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New York Times, Saturday, December 18, 1993

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
14-Across : Kind of booth
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {FGX} This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Nosowsky. Saturday freshness: 44%
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© 1993, The New York Times12/18/93 ( No. 16,111 )
Across
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Longtime New Yorker cartoonist : PETERARNO
10
Doctors' professional magazine : JAMA
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Kind of booth : ISOLATION
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Business department : SALES
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Fan : STRIKEOUT
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Typical subjects in a psych study : TWINS
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Grilling spots : HOTSEATS
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Beach item : PEBBLE
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Unhappy crowd sound : SSS
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Spanish quarters : BARRIOS
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Number five iron : MASHIE
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Taken in a sedan : BORNE
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Llama herder, once : INCAN
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Lots : QUITEABIT
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Kaiser kin : CZAR
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In a blah manner : DULLY
34
Gambler's game : KENO
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Means of support? : HANDRAILS
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Bee's landing platform : PETAL
38
Rockwell and Clark : KENTS
39
Buying a quart of milk, e.g. : ERRAND
40
Star attractions? : PLANETS
43
Zetterling of "All Those Tomorrows" : MAI
44
Excise : REMOVE
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Short hole, perhaps : PARTHREE
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In readiness : ONICE
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Go to bed : HITTHEHAY
52
Fur pieces : MINKS
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Exactly : ONTHENOSE
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Last column in addition : ONES
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In need of exorcism : POSSESSED
Down
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Tut-tut : PISH
2
This: Sp. : ESTO
3
Lawsuit basis : TORT
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"___ Coming" (1969 pop hit) : ELIS
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Makes lots, as money : RAKESIN
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"Don't be such ___!" : ATEASE
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Mob scenes : RIOTS
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Entre ___ : NOUS
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Thunder Bay prov. : ONT
10
Candy store purchase : JAWBREAKER
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Court defense : ALIBI
12
___ Park : MENLO
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Fools : ASSES
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Literary Laurence : STERNE
19
Have a ball : PARTY
21
Bubbles : BOILS
22
Neighbor of 9-Down : MICH
23
San Francisco founder : ANZA
24
Have a look-see : SCAN
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"School" lessons? : HARDKNOCKS
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Chicago five : BULLS
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Call it ___ : QUITS
29
VHS alternative : BETA
30
Words before instant or uproar : INAN
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Blabbed : TOLD
33
He went through Hell : DANTE
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Giants coach Dan : REEVES
37
Please, to Shakespeare : PRITHEE
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Kipling's "When ___ Last Picture Is Painted" : EARTHS
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Advertising film : PROMO
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Prominent Red Square name : LENIN
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Chemical compound : AMINE
43
Dillon and Biondi : MATTS
45
Spanish conifer : PINO
46
They peck at their food : HENS
47
Greek letters : RHOS
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The life of Riley : EASE
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Gave the once-over : EYED
51
Short trip : HOP

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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