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New York Times, Saturday, January 10, 2004

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
40-Across : In modern lingo, an urban male who devotes much time to his appearance and lifestyle
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Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 62, Blocks: 37 Missing: {FGJKQZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 74 for Mr. Quigley. Saturday freshness: 90%
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© 2004, The New York Times1/10/4 ( No. 19,786 )
Across
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Tim Russert venue : CNBC
5
Had an assignation : TRYSTED
12
Tribune Company competitor : HEARST
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Have a tête-à-tête with : SEEALONE
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Store sign : ONSALE
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Argues : HASWORDS
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Store sign : YESWEREOPEN
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Matisse's "La Tristesse du ___" : ROI
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Initiation declaration : SOLEMNVOW
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Elton John and others : SIRS
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Like some floor polish : PINEY
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Center : MIDST
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Benjamins : CNOTES
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Some princesses : RANEES
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Phil Niekro and others : BRAVES
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Dip into : PERUSE
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Eye parts: Var. : IRIDES
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Fair to middling : MODEST
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One giving the silent treatment : MIMER
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"___ abed and daylight slumber / Were not meant for man alive": Housman : MORNS
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Tabloid topic : PAIR
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Not-too-spicy cuisine : CANTONESE
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She's a doll : ANN
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In modern lingo, an urban male who devotes much time to his appearance and lifestyle : METROSEXUAL
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Provide a segue for : LEADINTO
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What's left : ESTATE
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Sign-up : ENLISTEE
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Places for pilots : STOVES
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Perfume ingredient : ROSEOIL
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Something to shoot through : LENS
Down
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___ sum (Chinese flowering cabbage) : CHOY
2
Spanish infants : NENES
3
Boito's Mefistofele, e.g. : BASSO
4
CNN screen feature : CRAWL
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Three-legged ornamental table : TEAPOY
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Fix, as a costume : RESEW
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[That is, like, so last week] : YAWN
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Driver's caution : SLO
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Superlatively hot : TORRIDEST
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Check mate? : ENDORSEE
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Stops : DESISTS
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Teen party : SLEEPOVER
14
House wreckers : TERMITES
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Heads (off) : SHOVES
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Feminine suffixes : ENNES
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___ headache : SINUS
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Imbroglio : MARESNEST
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Ones in joint custody? : CRIMINALS
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Candidate of 2000 : NADER
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Christmas carolers often get them : REDNOSES
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"Music for Airports" composer : BRIANENO
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___-Novo (Benin's capital) : PORTO
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Sticker : IMPALER
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Missouri Compromise signer : MONROE
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Company that makes Othello : MATTEL
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Prefix with grade : CENTI
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Panegyrize : EXTOL
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Worldly : SUAVE
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Put away : EATEN
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___ soup : MISO
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Exhibiting greater moderation : LESS
43
When repeated, a classic horror movie line : DIE

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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