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New York Times, Saturday, July 31, 2004

Author:
Byron Walden
Editor:
Will Shortz
51-Across : Conical dryers
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Byron Walden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 26 Missing: {QVXZ} This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Walden. Saturday freshness: 83%
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© 2004, The New York Times7/31/4 ( No. 19,989 )
Across
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1971 Bond girl portrayer : JILLSTJOHN
11
It's often given a red coat : EDAM
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Something that may be twisted apart : OREOCOOKIE
16
Deal : COPE
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Fancied : COTTONEDTO
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Language of the 1983 film title "Koyaanisqatsi" : HOPI
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Contracted into folds : KNITTED
20
They may be blowing in the wind : SPORES
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Plus-or-minus fig. : EST
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1998 name in the news : TRIPP
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Get set to shoot : AIMAT
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It may put you in a difficult position : YOGA
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Modest : SMALLSCALE
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Thackeray's "The Book of ___" : SNOBS
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"It's all ___" : ANACT
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Dungeons & Dragons co., once : TSR
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Kind of story : SHAGGYDOG
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G.E. co-founder : TAE
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It may fill up your tank : ALGAE
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Keep from desiccating : REWET
46
Jet-setters : HIGHFLIERS
49
Ballyshannon's river : ERNE
50
Corn problem : ERGOT
51
Conical dryers : OASTS
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It's hard to get a grip on : ICE
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Over : ACROSS
56
Shirt that leaves the midriff exposed : CROPTOP
58
Applied oneself (to) : TOOK
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Request to a cabby : PULLINHERE
62
Capacity : ROLE
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Oscar nominee for "A Man and a Woman" : ANOUKAIMEE
64
Soprano Ameling : ELLY
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Untold : NUMBERLESS
Down
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They're usually short ... or shorts : JOCKEYS
2
Affixes, in a way : IRONSON
3
"Move on" : LETITGO
4
Senator who succeeded John Stennis : LOTT
5
"Gladiator" director : SCOTT
6
Some cartridges' contents : TONERS
7
Famed streaker of 1941 : JOEDIMAGGIO
8
Let pass : OKD
9
Chart maker : HIT
10
Hardly classicists : NEOS
11
Making a comeback? : ECHOIC
12
Punching bag, so to speak : DOORMAT
13
Kind of court : APPEALS
14
Expert, slangily : MEISTER
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One who may marry repeatedly : PASTOR
24
Supercontinent of 200+ million years ago : PANGAEA
25
1998 Ice Cube film, with "The" : PLAYERSCLUB
28
Exerciser's pride : ABS
30
Plasma alternative, for short : LCD
32
Lift passages : SHAFTS
36
Tied, in a way : ALL
37
Thou : GEE
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Globe, e.g. : THEATRE
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Send a jet over? : AIRCOOL
40
Dim sum selection : EGGROLL
43
Correspondence request : WRITEME
44
Added numbers : ENCORES
45
Mobile homes : TEEPEES
47
Something to play : HOOKEY
48
Forty-niner's fantasy : STRIKE
52
Aid in removal of mines : SONAR
55
Arch : SPAN
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"Buck Rogers" novelist Nowlan : PHIL
60
Big name in Burmese history : UNU
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Actor in Pink Panther films : LOM

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 7 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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