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MAKING AMENDS

New York Times, Sunday, May 6, 2007

Author:
Charles M. Deber
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Charles M. Deber

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 130, Blocks: 68 Missing: {QY} This is puzzle # 33 for Mr. Deber. Sunday freshness: 98%
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© 2007, The New York Times5/6/7 ( No. 20,998 )
Across
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Tribe with a sun dance : CREES
6
Periods in contrast to global warming : ICEAGES
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Cuff : SLAP
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Rise and fall, as a ship : HEAVE
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Team supporter's suction cup-mounted sign : FANWAVE
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Regardful : AWARE
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Where smart shoppers shop? : MENSAWEARDEPARTMENTS
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Ad ___ : HOC
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Lodges : INNS
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Fake-out : RUSE
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Short-order cook's aid : GRIDDLE
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A person doing a duck walk grasps these : ANKLES
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Site of Napoleon's invasion of 1798-1801 : CAIRO
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Place for fish and ships : SEA
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Tell : RAT
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"___ me!" : WOEIS
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Plight of an overcrowded orchestra? : THREEMENINATUBA
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Cat, at times : SCRATCHER
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Computer file name extension : EXE
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Camera inits. : SLR
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Kind of sch. : ELEM
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Crew : ROWERS
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Fit for dwelling : HABITABLE
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Blushing : RED
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Introduction to opera? : FIRSTAIDAKIT
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Epitome of blackness : COAL
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Oodles : PILES
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Frustrated : FOILED
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Gaynor of "South Pacific" : MITZI
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Common origami creations : CRANES
61
Sought sanctuary, old-style : REFUGED
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___ "Inferno" : DANTES
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Lilylike plant : HOSTA
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Actress Shire and others : TALIAS
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Insider talk : LINGO
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Not exceeding : UPTO
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Locale of Hoosier beaches? : INDIANAOCEAN
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Bub : MAC
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Leaving, slangily : BEATINGIT
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Virus variety : STRAIN
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"Essays of ___" : ELIA
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Bow : ARC
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"___ now!" : ACT
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Yes-men, maybe? : ACCEPTERS
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Bit of winter exercise? : AWALKINTHEPARKA
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Italian librettist Gaetano ___ : ROSSI
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Abbr. after many a military title : RET
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Match : SEE
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Annual announcement from 13-Down : NOBEL
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"Drink to me only with thine eyes" poet : JONSON
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Burmese gathering? : CATSHOW
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"Ciao" : TATA
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Carolina university : ELON
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Dog with a tightly curled tail : PUG
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Geraldo rehearses his show? : ARIVERARUNSTHROUGHIT
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Much-counterfeited timepiece : ROLEX
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More run-down : RATTIER
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Traction provider : CLEAT
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___ empty stomach : ONAN
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Mugs : KISSERS
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Hopper of Hollywood : HEDDA
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Dish for an Italian racing champ? : CHECKEREDPASTA
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Stimpy's TV pal : REN
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Most like a breeze : EASIEST
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Dame Edith who was nominated for three Oscars : EVANS
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In stitches : SEWN
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"___ tree falls ..." : IFA
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Stephen King's first novel : CARRIE
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Last : ENDURE
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"Far out!" : AWESOME
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Show fixation, maybe : GAPE
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Stowe girl : EVA
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Composer Prokofiev : SERGEI
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See 92-Across: Abbr. : SWED
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French Bluebeard : LANDRU
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Cultural/teaching facility : ARTLAB
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Una ___ (old coin words) : PESETA
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Calais confidant : AMI
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Item on a chain, usually : MONOCLE
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Steers clear of : ESCHEWS
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Passage : TRANSIT
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Nautical rope : HAWSER
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Former Irish P.M. ___ Cosgrave : LIAM
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Québec traffic sign : ARRET
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Stole : SNEAKED
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___ hammer (Viking symbol) : THORS
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Show slight relief, maybe : EXHALE
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Computer key : ALT
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Kind of paper : TRACING
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Whoops : CRIES
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Basket material : RAFFIA
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Iowa and Missouri : SIOUANS
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A club, e.g. : BID
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Sandwich that can never be finished? : BOTTOMLESSPITA
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Be a couch potato : LAZE
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"___ Coming" (1969 hit) : ELIS
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Tiny annoyance : FLEA
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Gouges repeatedly : DIGSAT
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Overall : INTOTAL
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Jazz's Herbie : MANN
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Thick-bodied fish : CHUB
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Cowboy's aid : ROPE
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Send out : RADIATE
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Denver's ___ Gardens amusement park : ELITCH
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Photographer Arbus : DIANE
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"Star Trek: ___" : TNG
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German camera : LEICA
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Canine neighbor : INCISOR
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Words often applied to 93-Across : ORARE
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Hen, at times : CACKLER
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Freshens : AIRSOUT
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Cover : CASING
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Bug : IRK
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School named in the Public Schools Act of 1868 : ETON
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Many urban dwellers : TENANTS
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Like electrical plugs : PRONGED
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Hall of Fame jockey Eddie : ARCARO
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Become tiresome to : WEARON
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Loser at the Battle of Châlons, A.D. 451 : ATTILA
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Birthplace of Aaron Burr : NEWARK
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"Happy Days" role : POTSIE
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Lessener : ABATER
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Eponymous physicist : JOULE
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1932 skiing gold medalist Utterström : SVEN
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Bit of spelling? : HEX
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King ___ tomb : TUTS
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___ Lomond : LOCH
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Historic Heyerdahl craft : RAI
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Prof.'s posting : HRS
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Fooled : HAD

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

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