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New York Times, Friday, January 8, 2010

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
15-Across : Unsuitable for mixed company
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {QVXZ} Spans: 6 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. This is puzzle # 126 for Mr. Berry. Friday freshness: 5%
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© 2010, The New York Times1/8/10 ( No. 21,976 )
Across
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Repeat offenders? : CADS
5
Cover : SHROUD
11
Ask too much? : PRY
14
Sarcastic reply : IBET
15
Unsuitable for mixed company : COARSE
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Note traded for bills : IOU
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"That's how it looks to me, anyway" : ASFARASICANTELL
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Cheers : ELATES
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Weak heart, for example? : THREE
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Does badly at the box office : TANKS
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Rubber : ERASER
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Org. that awaits your return : IRS
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Hightail : HASTEN
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In the vicinity of : NEAR
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John no one knows : DOE
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Like some glasswork : ETCHED
36
13th-century literary classic : EDDA
37
Night light used by Sherlock Holmes : BULLSEYELANTERN
40
Therapist's comment : ISEE
41
King defeated at Châlons : ATTILA
42
Disembarrass : RID
43
Cricket match : TEST
44
Eye shadow? : SHINER
45
Put in one's ___ (interfere) : OAR
46
Mason's assistant : STREET
48
"South Park" boy : KENNY
50
1950s-'60s actor known as the Switchblade Kid : MINEO
52
White robe wearers : ANGELS
55
Crows and others : AMERICANINDIANS
60
French dip's dip : JUS
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Chevy model discontinued in 2001 : LUMINA
62
Deadfall, e.g. : TRAP
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Jack, for one : ASS
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Docile marine mammal : SEACOW
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Daring, in a way : EDGY
Down
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Plame affair org. : CIA
2
Things used during crunch time? : ABS
3
Extreme exposure : DEFENSELESSNESS
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Follow closely : STALK
5
"Vamoose!" : SCAT
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Cheat, slangily : HOSE
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Clive Cussler best seller made into a 1980 film : RAISETHETITANIC
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Member of Sauron's army : ORC
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Miss ___ : USA
10
Dings : DENTS
11
Charles IX's court poet : PIERREDERONSARD
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It may be played for money : ROLE
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___ Ball, quinquennial dance in Harry Potter : YULE
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Irritated reactions : RASHES
19
1995 thriller about identity theft : THENET
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Chocolate chip, e.g. : TIDBIT
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Stir to action : AROUSE
25
Land : REELIN
26
Speedy Gonzales cry : ANDALE
29
Words that affect one's standing? : ATEASE
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Father Time's prop : SCYTHE
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Monk's first name on "Monk" : ADRIAN
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Stopped flowing : RANDRY
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Thorn, once : LETTER
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Acted as an informant : NARKED
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Muddies up : ROILS
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Carriage trade : ELITE
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Goya's "La ___ Desnuda" : MAJA
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1989 Radio Hall of Fame inductee : IMUS
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Italian boxer Benvenuti : NINO
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Not just nibble : GNAW
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Prompter action : CUE
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Practice overseers: Abbr. : AMA
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Not just nudge : NAG
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Invisible ink user : SPY

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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