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New York Times, Friday, January 11, 2002

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
29-Across : Surfing aid
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
31.57592888%
Mark Diehl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 29 Missing: {JQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 35 for Mr. Diehl. Friday freshness: 80%
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© 2002, The New York Times1/11/2 ( No. 19,057 )
Across
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Bring lunch from home : BROWNBAGIT
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U.S.M.C. recruits: Abbr. : PVTS
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100, for sure : RIPEOLDAGE
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Silver lead : REIN
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Square : EVENSTEVEN
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Mythical craft : ARGO
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Square : NERDY
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Football Hall-of-Famer Ronnie : LOTT
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"Dear ___: The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh" : THEO
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Surgical setup : TRAY
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Turkey, e.g. : NATION
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TV planet : ORK
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1989 Grammy winner for "Nick of Time" : RAITT
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Not good at losing : OBESE
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Surfing aid : TVGUIDE
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First name in the White House, 1885 : GROVER
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Shuffle along : SHAMBLE
34
Bearded ones : BARLEYS
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Hollywood sightings : CELEBS
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"It's Too Late Now" autobiographer : AAMILNE
37
Spout : OPINE
38
Garden veggies : CUKES
39
Put coins in : FED
40
Some chip features : RIDGES
42
Walled town : BURG
46
Times or Schoolbook : FONT
48
Launcher's launch : SCUD
49
Calculus developer : EULER
50
Send flying : SPEW
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Yelled at : LASHEDINTO
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In addition : ALSO
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Station wagons abroad : ESTATECARS
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"Guarding ___" (1994 movie) : TESS
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Commercial name for brine shrimp : SEAMONKEYS
Down
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Wembley Stadium borough : BRENT
2
Snake, e.g. : RIVER
3
Works : OPERA
4
Darling girl : WENDY
5
Obviously interested : NOSY
6
Diner order : BLT
7
Capital near Encounter Bay : ADELAIDE
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Quick-stepping dance : GAVOTTE
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"But of course!" : IGETIT
10
Nearing the hour : TENTO
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Something to fall back on? : PRAT
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"Total Recall" director Paul : VERHOEVEN
13
Ornamental stone made of colored quartz : TIGERSEYE
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Dupes : SNOOKERS
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Catches red-handed : NAILS
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Frank who wrote "The Pit," 1903 : NORRIS
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Kind of match : RUBBER
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Picker's target : BOLL
29
Side in a criminal case : THEPEOPLE
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Authenticity : VALIDNESS
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Feds : GMEN
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Plays for money : GAMES
33
Makes light of : SCOFFSAT
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Buffet staple : BAKEDHAM
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Early capital of Georgia : AUGUSTA
38
Music box? : CDCASE
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Some refueling spots : ISLES
42
Riviera, e.g. : BUICK
43
Arm parts : ULNAE
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Take another stab at : RETRY
45
"Ick!" : GROSS
47
Rare bills : TWOS
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First home : EDEN
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1944 initials : ETO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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