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New York Times, Saturday, January 11, 2003

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
29-Across : "Don't ___ surprised"
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {BJQVZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 164 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 36%
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© 2003, The New York Times1/11/3 ( No. 19,422 )
Across
1
Party line? : WHATSNEW
9
Store sights around Christmas : CROWDS
15
Classified : HUSHHUSH
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Do a smith's job : RESHOE
17
Distribution : ISSUANCE
18
Focused : INTENT
19
Night-before event : STAG
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"Don't bother" : NONEED
22
Grid positions: Abbr. : RTS
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'54 N.L. home run leader, familiarly : KLU
24
Castigates : RIPS
25
Government center : SEAT
26
Bear's warning : SELL
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Prefix with meter or sphere : ATMO
29
"Don't ___ surprised" : ACTSO
30
Rhein showers? : STURM
32
Dope : SCHNOOK
34
American Airlines Arena players : MIAMIHEAT
36
Like some relationships : SAMESEX
38
Avoid tipping : STIFF
41
Early Athenian democrat : SOLON
42
Suffixes with sultan : ATES
44
Yank, e.g. : ALER
46
Place to get the big picture : IMAX
47
Tennyson work : IDYL
48
Tribute of a kind : ODE
49
Label in a foreign-language dict. : FEM
50
Early king of Serbia : STEFAN
52
Ranger nickname : AROD
53
Pretentious : TOOTOO
55
Begin to attack : OPENFIRE
57
Ultimate goal : ENDALL
58
1982 media debut : USATODAY
59
Held : DEEMED
60
Cast again : REPHRASE
Down
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Rapid, sweeping strokes : WHISKS
2
Scams : HUSTLES
3
Jump : ASSAULT
4
Tough : THUG
5
50's song syllable : SHA
6
"Cats" director Trevor ___ : NUNN
7
One of the Fords : ESCORT
8
Song from the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" album : WHENIMSIXTYFOUR
9
Entreaties : CRIES
10
Divide : REND
11
Düsseldorf direction : OST
12
Question to one who just got in : WHERETO
13
"It's worse than you thought" : DONTASK
14
Begins : SETSTO
21
Long time : EPOCH
25
Edinburgh's locale, in poetry : SCOTIA
27
Ape : LUMMOX
28
Second in a classical trio : AMAS
29
Sci. course : ANAT
31
"___ ne va plus" (roulette call) : RIEN
33
Amerada ___ (Fortune 500 company) : HESS
35
Army of the Potomac leader : MEADE
36
Nat King Cole's "___ You Love" : SOMEONE
37
Like some desserts : ALAMODE
39
Its motto is "In God we trust" : FLORIDA
40
Gangster film accessories : FEDORAS
41
Went (through) : SIFTED
43
Pass : ELAPSE
45
Fly-by-night? : REDEYE
47
"___ you!" : ITOLD
50
Unique : SOLE
51
Recurring marine event : NEAP
52
___ effort : AFOR
54
Cap : TAM
56
Utmost : NTH

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