER
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Conjecture : GUESS
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Bell curve peak : NORM
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Fencing blade : EPEE
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Spiders' work : WEBS
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Bills not stocked in A.T.M.'s : ONES
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Tokyo of old : EDO
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Mimic : APE

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