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New York Times, Friday, January 3, 2003

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Will Shortz
40-Down : Legendary capital of King Agamemnon
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {FJQZ} This is puzzle # 131 for Mr. Page. Friday freshness: 34%
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© 2003, The New York Times1/3/3 ( No. 19,414 )
Across
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Stationer's stock : PADS
5
Not choppy : CALM
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F.D.R.'s Interior secretary : ICKES
14
Robert ___ Prewitt ("From Here to Eternity" soldier) : ELEE
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Latin trio part : AMAS
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Banned blocks : CLIPS
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Like some D.A.'s : ASST
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Spark plug, so to speak : RINGLEADER
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Not straight : LOPSIDED
22
Brooks : ABIDES
23
Game stickers? : SPEARS
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Unlit? : SOBER
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Show respect, in a way : RISE
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Some barometers : ANEROIDS
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___ Sea (Amu Darya's outlet) : ARAL
33
Surgeon's wear : LATEXGLOVE
35
Down : SAD
36
Guitarist Montgomery : WES
37
VCR speed measure: Abbr. : IPS
38
Actress Vardalos of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" : NIA
39
Chain reaction facilitator : ATOMICPILE
42
Chop order : LOIN
43
Way to get one's message across : PASYSTEM
44
Wishes undone : RUES
46
Best dishes, perhaps : CHINA
47
Peeved : INAPET
50
___ National Battlefield in Mississippi : TUPELO
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Where someone may get a buzz : GAMESHOW
55
Elliptical comment on local customs : WHENINROME
57
"___ Heartache" (#1 country hit for Janie Fricke) : HESA
58
Special qualities : AURAS
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Rounded end : PEEN
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One of the Waltons : ERIN
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Sleep on it : SHEET
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"It ___ so" : ISNT
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Successor of Mao : DENG
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Loud bursts : PEALS
2
"Matter of Fact" columnist : ALSOP
3
Bonnie and Clyde, e.g. : DESPERADOS
4
Cast off : SETSAIL
5
Pick from a deck : CARDSELECTION
6
Billet-doux writer : AMIE
7
Remote-sensing orbiter : LANDSAT
8
Fight site: Abbr. : MSG
9
They may come off a shelf : ICEBERGS
10
Procter & Gamble brand : CLAIROL
11
Hanged pirate : KIDD
12
Modern pentathlete's need : EPEE
13
Former union mems. : SSRS
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Action that may produce a reaction : LABEXPERIMENT
21
Return addressee? : IRS
25
Baseball great Buck : ONEIL
28
Radio wave reflector : IONOSPHERE
29
Early sixth-century year : DVII
30
Bean of "The Lord of the Rings" : SEAN
31
"Stat" : ASAP
32
Pro ___ : RATA
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Cottonwood's cousin : ASPEN
36
Things you want : WISHLIST
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Legendary capital of King Agamemnon : MYCENAE
41
Mature insects : IMAGOES
42
On-line? : LEASHED
45
Balzac's "___ Double Famille" : UNE
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Biological stain : EOSIN
49
String sound : TWANG
50
"Jabberwocky" starter : TWAS
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"No way" : UHUH
52
Member of la famille : PERE
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Mass exodus preceder? : AMEN
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N.Y. engineering sch. : RPI

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

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