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New York Times, Friday, February 8, 2002

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
49-Across : Sudden blow
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 26 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 148 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 95%
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© 2002, The New York Times2/8/2 ( No. 19,085 )
Across
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Like some glasses : BIFOCAL
8
Slightly : ATRIFLE
15
Evidence of change : ERASURE
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Not leave alone : DWELLON
17
Rules : GOVERNS
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"It's MY treat!" : IINSIST
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___-Jet (winter vehicle) : SNO
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Break down : DISSECT
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Shar-___ (wrinkly dog) : PEI
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Mannequin : FORM
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Suffix with Roman : ESQUE
26
Pear variety : BOSC
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Some take a licking : OREOS
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Supplementary: Abbr. : AUX
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Fancy, as a restaurant : HAUTE
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Expensive fur : REDSABLE
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Break down : FACTOR
34
Citation opener : QUOTEMARK
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Mouths (off) : SPOUTS
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Help for a long shot : ZOOMLENS
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More than a scuffle : MELEE
44
Door sign : MEN
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"Me too" : SODOI
46
Common links : ANDS
47
Part of many a bus. address : POBOX
49
Sudden blow : GUST
50
Some "JAG" roles: Abbr. : LTS
51
Like final manuscripts : RETYPED
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Loc. ___ : CIT
54
Gazebo framework : LATTICE
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Because of the challenge : ONADARE
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Cousin of baseball : ONEOCAT
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Restraint : LIMITER
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Soap maker since 1882 : JERGENS
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Union label? : YANKEES
Down
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Craves : BEGSFOR
2
Taconite or siderite : IRONORE
3
Blessed, in a way : FAVORED
4
Carbohydrate suffix : OSE
5
Bit for Miss Muffet : CURD
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___ Becker of "L.A. Law" : ARNIE
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Healthful food ad claim : LESSSALT
8
Parting words : ADIEUX
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Once and again : TWICE
10
Let : RENT
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They: Fr. : ILS
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Get wild : FLIPOUT
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Is defeated by : LOSESTO
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Siren : ENTICER
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Barely get past : SQUEEZEBY
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Places for muezzins : MOSQUES
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What's not done yet : BACKLOG
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Cook in a wok, maybe : SAUTE
30
Kind of way : HARMS
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Cattle genus : BOS
33
___ Schwarz : FAO
35
Where Illinois and Vermont are : MONOPOLY
36
Breakfast order : SMALLOJ
37
Bottled gas : PENTANE
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Many a retiree : OLDSTER
40
School : EDUCATE
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"That is so wrong!" : NOSIREE
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Caretakers : SITTERS
44
Some Vivaldi music : MOTETS
47
Pie choice : PECAN
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Midwest city whose name means "hospitality" : XENIA
51
It may be polished : RICE
52
Cousin of "Shucks!" : DAMN
55
Dress (up) : TOG
57
Cartoonist Browne : DIK

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later.

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