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New York Times: Thursday, March 9, 2006
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, March 9, 2006 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
John Farmer
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Places to do-si-do
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Places to do-si-do
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With 71-Across, one way to think (with a hint to this puzzle's theme)
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With 71-Across, one way to think (with a hint to this puzzle's theme)
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12
Decline of the West?
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Decline of the West?
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Mason jar use
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Mason jar use
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Happens to, old-style
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Happens to, old-style
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Any "Star Wars" film
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Any "Star Wars" film
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Prefix with polar
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Prefix with polar
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Bisector
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Bisector
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Encourage
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Encourage
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Drift (about)
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Drift (about)
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Dish eaten with a spork
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Dish eaten with a spork
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"Good" cholesterol inits.
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"Good" cholesterol inits.
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Daily regimen
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Daily regimen
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In
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In
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Mommy's triplets?
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Mommy's triplets?
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Losers
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Losers
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37
One on the links
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One on the links
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Home of Nascar's Talladega Superspeedway: Abbr.
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Home of Nascar's Talladega Superspeedway: Abbr.
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Brightness units, for short?
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Brightness units, for short?
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___ Pepper
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___ Pepper
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Don who won the 1962 Cy Young award
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Don who won the 1962 Cy Young award
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Above 13, briefly
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Above 13, briefly
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Satisfy
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Satisfy
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___ room (dorm facility)
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___ room (dorm facility)
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Some houses are built on it
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Some houses are built on it
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__-Blo (brand of fuse)
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__-Blo (brand of fuse)
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Henry James novel set in New York City
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Henry James novel set in New York City
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Sacred beetle of ancient Egypt
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Sacred beetle of ancient Egypt
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Tender
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Tender
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Pokey
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Pokey
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Turns in
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Turns in
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Husbandry
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Husbandry
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At hand
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At hand
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"Get real!"
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"Get real!"
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71
See 6-Across
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See 6-Across
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Slake
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Slake
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Loose
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Loose
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Walt Whitman's "___ Watch'd the Ploughman Ploughing"
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Walt Whitman's "___ Watch'd the Ploughman Ploughing"
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Something to slip on
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Something to slip on
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Isn't vigilant
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Isn't vigilant
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Impertinent ones
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Impertinent ones
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Parochial
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Parochial
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3-D representations
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3-D representations
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Funding, as a chair
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Funding, as a chair
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___ Avery of Looney Tunes
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___ Avery of Looney Tunes
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___-Y (modern youth)
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___-Y (modern youth)
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:-<, in a chat room
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:-<, in a chat room
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Detective writer Paretsky
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Detective writer Paretsky
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Jacobs Field's home, on scoreboards
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Jacobs Field's home, on scoreboards
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Poor boy provider
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Poor boy provider
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Summer observance: Abbr.
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Summer observance: Abbr.
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Harebrained
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Harebrained
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Kyrgyzstan city
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Kyrgyzstan city
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Fleet leader: Abbr.
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Fleet leader: Abbr.
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It's seen in the first or last quarter
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It's seen in the first or last quarter
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Pirate feature
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Pirate feature
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Charity
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Charity
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Unfruitful
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Unfruitful
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Catch in pots
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Italian monk
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Italian monk
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You may hit it when you're angry
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You may hit it when you're angry
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Spots
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Spots
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___ Blanc, popular wine grape
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___ Blanc, popular wine grape
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Faux chocolate
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Faux chocolate
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Hindu honorific
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Hindu honorific
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Kiss, in a Paul Anka song
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Kiss, in a Paul Anka song
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Battle of Britain fliers: Abbr.
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Battle of Britain fliers: Abbr.
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Make more alluring, with "up"
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Make more alluring, with "up"
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1974 John Wayne movie
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