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New York Times, Saturday, February 15, 2003

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Across : "That's ___"
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 166 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 50%
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© 2003, The New York Times2/15/3 ( No. 19,457 )
Across
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Pay : SHELLOUT
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Poohs : PSHAWS
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Acquire : COMEINTO
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Slanted : ITALIC
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Interest : APPEALTO
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First name in 60's pop : PETULA
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Letter series : RST
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Brewpub offering : RYEBEER
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Year in the reign of Ivan the Terrible : MDL
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Like ___ on a string : ATOY
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Coin with the image of a springbok : RAND
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"That's ___" : LIFE
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Damaging insects : BORERS
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Part of a capt.'s order : DIR
31
Has ___ (is connected) : ANIN
32
Machine wedge : SHIM
34
Wave, for one : GESTURE
36
Darned, in Dover : BLOODY
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Schoolyard challenge : MAKEME
39
More husky : HOARSER
40
Foreign trio member? : AMAT
41
Abbr. in many group names : ASSN
42
Ready to go off-line? : DRY
44
Balance : STASIS
48
What two dots may mean : ISTO
49
Breakfast acronym : IHOP
51
It has a code : GENE
52
Old Japanese coin : RIN
53
Mints, e.g. : ISSUERS
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Galoot : APE
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Want : DEARTH
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One in training? : BRAKEMAN
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Cause to be absorbed : OSMOSE
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It's used to avoid listing : ETCETERA
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Pool parties : STENOS
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Something to shoot : THEWORKS
Down
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Ancient religious symbol : SCARAB
2
Begins quickly : HOPSTO
3
Forum buyer? : EMPTOR
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"Malcolm X" director : LEE
5
One might be chronic : LIAR
6
Kind of child : ONLY
7
Sheer : UTTER
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"What a shame" : TOOBAD
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Unrealistic notions : PIPEDREAMS
10
Suffix with old : STER
11
Skimmer, e.g. : HAT
12
Turquoise component : ALUMINUM
13
Symbol of success : WILDFIRE
14
Having no symmetry, in a way : SCALENE
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Stumper : ENIGMA
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Ultimatum words : YESORNO
26
Infielder's failure : LATETAG
28
Fraternity letters : RHOS
29
Beans and fries, e.g. : SIDEDISHES
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Aromatic resins : MYRRHS
35
Game with trump cards : SKAT
36
Most overbearing : BOSSIEST
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Sorting criterion : LASTNAME
39
Shags, say : HAIRDOS
43
"Sure" : YOUBET
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Tailor, at times : SEAMER
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Not going anywhere : INPARK
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Regarded to be : SEENAS
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Murdoch University site : PERTH
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"Don't take ___ seriously" : ITSO
54
Dash : RACE
55
Throw off : SKEW
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Actor Silver : RON
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W.W. II zone : ETO

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