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New York Times, Saturday, May 10, 2003

Author:
Bob Klahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
35-Across : Where Marseille is, en France
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Bob Klahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 26 Missing: {JVXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 46 for Mr. Klahn. Saturday freshness: 54%
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© 2003, The New York Times5/10/3 ( No. 19,541 )
Across
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"Epitaph for a Spy" author : ERICAMBLER
11
Puppeteer Tony : SARG
15
New Year's Day spectacular : ROSEPARADE
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Foreign head of state : EMIR
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Daisy lover : ABNERYOKUM
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Size up : CASE
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Sink : SET
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"___ Russia $1200" (Bob Hope book) : IOWE
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Either jamb of a doorway : ALETTE
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Natural : BORN
24
Exploit : TRADEON
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Ballpark figures : USHERS
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Benedictines, e.g. : LIQUEURS
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Feminist Wolf : NAOMI
30
Tijuana toast : SALUD
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The pilots of Penzance: Abbr. : RAF
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Advocate: Abbr. : ATTY
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Fireplace : INGLE
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Harbor hazard : MINE
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Where Marseille is, en France : SUD
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Large knives : SNEES
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Exploit : GESTE
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Advocate : PROMOTER
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Bites : NOSHES
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1959-60 heavyweight champion Johansson : INGEMAR
42
Mustard plant features : PODS
43
Coat named for a British lord : RAGLAN
44
One way to make a sinner thinner : LISP
45
Good name for a chef : STU
48
"Would ___?" : ILIE
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Gossamer : DIAPHANOUS
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Salinger's "___ Stories" : NINE
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Some marathon champions : ETHIOPIANS
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Silences : GAGS
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International Museum of Cartoon Art founder, 1974 : MORTWALKER
Down
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Period pieces : ERAS
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Vesture : ROBE
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That special introduction? : ISNT
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Mid-grade? : CEE
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Deductive : APRIORI
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Council heads, maybe : MAYORS
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Toast : BROWN
8
Winnipeg or Ontario : LAKE
9
University extension : EDU
10
"All Quiet on the Western Front" author : REMARQUE
11
Withdraw : SECEDE
12
Bush-league : AMATEURISH
13
Pasta place : RISTORANTE
14
Links charges : GREENSFEES
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Tout : LAUD
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Start of a 2/14 request : BEMY
24
Places for bills : TILLS
25
Self-satisfied : UNASPIRING
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Unrestrained revelry : SATURNALIA
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Showing off : HOTDOGGING
28
Head producer? : LAGER
30
Gibe : SNEER
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Together : INTANDEM
34
Scrape : MESS
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"Brave New World" drug : SOMA
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Drosselmeier's title in "The Nutcracker" : GODPAPA
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Rows : MELEES
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Godot, in "Waiting for Godot" : NOSHOW
42
Lark look-alike : PIPIT
44
"If I Only Had the Nerve" singer : LAHR
45
Toper : SOAK
46
Pull a few strings? : TUNE
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Country founded in 1922: Abbr. : USSR
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"Watermill" composer Teiji ___ : ITO
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Bubkes : NIL

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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