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New York Times: Friday, October 2, 2009
Below is the full solution for the Friday, October 2, 2009 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Brad Wilber
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Rabble-roused
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Rabble-roused
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Luckman of Chicago Bears fame
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Luckman of Chicago Bears fame
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Tape deck convenience
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Tape deck convenience
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Boyhood nickname in "The Phantom Menace"
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Boyhood nickname in "The Phantom Menace"
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Its clock was featured in the 1945 film "The Clock"
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Its clock was featured in the 1945 film "The Clock"
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Perps' preferences
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Perps' preferences
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"Help!," e.g.
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"Help!," e.g.
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Overcrowded digs
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Overcrowded digs
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Ones maturing quickly, for short
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Ones maturing quickly, for short
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Recipient of a record 12 Best Director nominations
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Recipient of a record 12 Best Director nominations
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Best-selling children's author who became a baronet
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Best-selling children's author who became a baronet
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Further
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Further
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Delta competitor: Abbr.
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Delta competitor: Abbr.
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Get together
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Get together
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Sticks one's nose in
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Sticks one's nose in
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Diagnosis facilitator
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Diagnosis facilitator
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Where people do stretches
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Where people do stretches
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Wine option
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Wine option
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First name in 2000 headlines
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First name in 2000 headlines
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Japanese market inits.
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Japanese market inits.
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Cry of accomplishment
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Cry of accomplishment
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Tacit
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Tacit
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Cry made with great effort
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Cry made with great effort
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Mine shaft drill
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Mine shaft drill
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Multiple Emmy winner for "Nick News"
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Multiple Emmy winner for "Nick News"
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"Return of the Jedi" dancing girl
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"Return of the Jedi" dancing girl
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Come together
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Come together
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Shuffling goal
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Shuffling goal
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Rimbaud's "___ Saison en Enfer"
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Rimbaud's "___ Saison en Enfer"
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Dress style that appears to lengthen the body
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Dress style that appears to lengthen the body
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Thumbs-down
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Thumbs-down
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Modern retelling of the Faust legend
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Modern retelling of the Faust legend
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Sadie Hawkins Day creator
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Sadie Hawkins Day creator
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"The Valley of Horses" novelist, 1982
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"The Valley of Horses" novelist, 1982
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Magazine founder Eric
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Magazine founder Eric
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"Tempest," for one
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"Tempest," for one
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First responders' destinations, briefly
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First responders' destinations, briefly
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Comerica Park team, on scoreboards
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Comerica Park team, on scoreboards
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"Nip/Tuck" character Moore
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"Nip/Tuck" character Moore
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Quiets
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Quiets
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Is a real burden to
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Is a real burden to
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A couple of words after the race
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A couple of words after the race
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People may ask you to do this
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People may ask you to do this
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Actress Katharine Ross's actor-husband
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Actress Katharine Ross's actor-husband
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"You could look at it this way ..."
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"You could look at it this way ..."
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Upset
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Upset
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Shrek's voicer
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Shrek's voicer
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Petal-like poinsettia part
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Petal-like poinsettia part
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Bygone radio "friend"
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Bygone radio "friend"
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NPR host Hansen
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NPR host Hansen
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Be too hasty
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Be too hasty
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1941 Jimmy Dorsey chart-topper
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1941 Jimmy Dorsey chart-topper
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It leads nowhere
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It leads nowhere
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Moral fiber
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Moral fiber
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Ship to the New World
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Ship to the New World
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Chardonnay alternative
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Chardonnay alternative
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Imitate Don Corleone
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Imitate Don Corleone
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Seduced
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Seduced
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Preventer of northern exposure
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Preventer of northern exposure
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Was off base
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Was off base
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Prime-time time
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Prime-time time
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Bart Starr's alma mater, briefly
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Bart Starr's alma mater, briefly
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Tongue-lolling comics character
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Tongue-lolling comics character
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Majesty lead-in
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Majesty lead-in
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Entertainment partner?
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Entertainment partner?
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Kid ___ (old bandleader)
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Kid ___ (old bandleader)
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"Drop ___ line"
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"Drop ___ line"
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Be undefeated against, in sports lingo
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Be undefeated against, in sports lingo
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