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New York Times, Thursday, January 9, 2003

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Across : Quip, part 2
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David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJQVXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 90 for Mr. Kahn. Thursday freshness: 41%
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© 2003, The New York Times1/9/3 ( No. 19,420 )
Across
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Prepares for a bout : SPARS
6
Easter serving : LAMB
10
A lot : GOBS
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John Lennon's last million-selling single : WOMAN
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String puller : USER
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Bibliophile's label : RARE
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Apologize and then some : ATONE
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Commercial prefix with bank : CITI
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Big furniture retailer : IKEA
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Start of a quip by hockey commentator Don Cherry about his autobiography : THREEYEARS
22
Pain in the neck : DRAG
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Boy-girl : HETERO
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"___ So Easy" : ITS
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Muckraker Tarbell : IDA
27
Settings for some TV dramas: Abbr. : ERS
28
Quip, part 2 : AGOICOULDNT
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Dignified : STAID
33
Federation : LEAGUE
34
Carryall : CASE
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Top : LID
39
Match parts : SETS
40
Brightest star in Aquila : ALTAIR
43
Pizazz : OOMPH
46
Quip, part 3 : SPELLAUTHOR
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Top : CAP
51
Souvenir from Aruba? : TAN
52
English ___ : LIT
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"I've had enough" : NOMORE
55
Trash can, perhaps : ICON
57
End of the quip : NOWIAREONE
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Pickable : RIPE
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Kind of doctor : SPIN
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Countenance : ALLOW
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___ even keel : ONAN
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Farm cry : OINK
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Upholstery fabric : TOILE
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Bump on a branch : NODE
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Hungary's Imre ___ : NAGY
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"+" site : ANODE
Down
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Bandage : SWATHE
2
Uproar : POTHER
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Loan payment schedules: Abbr. : AMORTS
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Bombay royal : RANEE
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Ridicule : SNEERAT
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Life's founder : LUCE
7
Sri Lanka's locale : ASIA
8
___ system : METRIC
9
Connecticut city that's home to ESPN : BRISTOL
10
Traffic chart : GRID
11
Institute of Nuclear Studies site : OAKRIDGE
12
Mexican tree with large, edible seeds : BREADNUT
13
Navigable channels : SEAGATES
21
Series of postures, basically : YOGA
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Go after : SUE
29
Bribe : OIL
30
Dunderhead : IDIOT
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Eye protector : LASH
32
Eskimo's catch : SEAL
34
Not subject to change : CASTIRON
35
"Heat" star, 1995 : ALPACINO
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Place for shorthand : STENOPAD
38
Play-___ : DOH
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Out of sorts : ILL
42
More than dampens : RAINSON
44
Author Simpson : MONA
45
How refunds may be made : PRORATA
47
More work : UTOPIA
48
"Gangsta's Paradise" rapper : COOLIO
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Traitor's name : ARNOLD
50
Little one : PEEWEE
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It's opened with a knife : MELON
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Island bird : NENE
58
Faction : WING
59
Black : INKY

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

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