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New York Times, Friday, October 7, 2005

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
38-Across : Fraudulent acts
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 222 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 44%
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© 2005, The New York Times10/7/5 ( No. 20,422 )
Across
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Refuse transportation? : SCOW
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Dust remover : WHISKBROOM
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One of a skeletal pair : ULNA
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Must : HAVENEEDTO
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Spin : REEL
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Uffizi collection : ITALIANART
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Engineering ring : GASKET
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Falling out : RIFT
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Derisive interjection : YAH
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Put down : ENTERED
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Hereditary ruler? : GENE
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Inquisition target : HERETIC
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Parlor pieces : DIVANS
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Takes the wrong way? : COPS
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"___ do you good" : ITLL
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Pillow padding : KAPOK
37
March word : HUP
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Fraudulent acts : DECEITS
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Greek letter spelled out at the start of a Beatles title? : PSI
41
Val d'___, France, 1992 Olympics skiing site : ISERE
43
Astronomical effect : HALO
44
Faux pas : SLIP
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Propels, in a way : PEDALS
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Insulting one : TAUNTER
49
Way in or out : DUCT
51
Folds : CREASES
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Swear words? : IDO
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Air-freight, e.g. : SHIP
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Where Jehu ruled : ISRAEL
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Citrus-y drink : TOMCOLLINS
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Oompah-paher : TUBA
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Emptied : CLEAREDOUT
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Subj. with graphs : ECON
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Alarmist : HENNYPENNY
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Chapter 11 issue : DEBT
Down
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Coastal resident's hurricane worry : SURGE
2
Completely replace the staff : CLEANHOUSE
3
Danced the milonga : ONESTEPPED
4
Ones refusing transportation? : WALKERS
5
Formal requirement : WHITETIE
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Sou'wester, e.g. : HAT
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Swedish monopolist Kreuger : IVAR
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Vincent's successor as baseball commissioner : SELIG
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Cut in a fight, maybe : KNIFED
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Nonconformists : BEATNIKS
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Nickelodeon Chihuahua : REN
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Jazz singer Anita : ODAY
13
Not esa or esta : OTRA
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Armyworm, eventually : MOTH
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"Maid of Athens, ___ We Part" (Byron poem) : ERE
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Make an emergency landing : DITCH
26
Spacewalk, for NASA : EVA
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Traction enhancer : CLEAT
30
Bunk : APPLESAUCE
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Emphatic negative : NOSIREEBOB
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LP problem : SKIP
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Antique damage : CHIP
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Amethyst shade : LILAC
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Misleading : DELUSORY
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Like resorts, typically : TOURISTY
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Awesome : RAD
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Under way : STARTED
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Lug : SCHLEP
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Old Mario Bros. console : NES
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It's wavy in São Paulo : TILDE
52
Partial approach? : SLANT
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Target for nails : ITCH
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Charity : DOLE
55
Something wordless to read : OMEN
57
Short-lived particle : PION
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Preserve : CAN
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Parochial schoolteacher : NUN

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2 unique to this puzzle, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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