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New York Times, Thursday, May 10, 2001

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Across : Poker variety
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2548/27/19928/13/20102
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2947154312630
RebusCircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
611.571,613877%
Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {CFQXZ} This is puzzle # 131 for Mr. Nosowsky. Thursday freshness: 63%
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© 2001, The New York Times5/10/1 ( No. 18,811 )
Across
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Is a gamester : WAGERS
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Band aid? : AMP
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Neckline shape : VEE
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Final words : EPILOG
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Putting weight on? : LOADING
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Buy bonds, e.g. : INVEST
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Tongue-lash : GIVEITTO
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One of the Canterbury pilgrims : REEVE
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Care : GIVEADARN
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Be bold : DARE
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Knuckle under : GIVEIN
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Smitten : INLOVE
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A bit of chiding : TSKTSK
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Cutting remarks? : OWS
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Matter for the gray matter : IDEA
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Box office : GATE
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They might provide general delivery : JEEPS
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Circular: Abbr. : RND
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Schindler of "Schindler's List" : OSKAR
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Voice range : ALTO
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Poker variety : DRAW
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Blow it : ERR
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"Yes! Yes!" : IDOIDO
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Singing or dancing : TALENT
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Air, to a jet engine : INTAKE
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"___ that's your game!" : OHSO
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Accidentally : BYMISTAKE
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Bonnie Blue's father : RHETT
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Catch up with : OVERTAKE
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Show scorn to : JEERAT
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Flipped : WENTAPE
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Burning the midnight oil : UPLATE
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What Leary tripped on : LSD
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Elmore of the N.B.A. : LEN
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High hat : TOPPER
Down
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Macabre : WEIRD
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Reason to see a hypnologist : APNEA
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Engender : GIVERISETO
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One after another? : ELEVEN
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Didn't sit still? : ROSE
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Cpl.'s superior : SGT
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Still in the game : ALIVE
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"Get going now!" : MOVEIT
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Songs of praise : PAEANS
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Life of Cicero : VITA
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___'acte : ENTR
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Designer von Furstenberg : EGON
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Carried out : DID
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Good-natured exchange : GIVEANDTAKE
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Unselfish sort : GIVER
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Word on all U.S. coins : GOD
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Fleur-de-___ : LIS
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Metric wts. : KGS
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Assume blame : TAKETHERAP
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Destiny : STAR
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Brynner's co-star in film's "The King and I" : KERR
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California hometown for TV's Six Million Dollar Man : OJAI
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Join : WELD
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Luau serving : POI
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Golden Hind captain : DRAKE
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"You ___ it to yourself" : OWE
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Bass, e.g. : ALE
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Proximal's opposite : DISTAL
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Like sports highlights : ONTAPE
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Unavailing : NOHELP
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Occupied : TAKEN
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Say : STATE
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Virginia's ___ River : OTTER
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Big sports event : BOWL
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Part of Y.S.L. : YVES
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Make whole : MEND
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N.Y.C. subway line : IRT
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Tow job : REPO
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Stick (out) : JUT

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

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