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PULLET

New York Times, Sunday, June 12, 2011

Author:
C. W. Stewart
Editor:
Will Shortz
13-Down : Shrimp
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Carolyn W. Stewart

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 70 Missing: {QXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 15 for Ms. Stewart. Sunday freshness: 31%
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© 2011, The New York Times6/12/11 ( No. 22,496 )
Across
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Bushed : BEAT
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Entrance to many a plaza : ARCH
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Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Tale of ___ Saltan" : TSAR
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Exactly right : SPOTON
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Free : ATLEISURE
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___ avis : RARA
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Attempted something : HADAGO
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*Boardwalk offering : SALTWATERTAFFY
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Thought out loud : OPINED
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It might make you snort : APNEA
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Home of the World Health Organization : GENEVA
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Stickers? : SYRINGES
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___ Day, May 1 celebration in Hawaii : LEI
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Must-have : NEED
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Soft ball brand : NERF
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"___ mine!" : ITS
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One on the way out : GONER
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*Diamond substitute : RELIEFPITCHER
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1987 disaster movie? : ISHTAR
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Rest spot : COT
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Place for a pickup? : NAPE
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Word with exit or express : LANE
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Something that's drawn : BATH
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Whiz : PRO
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Any hit by Little Richard : OLDIE
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Many a Bob Marley fan : RASTA
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Mideast title : EMEER
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Seaport on the Adriatic : RIMINI
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Turned away from sin : REPENTED
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Earth : TERRA
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Outstanding : EMINENT
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Lawn tools : EDGERS
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*Handy things for a toy? : PUPPETSTRINGS
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### : SHARPS
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Free : RELEASE
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Itching : EAGER
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Took a corner on two wheels : CAREENED
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Fix, as brakes : RELINE
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Vituperation, e.g. : ABUSE
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Wake Island, e.g. : ATOLL
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"Nothing ___!" : DOING
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Transplant, in a way : POT
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"Up in the Air" actress Kendrick : ANNA
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Do followers : REMI
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Navel buildup : LINT
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Former flier, for short : SST
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Slugger : HITTER
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*Staple of "Candid Camera" : PRACTICALJOKE
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Xerox product : TONER
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Baseball's Master Melvin : OTT
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Loughlin of "Full House" : LORI
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Nincompoop : FOOL
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Conditions : IFS
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Killjoy : SOURPUSS
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Comparatively statuesque : TALLER
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Point of view : ANGLE
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Enfeeble : IMPAIR
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*Radio Flyer, e.g. : LITTLEREDWAGON
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Like a winter wind : BITING
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1997 Peter Fonda title role : ULEE
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Hoax : MARESNEST
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Old-fashioned : STODGY
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TV's Foxx : REDD
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Brake : SLOW
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"Superman II" villainess : URSA
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Kind of metabolism : BASAL
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Military camp : ETAPE
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*Certain study session : ALLNIGHTER
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Head of Haiti : TETE
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___ formality : ASA
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Actor Hauer : RUTGER
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Believe in it : CREED
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Not his'n : HERN
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Ad-packed Sunday newspaper section : TRAVEL
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A giraffe might be seen on one : SAFARI
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Pound sound : ARF
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You may catch them on a boat, in two different ways : RAYS
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Shrimp : SHORTIE
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Old Church of England foe : PAPIST
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Role in 2011's "Thor" : ODIN
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Chinese dynasty of 1,200 years ago : TANG
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Curved molding : OGEE
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Drops (off) : NODS
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Start of a childish plaint : IWANNA
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Believe in it : TENET
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"Goody goody gumdrops!" : YIPPEE
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At any time, to a bard : EER
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Ward (off) : FEND
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Survey choice, sometimes : OTHER
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Less cramped : ROOMIER
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Like some maidens : FAIR
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Trolley sound : CLANG
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Expedition : HASTE
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Keyboard key : ENTER
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Shows, as a thermometer does a temperature : READS
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"Uh-huh, sure it is" : IBET
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The very ___ : SAME
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Hinder : CRIMP
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Test ___ : PREP
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*Something to stand on : ONESLEG
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Piece over a door or window : LINTEL
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It had a major part in the Bible : REDSEA
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Descent of a sort : RAPPEL
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Many a summer worker : INTERN
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Solitaire puzzle piece : PEG
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Wander : TRAIPSE
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Blue Angels' org. : USN
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Ain't fixed? : ISNOT
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Classic brand of hair remover : NEET
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Line of cliffs : SCARP
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Intolerant sort : HATER
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Bouquet : AROMA
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___ of the past : RELIC
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Taper off : ABATE
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*It may be found near a barrel : GUNTRIGGER
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Feudal serf : ESNE
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Fanny : REAR
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Decrees : EDICTS
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Lady of Spain : DONA
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"___ do" : ITLL
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Service arrangement : LITURGY
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Know-how : SKILL
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Boo follower : HOO
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They're often acquired at a wedding : INLAWS
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Drunk's activity : TOPING
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Scribbled : JOTTED
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Got up on one's soapbox : ORATED
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One waving a red flag : TORERO
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Wild : FERAL
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Dentist's advice : FLOSS
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Actress Berger : SENTA
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Bros, e.g. : SIBS
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Pass over : OMIT
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___ no good : UPTO
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S. C. Johnson brand : RAID
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"Dirty rotten scoundrel," e.g. : SLUR
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Old NASA landers : LEMS
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Half of a sitcom farewell : NANU
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Project closing? : ILE
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It might get your feet wet : DEW

Answer summary: 5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.

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