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New York Times, Thursday, February 26, 2004

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Across : Plus ___ (theme of this puzzle)
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQWXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 193 for Mr. Nosowsky. Thursday freshness: 84%
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© 2004, The New York Times2/26/4 ( No. 19,833 )
Across
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Musically detached: Abbr. : STAC
5
Capital examiners, briefly : CPAS
9
Fairy tale brother : GRIMM
14
Bleeper's target : OATH
15
See 32-Across : LANE
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Asian currency : RUPEE
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Psychic's furniture? : DIVININGROOMSET
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Beast of burden : CAMEL
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Gets a move on : SCOOTS
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Something big in front of the sofa? : DIVANBLOCKER
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Bowls : ARENAS
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Laugh sound : HAR
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Barrett formerly of Pink Floyd : SYD
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Madrid mousers : GATOS
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With 15-Across, a noted London theater : DRURY
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Chiang ___-shek : KAI
35
Vamooses : GITS
36
Plus ___ (theme of this puzzle) : FOURS
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Big name in sneakers : NIKE
38
Richmond-to-Virginia Beach dir. : ESE
39
Breakfast item : BAGEL
40
"Left ___ own devices ..." : TOHIS
41
Like a lobster : RED
42
Ingredient of black bottom pie : RUM
43
One way to sort a list : BYNAME
44
Savings of a German opera star? : DIVASKAPITAL
47
Disinclined : AVERSE
50
Auxiliaries : AIDES
51
Two features of a hurried golf game? : DIVOTSANDDASHES
56
The least bit : ATALL
57
Helen's mother : LEDA
58
180° turns, slangily : UEYS
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Virile : MANLY
60
Helen's land : TROY
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See 47-Down : EDEN
Down
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Covering for a bald spot : SOD
2
___ chi (martial art) : TAI
3
Off-road goer, for short : ATV
4
Mexican-Americans : CHICANOS
5
Shinnies : CLIMBS
6
Cartoonist's drawing : PANEL
7
White, informally : ANGLO
8
Sabbath msg. : SER
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Freezer locale : GROCERY
10
Buzz : RUMOR
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___ facto : IPSO
12
Come across : MEET
13
1986 World Series champs : METS
18
Grannies : NANAS
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Herr Schindler and others : OSKARS
22
Blade : DAGGER
23
Poker phrase : IRAISE
24
Checked for accuracy : VETTED
25
One without manners : CHURL
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Top of the Alps? : SKIHAT
29
Washington city : YAKIMA
30
Gas station choice : DIESEL
32
Believer's belief : DOGMA
33
Way in Québec : RUE
36
Some early 20th-century French artists : FAUVES
37
Matter of little importance : NONISSUE
39
Irascible : BRISTLY
40
Supercompetitive : TYPEA
43
Down time : BADDAY
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Dryly amusing : DROLL
45
Having more reason : SANER
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Friendly term of address : KIDDO
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First resident of 61-Across : ADAM
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Ars longa, ___ brevis : VITA
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Hunter of fiction : EVAN
52
PC key : ALT
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"If only ___ listened ..." : HED
54
View finder? : EYE
55
Fig. in identity theft : SSN

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

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