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New York Times, Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
43-Across : Woodcutter's tool
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {MQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 159 for Ms. Gorski. Wednesday freshness: 85%
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© 2008, The New York Times2/13/8 ( No. 21,281 )
Across
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*Salad partner : SOUP
5
Velvety bloomer : PANSY
10
Dreaded prom night sight : ACNE
14
River of Tuscany : ARNO
15
Graff of stage and screen : ILENE
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*Takeover : COUP
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Cat's gripper : CLAW
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Violin, viola and cello : STRINGTRIO
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Hitchcock thriller : ROPE
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*Pen : COOP
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Half-and-half quantities : PINTS
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Mail at contest central : ENTRIES
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*Cote calls : COOS
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Sound from a frying pan : SSS
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Monastery title : FRA
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Place brushed by a barber : NAPE
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Sprites in bottles? : SODAS
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Bad marks : BLOTS
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Knickers wearer : LAD
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From 1- to 67-Across : THEWHOLESHEBANG
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Some A.L. sluggers : DHS
42
Jong who wrote "Sappho's Leap" : ERICA
43
Woodcutter's tool : WEDGE
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Many a turban wearer : SIKH
46
Toll rd. : TPK
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Sleek runway model? : JET
48
*Sleep lab purchases : COTS
50
Lawn care tool : AERATOR
54
Sinuous dances : HULAS
56
*Salon styles : CUTS
58
Drink to excess : TOPE
59
Aida and Norma, notably : OPERAROLES
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Chicago's Dan ___ Expressway : RYAN
62
Kind of ladder exemplified by the answers to the seven starred clues : WORD
63
Backspace over text : ERASE
64
Astronomy's ___ cloud : OORT
65
Finishes, as cartoon artwork, with "in" : INKS
66
Blows off steam : VENTS
67
*Fanatics : NUTS
Down
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Paris's ___-Coeur Basilica : SACRE
2
Sock material : ORLON
3
Not suitable : UNAPT
4
Buzzer on "This Old House" : POWERSAW
5
Last sign : PISCES
6
Some saxophones : ALTOS
7
Charles Laughton's role in "The Sign of the Cross" : NERO
8
Sassy one : SNIP
9
It's issued by the Nippon Ginko : YEN
10
Director's order : ACTION
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Summer side dish : CORNSALAD
12
When the stars come out in Paris : NUIT
13
Long narrative poem : EPOS
19
Mail ctr. : GPO
24
Joe Jackson's "___ Really Going Out With Him?" : ISSHE
25
Like J.F.K.: Abbr. : CATH
27
Dandruff bit : FLECK
28
Monte ___, highest point in the Pennine Alps : ROSA
30
Twinge : PANG
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Beat (out) : EDGE
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Norms: Abbr. : STDS
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"I didn't think you'd be here ..." : OHHI
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Hotel front person : DESKCLERK
35
It might be on one's radar : BLIP
36
Storm drain, e.g. : SEWER
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Scraps for Spike : ORTS
40
Particle accelerator : BETATRON
45
Collectors' collections : HOARDS
47
James and Jackson : JESSES
49
Airport org. : TSA
50
Event in 1940s-'50s headlines : ATEST
51
Conclusion of "Happy Birthday" : TOYOU
52
Eye-popping canvases : OPART
53
They're high in Manhattan : RENTS
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"Oh, ___ Love Jesus" (hymn) : HOWI
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Apprised of : UPON
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Curriculum part : CORE
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___ Bator : ULAN
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Increase, with "up" : REV

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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