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New York Times, Saturday, March 27, 2004

Author:
Sherry O. Blackard
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : One waiting for an accident to happen
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Sherry O. Blackard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 22 Missing: {JVWXZ} Spans: 4 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 32 for Ms. Blackard. Saturday freshness: 88%
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© 2004, The New York Times3/27/4 ( No. 19,863 )
Across
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Not merely deep : CHASMAL
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Without stopping : ATACLIP
15
Moon of Neptune named for a Greek nymph : DESPINA
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Kind of ray : CATHODE
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One waiting for an accident to happen : AMBULANCECHASER
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Animal that spits : LLAMA
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Sees people : DATES
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Part of retribution : TAT
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Remain : BIDE
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Chopin's fifth étude is in it : GFLAT
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No big thing : MOTE
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___ voce (without dissent) : UNA
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One may be fired up : GRILL
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Physics units : DYNES
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Base place : MESSHALL
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Take in : ARREST
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Jazz Age figures : BOOTLEGGERS
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Thin : SPARSE
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Liner : TRASHBAG
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Space ___ : CADET
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Isn't doing support work : STARS
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Dr.'s order? : AMA
41
Wrestler Flair and others : RICS
42
Antique weapons : STENS
43
Shouts in a ring : OLES
44
___ Mae (Whoopi's role in 26-Down) : ODA
45
Wear : SPORT
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Twist : GNARL
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Eliciting a "So what?" : OFNOCONSEQUENCE
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Bust : GOBROKE
51
One of the Kennedys, and namesakes : EUNICES
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Set up : ERECTED
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Like no human, according to the Bible : SINLESS
Down
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Modern record : CDALBUM
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It can be taken down : HEMLINE
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Absolutely awful : ASBADASBADCANBE
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Bubble up : SPUME
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Leon Uris's "___ 18" : MILA
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Bibliophilic suffix : ANA
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Wasted area? : LANDFILL
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Perfume ingredient : ACETAL
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Be silent, in music : TACET
10
Jocks: Abbr. : ATHS
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Dance bit? : CHA
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Comes up with something : IDEATES
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Most cheeky : PERTEST
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Station identification : CALLLETTERS
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Recipe directive : GRATE
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Perfume ingredient : MYRRH
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See 44-Across : GHOST
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Concern of some codes : DRESS
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Healing sites : SORES
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Food stabilizers : AGARS
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Endowed individuals : GRANTEES
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One visited by 26-Downs : SCROOGE
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Treated : PAIDFOR
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Punishes arbitrarily : AMERCES
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Electric, say : GASLESS
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High : STONED
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Piped up : SPOKE
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Newsman Roger : ONEIL
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Caber caster : SCOT
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Detective who frequented the jazz club Mother's : GUNN
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Tolkien terror : ORC
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___ Transtulit Sustinet (motto of Connecticut) : QUI

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

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