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New York Times, Saturday, September 16, 2006

Author:
Michael Shteyman
Editor:
Will Shortz
48-Across : Running things in a bar
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Michael Shteyman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Spans: 1 Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzlemakers. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 40 for Mr. Shteyman. Saturday freshness: 14%
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MATCH
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G
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A
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M
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E
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D
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I
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E
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T
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S
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O
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D
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A
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B
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L
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D
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O
N
C
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A
D
A
Y
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O
N
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D
G
E
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N
O
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M
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X
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A
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T
T
N
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N
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S
L
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P
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M
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N
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R
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O
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A
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D
K
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L
L
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A
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Y
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L
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U
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M
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I
D
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R
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MATCH
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E
N
O
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L
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S
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E
Y
E
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O
T
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S
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E
T
O
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MATCH
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E
S
W
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T
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S
W
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H
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Y
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U
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N
M
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I
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O
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R
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T
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B
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G
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U
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K
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A
H
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O
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S
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K
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M
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P
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C
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MATCH
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O
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N
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D
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E
L
L
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R
B
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S
O
T
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A
S
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MATCH
H
E
A
D
© 2006, The New York Times9/16/6 ( No. 20,766 )
Across
1
Old afternoon TV staple, with "The" : MATCHGAME
6
Something light and soft? : DIETSODA
14
Misrepresented : BELIED
16
Prescription description part : ONCEADAY
17
Apprehensive : ONEDGE
18
Joining-of-hands period : NOONTIME
19
Number of the 2016 Olympics : XXXI
20
Abbr. often before a name : ATTN
22
Start of a critical call : NINE
23
Get worse : SLIP
24
One of two extremes: Abbr. : MIN
25
Remains on the shoulder? : ROADKILL
29
Retreat : ASYLUM
33
Sore loser's cry : IDEMANDAREMATCH
35
"Another Green World" composer : ENO
36
Island chains : LEIS
37
It's held in an orbit : EYE
38
Inventor of a braking system for cars : OTIS
39
The Rhineland Campaign was part of it: Abbr. : ETO
40
Tries to outfox : MATCHESWITSWITH
44
Curiously spelled 1960 Al Cohn tune : YOUNME
46
Somehow : INASENSE
47
One locked in a boat : OAR
48
Running things in a bar : TABS
49
Slime : GUNK
51
"Now I get it" : AHSO
52
Rake : SKIM
56
Successful result in a DNA lab : PERFECTMATCH
58
Certain Ontarian : ONEIDA
60
Three-time Emmy winner for "Nick News" : ELLERBEE
61
Drunken : SOTTED
62
Charges : ASSESSES
63
Something struck from a book : MATCHHEAD
Down
1
Big maker of small cars : MATCHBOX
2
Demographic group, briefly : GENX
3
Hoops Hall-of-Famer English : ALEX
4
18-Across in France : MIDI
5
Head shot?: Abbr. : EEG
6
Classic caution to a child : DONTPLAYWITHMATCHES
7
Start ___ : INON
8
Prefix with tourism : ECO
9
Where singles start out in love? : TENNISMATCH
10
Lustrous : SATINY
11
Mythical dweller across the Rainbow Bridge : ODIN
12
Broad : DAME
13
Always, in verse : AYE
15
Try to profit from : DEALIN
21
Tiny waves : TILDES
23
Calypso relative : SKA
24
Gooper's wife in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" : MAE
25
"The Old Swimmin'-Hole" poet : RILEY
26
Poem title start : ODETO
27
Half-serious run? : AEIOU
28
Old Eur. money : DMS
30
Accepted : LETIN
31
Hand and foot : UNITS
32
"Munich" actor Ivgy : MOSHE
34
Spanish royalty : REINAS
38
Have to return : OWE
40
Union organizers? : MATCHMAKERS
41
Always, in verse : EER
42
They carry stigmas : TABOOS
43
Many men are registered with it: Abbr. : SSS
45
Having no charge : NONFEE
49
Molecular biology lab preparations : GELS
50
Some addresses : URLS
51
Unerringly, after "to" : ATEE
52
Low in education : SETH
53
Frequent flier? : KITE
54
What comes to mind : IDEA
55
Org. whose success is no accident? : MADD
56
Fabaceae family member : PEA
57
Breakers' equipment : CBS
59
Hardly a worthy competitor : NOMATCH

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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