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New York Times, Friday, February 3, 2006

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
27-Across : It's read online
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 21 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 6, (2 triple stacks) This is puzzle # 228 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 89%
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© 2006, The New York Times2/3/6 ( No. 20,541 )
Across
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"Regarding what was just said ..." : ASFARASTHATGOES
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Make it louder : TURNUPTHEVOLUME
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"C'est la vie" : THATSTHEWAYITIS
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Hotfoots it : RACES
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Milk sources : EWES
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___ gratia (in all kindness): Lat. : BONA
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Newspaper section : ARTS
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Some computer messages : ALERTS
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Like la mer: Abbr. : FEM
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Windy City rail inits. : CTA
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Twist of the head? : TRESS
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It's read online : EZINE
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Large-minded : TOLERANT
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Family that founded America's first theme park : KNOTTS
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Some course requirements : LABS
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"For ___ be Queen o' the May": Tennyson : IMTO
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The right stuff : ETHICS
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Stuffed sole stuffing : CRABMEAT
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Like a good turkey : MOIST
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It comes with laurels : GLORY
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Member of a corp. board : DIR
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Directional suffix : ERN
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Bone brace : SPLINT
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Like a mudhole : MIRY
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Dries, as hay : TEDS
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Loaded : RICH
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Outcomes of some talks : PACTS
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"Possibly" : ILLTHINKABOUTIT
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Set the record straight on something personal : CLEAREDONESNAME
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Like a done deal : SIGNEDANDSEALED
Down
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Have some pull : ATTRACT
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1960's-90's Indonesian president : SUHARTO
3
Like some mathematical curves : FRACTAL
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They're usually placed in the middle of the table : ANTES
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Sen. Feingold : RUSS
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Quick : APT
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Noted erupter of May 18, 1980 : STHELENS
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Wagon train locale : THEWEST
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Choppers : HEWERS
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Nautical imperative : AVAST
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Play cat and mouse (with) : TOY
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Very smooth : GLIB
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Unconscious : OUTOFIT
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Distinguished : EMINENT
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Chicken flavorers in a Chinese restaurant : SESAMES
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Ishmael's people : ARABS
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On a mission for : SENTBY
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Missionary writings : TRACTS
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Whiz : ZOOM
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Some Connecticut collegians : ELIS
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Store first opened in Detroit in 1962 : KMART
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Firm control, metaphorically : IRONHAND
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Ipecac and others : EMETICS
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Italian violinist Giuseppe ___ : TORELLI
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Kicker : HINDLEG
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Choose, as an icon : CLICKON
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Like some rules : EDICTAL
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TV sponsor's concern : AIRTIME
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What Romeo and Juliet did : TRYSTED
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The Witch of the South : GLINDA
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Used leverage : PRIED
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"Mountain," in Hawaii : MAUNA
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"Land," in central Asia : STAN
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Model behavior? : POSE
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Hapsburg domain: Abbr. : HRE
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Wanna-___ : BES

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

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