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New York Times, Thursday, January 26, 2006

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
12-Down : Flat as a piano?
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FGX} This is puzzle # 227 for Mr. Nosowsky. Thursday freshness: 86%
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© 2006, The New York Times1/26/6 ( No. 20,533 )
Across
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"... ___ tomato" : ISAY
5
Wide difference : CHASM
10
Ugly film : SCUM
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Self-defense aid : MACE
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Party leader? : EMCEE
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Sashimi selection : TUNA
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Rest period during a fight? : BREAKROUND
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Red Rose, once : PETE
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As it stands : ATTHAT
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One of the guy's : HIS
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Clear the tables : BUS
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High point : CREST
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Long, loud complaint from the neighborhood? : BLOCKRANT
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Boy toy? : KEN
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Docking station : PIER
30
Moray catcher : EELER
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Prepared for a proposal : KNELT
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"That's good enough" : ITLLDO
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Speedy cavalry soldiers? : QUICKLANCES
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Pushes away : SPURNS
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Words before pink or red : INTHE
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Take off : ERASE
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Blackhearted : EVIL
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Lunchbox staple, informally : PBJ
44
Stun a Shakespearean forest? : ROCKARDEN
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Blue hue : AZURE
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Put it to : ASK
49
Big mouth : MAW
50
No longer hurting : OVERIT
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"What a relief!" : PHEW
53
Brunettes? : DARKLASSES
56
Circle dance : HORA
57
Bugged : IRKED
58
Neighbor of an Iraqi : TURK
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1974 C.I.A.-spoof movie : SPYS
60
They may be offensive : ODORS
61
Sammy Davis Jr.'s "___ Can" : YESI
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Announcement after being away : IMBACK
2
"Being and Nothingness" author : SARTRE
3
Sure thing in blackjack : ACETEN
4
A lot of the Beatles' "She Loves You" : YEAHS
5
Like some checks: Abbr. : CERT
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Medical care setup, in brief : HMO
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Prefix with pressure : ACU
8
Mister, in Rio : SENHOR
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Kit carrier : MEDIC
10
Indy 500 advertiser : STP
11
White rollers : CUEBALLS
12
Flat as a piano? : UNTUNED
13
Baton wielder : MAESTRO
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Kit ___ (candy bar) : KAT
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Hilarious person : SKETCH
25
Cheat : BILK
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Spare, as a gladiator : LETLIVE
27
C.S.A. general : RELEE
29
They're found around six-packs : PECS
31
Ill-fated Russian sub named after a city SSW of Moscow : KURSK
32
Morning hour : NINEAM
33
Like many KLM and SAS flights : INTL
34
Charlatan's work : QUACKERY
35
Has ___ with : ANIN
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Angels seen by Isaiah : SERAPHS
37
Golf club staple : PROSHOP
40
The prince in "The Prince and the Pauper" : EDWARD
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Follow up on : PURSUE
42
Pipe types : BRIERS
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Lakeside rental : JETSKI
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One may carry a tune : RADIO
46
Actress Gardner : AVA
47
Piquant : ZESTY
50
Cutlass maker : OLDS
52
Has been : WAS
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"Gunga Din" studio, 1939 : RKO
55
Plop or plunk preceder : KER

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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