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New York Times: Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Below is the full solution for the Tuesday, January 27, 2009 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Jim Hyres
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Li'l Abner creator Al
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China shop purchase
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China shop purchase
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Seminoles' sch.
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Seminoles' sch.
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Baseball's Moises or Felipe
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Baseball's Moises or Felipe
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Play starter
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Play starter
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"___ only money!"
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"___ only money!"
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Game with "Out of Gas" cards
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Game with "Out of Gas" cards
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Certain whiskey
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Certain whiskey
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Spots for spats
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Spots for spats
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High-voltage weapon
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High-voltage weapon
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Had a yen
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Had a yen
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Word with double or free
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Word with double or free
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Furrier John Jacob ___
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Furrier John Jacob ___
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Classic Isaac Asimov short-story collection
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Classic Isaac Asimov short-story collection
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Popular fabric softener
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Popular fabric softener
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Big name in retail jewelry
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Big name in retail jewelry
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Gives the thumbs-up
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Gives the thumbs-up
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Composer Satie
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Composer Satie
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Some mailings to record execs
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Some mailings to record execs
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Go sprawling
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Go sprawling
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AOL alternative
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AOL alternative
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Nation once known as Dahomey
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Nation once known as Dahomey
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Horses' locks
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Horses' locks
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Like newly laid lawns
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Like newly laid lawns
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Alternative to a station wagon or convertible
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Alternative to a station wagon or convertible
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Contradict
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Contradict
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Convertibles, informally
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Convertibles, informally
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Cop's cruiser
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Cop's cruiser
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Check out of a library, e.g.
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Check out of a library, e.g.
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Place for a plug
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Place for a plug
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Robert Ludlum protagonist
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Robert Ludlum protagonist
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Ugly as ___
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Ugly as ___
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Former British P.M. Clement ___
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Former British P.M. Clement ___
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Larry who won the 1987 Masters
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Larry who won the 1987 Masters
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Poem of Sappho
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Poem of Sappho
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Start over with, as a lawn
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Start over with, as a lawn
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Salon sound
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Salon sound
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Bar soap brand
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Bar soap brand
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Flared dress
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Flared dress
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Oompah band tune
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Oompah band tune
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Exert one's superiority
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Exert one's superiority
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Typewriter formatting feature
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Typewriter formatting feature
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Prefix with system or sphere
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Prefix with system or sphere
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Gillette razor
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Gillette razor
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Braga of film
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Braga of film
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Vigorous feelings
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Vigorous feelings
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Lab personnel
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Lab personnel
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Heir to a throne, typically
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Heir to a throne, typically
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Eyelid woe
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Eyelid woe
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Tech's customer
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Tech's customer
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___-weensy
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___-weensy
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"I'll take that as ___"
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"I'll take that as ___"
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Dunkin' Donuts order
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Dunkin' Donuts order
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Harold of "Ghostbusters"
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Harold of "Ghostbusters"
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Depression-era migrant
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Depression-era migrant
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Recipe amts.
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Recipe amts.
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G.O.P. rivals
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G.O.P. rivals
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Guesstimate phrase
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Guesstimate phrase
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Like the dust in a dust storm
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Like the dust in a dust storm
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Asocial sort
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Asocial sort
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Devote wholly
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Devote wholly
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Rugrats' outbursts
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Rugrats' outbursts
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Sylvia Plath novel, with "The"
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Sylvia Plath novel, with "The"
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Myopic Mr.
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Myopic Mr.
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Mountain ___ (soda)
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Mountain ___ (soda)
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Applied gently
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Applied gently
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Some bridge seats
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Some bridge seats
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Sen. Hatch of Utah
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Sen. Hatch of Utah
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___ scheme (investment scam)
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___ scheme (investment scam)
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Remove dust bunnies
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Remove dust bunnies
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Colombian cash
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Colombian cash
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Drug bust, e.g.
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Drug bust, e.g.
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58-Across, for Matt Damon
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58-Across, for Matt Damon
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Bridal bio word
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Bridal bio word
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