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New York Times, Thursday, January 18, 2001

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Across : Boils down
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 124 for Mr. Nosowsky. Thursday freshness: 57%
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© 2001, The New York Times1/18/1 ( No. 18,699 )
Across
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Actor Green of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" : SETH
5
Chicken order : THIGH
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"Bury the Dead" playwright : SHAW
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Soothing color : AQUA
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Football commentator ___ Long : HOWIE
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Long green : KALE
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Exposé of a lithographer's bad hangouts? : CURRIERANDDIVES
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Word repeated in "___ always begets ___": Sophocles : KINDNESS
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"Vamoose!" : GETOUT
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Supporter : CANE
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Boils down : DECOCTS
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Old Clara-Clarence romance? : BOWANDDARROW
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Bring up : RAISE
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"___ out?" (dealer's query) : INOR
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Actress Hurley, for short : LIZ
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Urge : ITCH
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"Personal Injuries" author Scott : TUROW
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Pet name : FIDO
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"Shame on you!" : TSK
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"Don't you just ___ it when ...?" : HATE
39
Biblical miracle-maker : AARON
40
Book subtitled "Cowgirl Evans's Favorite Desserts"? : CAKESANDDALE
43
Dispositions : NATURES
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Give up : CEDE
47
Mafia code of silence : OMERTA
48
Polish sausage : KIELBASA
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Paradise with shortcomings? : HEAVENANDDEARTH
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Wind instrument : OBOE
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Serve : AVAIL
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"Later, gator!" : CIAO
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One in custody : WARD
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Nez ___ War of 1877 : PERCE
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Title girl of a 1918 hit song : KATY
Down
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Pink-slip : SACK
2
Prefix with lateral : EQUI
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Part of driving directions : TURN
4
Ready money : HARDCASH
5
Finis : THEEND
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Played (around) : HORSED
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"As ___ saying ..." : IWAS
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Bermuda highball ingredient : GIN
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Common property boundary : HEDGEROW
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Way to get to the top : SKITOW
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Disorder : HAVOC
12
Northerner : ALEUT
13
Bridge positions : WESTS
18
Poppycockish : INANE
19
Better Homes and Gardens concern : DECOR
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Villain at Crab Key : DRNO
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Subject of Elizabeth : BRIT
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Stable diet? : OATS
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Part of a cigarette lighter : WICK
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Cao da Serra de ___ (dog breed) : AIRES
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Money in the banca : LIRA
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Pagoda sight : IDOL
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Basketball defense : ZONE
34
Rest : TAKEANAP
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Western Indians : UTES
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Prepare to pass, maybe : FADEBACK
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Poker Flat chronicler : HARTE
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Mix up : ADDLE
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Like a boomerang : CURVED
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Like sour grapes : ACIDIC
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Pester : NEEDLE
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With zero chance : NOHOW
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Life on a slide : AMEBA
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"Coffee, ___ Me?" : TEAOR
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Wood blemish : KNAR
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Bellini work : ARIA
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Right away : STAT
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Call to a mate : AHOY
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Fifth, e.g.: Abbr. : AVE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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