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New York Times, Friday, January 10, 2003

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
37-Down : Insult or injury
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 22 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 4, (2 double stacks) This is puzzle # 169 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 99%
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© 2003, The New York Times1/10/3 ( No. 19,421 )
Across
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Theater professionals : STAGERS
8
Suddenly hits : DAWNSON
15
Sign-off from there : WISHYOUWEREHERE
17
Camper's supply : INSECTREPELLANT
18
Elegant : SWANK
19
Twit : TAUNT
20
Full-size : BIG
21
___ monde : HAUT
22
Olympian Katarina et al. : WITTS
23
Info : DATA
24
Schubert's "The ___-King" : ERL
25
"Misery" Oscar winner Bates : KATHY
26
Order with udon, maybe : SUSHI
27
Fixed beam? : SETSMILE
29
Trinity part : THESON
30
Harbor vessel : WATERBOAT
32
Lays to rest : INTERS
35
Setting for Robert Frost's "A Masque of Mercy" : BOOKSHOP
39
Not used to : NEWAT
40
Eastern Hemisphere island visited by Magellan, 1521 : LEYTE
41
Samuel Gompers org. : AFL
42
Sack : LOOT
43
Train : TEACH
44
Loaded : RIFE
45
Ashcroft and Reno: Abbr. : AGS
46
Acknowledge : NODTO
47
Acknowledged : CITED
48
"Time to go" : BETTERGETMOVING
51
Phone line? : ONEMOMENTPLEASE
52
Grumbler : REPINER
53
Captain portrayer in 1960's TV : SHATNER
Down
1
Rustles : SWISHES
2
Some plates : TINWARE
3
Delta team work : ASSAULT
4
"The ___ Altarpiece," a painting by ... : GHENT
5
... Jan van ___ : EYCK
6
Rubbish : ROT
7
Translation aid at an opera : SURTITLE
8
Number two : DEPUTY
9
Former Israeli minister Moshe : ARENS
10
Sore spot : WELT
11
Hart Trophy awarder: Abbr. : NHL
12
Grouper, for one : SEABASS
13
Bird: Prefix : ORNITHO
14
Profit : NETGAIN
16
Like oceanfront houses, often : WEATHERBEATEN
22
Doesn't take off : WAITS
23
1993 Sinatra CD : DUETS
25
S. S. Kresge, today : KMART
26
Throw off : SHAKE
28
Real effort : SWEAT
29
Bridge support : TOOTH
31
Refuses to deal with : BOYCOTTS
32
Giving birth : INLABOR
33
Part of the Cenozoic era : NEOGENE
34
Ballroom dance : TWOSTEP
36
Like some voodoo : HAITIAN
37
Insult or injury : OFFENSE
38
One showing promise? : PLEDGER
40
Daybook : LEDGER
43
Grammy's Best Male Jazz Vocalist of 1982-83 : TORME
44
Pin : RIVET
46
It may say "DINER" : NEON
47
Float's base, maybe : COLA
49
1979 nuclear accident site: Abbr. : TMI
50
Speedometer letters : MPH

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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