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New York Times, Friday, May 5, 2006

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
40-Across : Annie in "Klondike Annie"
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 27 Missing: {VXZ} This is puzzle # 233 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 77%
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© 2006, The New York Times5/5/6 ( No. 20,632 )
Across
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Unexpected birth : QUINTUPLET
11
Somewhat : ATAD
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Four times what's left? : THREESCORE
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Guy de Maupassant's "Mademoiselle ___" : FIFI
17
Pre-Gothic style : ROMANESQUE
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Like 101 courses: Abbr. : INTR
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Staff members : SHARPS
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Carriage trade-oriented : UPMARKET
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Wash tidally : LAPAT
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Like the bar scene : BEERY
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Eco location : ITALY
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"The program's starting" : ITSON
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"The ___ Quartet" (Paul Scott work) : RAJ
32
Lucknow dress : SARI
33
Guitar great Montgomery : WES
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"Let that occur," to Shakespeare : BEITSO
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Defenseless : UNARMED
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Deserted : FORSOOK
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Anti-insect application : SCREEN
40
Annie in "Klondike Annie" : MAE
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Instrument made of turtle shell : LYRE
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"All that we see or seem / Is but a dream within a dream" writer : POE
43
Relatives of the Missouria : OTOES
45
Throws : CASTS
46
Poker? : ELBOW
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Shoulder ID : PATCH
50
Army medics : CORPSMEN
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Tie up : LIGATE
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Kind of diagram : TREE
58
Near failure : ONTHEROPES
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Start of something big : SEED
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No longer an issue? : OUTOFPRINT
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Track numbers : ODDS
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Where to read about last night's game : SPORTSPAGE
Down
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Game periods: Abbr. : QTRS
2
"Did I just do what I think I did?!" : UHOH
3
Owner/waitress in "Garfield" : IRMA
4
Approximate : NEAR
5
Like some heavy-duty tires : TENPLY
6
___ hammer on (pounds) : USESA
7
Tech store purchases : PCS
8
Japanese plums : LOQUATS
9
Goes off : ERUPTS
10
Be loaded : TEEM
11
Intensely interested : AFIRE
12
Early building gear : TINKERTOYS
13
In some way : AFTERASORT
14
Some forwarded e-mails : DIRTYJOKES
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Saul's general, in the Bible : ABNER
23
Motley : PIED
25
"That would be my guess" : ISUSPECTSO
26
Like khakis : TANCOLORED
27
One unlike almost any other : ARAREBREED
28
Pre-euro cash : LIRE
30
The duck in "Peter and the Wolf" : OBOE
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Took off : WENT
35
Destinación de vacaciones : ISLA
37
Burmese cries : MEOWS
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Secured : FAST
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Had the intention of doing : MEANTTO
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Shout accompanied by pounding : OPENUP
45
Aviary racket : CHIRPS
47
Some essays : OPEDS
49
Split : CLEFT
51
Lows : MOOS
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Climber's snack : GORP
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Samoan capital : APIA
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Like a Salmon P. Chase bill, slangily : TENG
56
90° from norte : ESTE
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TV control: Abbr. : HOR

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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