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New York Times, Thursday, February 8, 2001

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : Where God is King of Kings?
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 32 Missing: {QX} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 125 for Mr. Nosowsky. Thursday freshness: 20%
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© 2001, The New York Times2/8/1 ( No. 18,720 )
Across
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Lower, south of the border : BAJA
5
Deck out : ARRAY
10
It may be made by a stargazer : WISH
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Chug-___ : ALUG
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Cook in a wok, perhaps : SAUTE
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Not duped by : ONTO
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Where God is King of Kings? : ROGETSTHESAURUS
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Source of suds : KEG
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Litigant : SUER
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Like some auctions : SILENT
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Second baseman called "The Crab" : EVERS
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Flier : BIRD
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Fairy tale figure : SPRITE
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Diversify : VARY
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"Prince Valiant" cartoonist Foster : HAL
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Lionesses lack them : MANES
33
One of a couple : MATE
34
Fashion : MODE
35
Tongue-twister phrase hinting at this puzzle's theme : ISAWESAUHESAWME
38
So : THUS
39
Glazed unit : TILE
40
"Adam and Eve on a raft," e.g. : ORDER
41
It may be tipped : HAT
42
Have too little : WANT
43
Like some salad dressings : ONIONY
44
Airborne unit? : KITE
45
Sea : BRINY
46
Passionate : ONFIRE
49
Plating material : ZINC
50
No exemplar of grace : OAF
53
Wine-flavored espagnole : BORDELAISESAUCE
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Quaint outburst : EGAD
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Stage presence? : ACTOR
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Bit of planning : IDEA
59
Ding-a-ling : YOYO
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Complaining : WHINY
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The bulk : MOST
Down
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Burglar's deterrent, maybe : BARK
2
Natural balm : ALOE
3
Crushing force : JUGGERNAUT
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21, for one : AGE
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Hearten : ASSURE
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Hotel listing : RATES
7
Essen's region : RUHR
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Had something, so to speak : ATE
9
Emphatic affirmation : YESSIREE
10
___-be : WOULD
11
Memo opener : INRE
12
Blow out of the water : STUN
13
Central computer : HOST
18
Burundian biter : TSETSE
19
Light : AIRY
24
Scenes : VIEWS
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Irrigate : BATHE
26
Metalworker : SMITH
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Ottoman title : PASHA
28
Safe place : VAULT
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Pitching pros : ADMEN
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Guarded : LEERY
33
Acadia National Park locale : MAINE
34
San Rafael's county : MARIN
36
Not driving while intoxicated, e.g. : STATELAW
37
Washington team, informally : SONICS
42
25-Across's perch, perhaps : WIRE
43
Stubborn as a mule : ORNERY
44
Buddy : KIDDO
45
Protected animal : BISON
46
Follow : OBEY
47
Scrubbed : NOGO
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Donnybrook : FRAY
49
Tubes on the dinner table : ZITI
51
Tennis statistic : ACES
52
Bit of derring-do : FEAT
54
Cry in Kiel : ACH
55
Cry before firing : AIM

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1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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