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New York Times, Wednesday, June 9, 2004

Author:
Seth A. Abel
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : Show of smugness
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Seth A. Abel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {YZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Abel. Wednesday freshness: 17%
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© 2004, The New York Times6/9/4 ( No. 19,937 )
Across
1
Nonplussed : ATSEA
6
Winter hookup : PLOW
10
Nudges : JOGS
14
15-Across's instrument : SITAR
15
___ Shankar : RAVI
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View from Toledo : ERIE
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Show of smugness : SMIRK
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Thunderclouds, perhaps : OMEN
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Put away : SAVE
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Astounded by how much weight you've gained? : FLABBERGASTED
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Beach lotion letters : SPF
25
Born in France : NEE
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Dirty looks : LEERS
27
"Really!" : HONEST
29
Little swabs : QTIPS
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Actress Verdugo : ELENA
33
"___ giorno!" : BUON
34
From ___ Z : ATO
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Deprived of fast food chains? : DISENFRANCHISED
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"Help!" : SOS
42
Just-for-fun activity : LARK
43
Even if, briefly : ALTHO
44
Source : FOUNT
46
One offering securities : ISSUER
47
Pageant wear : TIARA
50
Geologist's time : ERA
51
___ Plaines, Ill. : DES
52
Tireless in pursuit of weight control? : INDEFATIGABLE
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Hardly chivalrous : RUDE
58
Pedestrian sign : XING
59
Em and Polly : AUNTS
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Son of Aphrodite : EROS
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Lui's opposite : ELLE
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"Ciao!" : LATER
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Bad impression? : DENT
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Practically devoid of customers : DEAD
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Cravings of a sort : LUSTS
Down
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Nincompoop : ASS
2
Tiny ___ : TIM
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Stretching may relieve it : STIFFNESS
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Sandwich man? : EARL
5
Bill Clinton, e.g. : ARKANSAN
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Exploratory spacecraft : PROBE
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Poor, as excuses go : LAME
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Kaput : OVER
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Birds take this : WING
10
James and Jackson : JESSES
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Use a soapbox : ORATE
12
Unselfish sort : GIVER
13
Garden bagful : SEEDS
21
Get into a pool : BET
22
High peak : ALP
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Peels off : SHEDS
24
Salk's conquest : POLIO
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Compass heading : ENE
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Berries buy, at a supermarket : QUART
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Honky-___ : TONK
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Ltd., in the U.S. : INC
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Food for regular folks? : BRAN
34
4.0 earners : ASTUDENTS
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[titter] : TEHEE
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Signs of spoilage : ODORS
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Kind of shot : FLU
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Lives it up : HASABALL
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They, in Marseille : ILS
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Most liberal : FREEST
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Loutish sort : OAF
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Roth ___ : IRA
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Wiped out : TIRED
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Accustom : INURE
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Building wing : ADDON
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Urged, with "on" : EGGED
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Sent packing : AXED
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Mosaic piece : TILE
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"To Live and Die ___" : INLA
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Island feast : LUAU
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___ Offensive : TET
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Sophs. in two years : SRS

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

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