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New York Times, Friday, January 24, 2003

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
60-Across : Affirmative for Huckleberry Finn
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 26 Missing: {KQXZ} This is puzzle # 170 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 71%
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© 2003, The New York Times1/24/3 ( No. 19,435 )
Across
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Instant replay ruling : NOCATCH
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"How's it going?" : WHATSUP
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Stacked : INAPILE
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Perk for carpoolers : HOVLANE
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Wait on : CAREFOR
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Gastronome : EPICURE
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Author LeShan : EDA
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One may be spent : FUELROD
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Got the picture : SAW
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Dr.'s professional magazine : JAMA
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Eleven-year-old, e.g. : TWEEN
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Bank : SAVE
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Way around : ORBIT
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Saucer contents, for short? : ETS
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"That's too bad" : AWGEE
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Strong holds : BEARHUGS
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Fortifies : STEELS
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Diagram with signs : HOROSCOPE
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Echo chamber? : CAVERN
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Bomb : LAYANEGG
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It goes coast-to-coast : OCEAN
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N.L. city: Abbr. : CIN
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Have another go at : RETRY
46
It's touched in a touchdown : LAND
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"___ the sea and wind when both contend": "Hamlet" : MADAS
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Part of a sentence? : YEAR
50
W.W. II inits. : DDE
51
After a while : LATERON
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Genetic letters : RNA
54
Jumping-off place : DEEPEND
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"You should listen to me" : IMEANIT
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Source of a lot of talk : AMRADIO
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Come (from) : EMANATE
60
Affirmative for Huckleberry Finn : YESMAAM
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Decided : SETTLED
Down
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"Well done!" : NICEJOB
2
How someone might sky-dive for the first time : ONADARE
3
Latino cry : CARAMBA
4
Distant cousin : APE
5
Bickering : TIFF
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Influence : CLOUT
7
Comment before "Whee!" : HEREWEGO
8
"___ the fire?" : WHERES
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Biker's invitation : HOPON
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Keen : AVID
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Letters of concern : TLC
12
Link : SAUSAGE
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Come apart : UNRAVEL
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Half-pints : PEEWEES
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Ignores : LETSSLIDE
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Scatterbrain : AIRHEAD
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A.F.L.-C.I.O. head John J. ___ : SWEENEY
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Sticker : THORN
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Face-valued : ATPAR
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It never rains, but it pours : URN
33
Dim sum sauce : SOY
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Singers : CANARIES
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Rare time in hell : COLDDAY
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College life : ACADEME
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Façades : VENEERS
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Always around : ETERNAL
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New Hampshire product : GRANITE
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Danced wildly : GYRATED
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Tabbies' world : CATDOM
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Rage : MANIA
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Amiens is its capital : SOMME
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Clytemnestra's mother : LEDA
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Trim : NEAT
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Popular cooking spray : PAM
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Social worker? : ANT

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