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New York Times, Wednesday, April 23, 2003

Author:
Gilbert H. Ludwig
Editor:
Will Shortz
16-Across : Córdoba cheer
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Gilbert H. Ludwig

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Ludwig. Wednesday freshness: 90%
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© 2003, The New York Times4/23/3 ( No. 19,524 )
Across
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Bus. bosses : MGRS
5
Intermission follower, often : ACTII
10
Sports "zebra" : REF
13
"That's ___ shame" : AREAL
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Greg Evans comic strip : LUANN
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Córdoba cheer : OLE
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Aviary timekeeper? : CUCKOOCLOCK
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Last letters : XYZ
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Frat party dispensers : BEERTAPS
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"___ afraid of that!" : IWAS
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Part of a geisha's attire : OBI
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Article of Cologne : EIN
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Abdominal anomaly : HERNIA
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Whoops it up : REVELS
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Queens' Russian counterparts : TSARINAS
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Word before and after "de la" : CREME
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Sounds of amazement : OOHS
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Race much shorter than a marathon : TENK
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Aviary timekeeper? : BIRDWATCH
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Carson's predecessor : PAAR
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Swarm (with) : TEEM
41
Gives a leg up : HELPS
45
Out on a limb? : ARBOREAL
47
Hotel-room Bible provider : GIDEON
48
Persian king known as "the Great" : DARIUS
49
Lexicon with many citations: Abbr. : OED
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To and ___ : FRO
51
Filthy lucre : PELF
52
Turns tail : RETREATS
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Call to a shepherd : BAA
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Sound from a 17- or 34-Across? : FEATHERTICK
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Contented sighs : AHS
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Upper echelon : ELITE
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"Peter and the Wolf" name : SASHA
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E-mail address part : DOT
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"Adam and Eve on a raft" site : DINER
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"So ___ say" : THEY
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Guy : MAC
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Scrounging sort : GRUBBER
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Get : RECEIVE
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Benefit : SAKE
5
Old highway to Fairbanks : ALCAN
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"I Spy" co-star Robert : CULP
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Art colony near Santa Fe : TAOS
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Mag for execs : INC
9
Blacker : INKIER
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1987 comedy based on "Cyrano de Bergerac" : ROXANNE
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Blissful : ELYSIAN
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Shriner's cap : FEZ
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Rhine siren : LORELEI
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Redding of R & B : OTIS
22
Was obviously in pain : WRITHED
23
"Lord of the Rings" menace : ORC
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"And ___ thou slain the Jabberwock?" : HAST
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Seek an answer : ASK
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Involve, as in an argument : EMBROIL
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Spa handout : TOWEL
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Fraud : SHAM
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Ancient Greek theaters : ODEA
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U.S. hwys., e.g. : RTES
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Scolders : CHIDERS
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Hippie's hangout : PAD
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Algonquian Indian : ARAPAHO
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Side by side : ABREAST
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Having liberal political tendencies : LEFTISH
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Fast wheels : PORSCHE
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___-Cone : SNO
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___ grouse (Pennsylvania's state bird) : RUFFED
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"American Gigolo" star : GERE
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Catchall category : OTHER
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Drops from the sky : RAIN
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Suffix with 29-Down : ETTE
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Rat-___ : ATAT
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Ill-behaved : BAD
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Actor Wallach : ELI
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Singer Starr : KAY

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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