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New York Times, Saturday, January 4, 2003

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Down : Back biters
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 25 Missing: {BJXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 39 for Mr. Berry. Saturday freshness: 83%
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© 2003, The New York Times1/4/3 ( No. 19,415 )
Across
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Subject of a classic hoax : SASQUATCH
10
Bit of laughter : SNORT
15
Wye Accord figure : NETANYAHU
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Actor Rutger ___ of "Blade Runner" : HAUER
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Crayola color retired in 1990 : ORANGERED
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Well : APTLY
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Like some wills : CONTESTED
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Dylan Thomas's home : WALES
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One went to Washington in 2002 : OSCAR
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High grade : APLUS
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___ grass : OAT
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Some votes : NOES
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Growing business establishment : GREENHOUSE
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Clattery transports : ELS
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Gunk : CRUD
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Like much protective wear : PADDED
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Things to stew about : WOES
32
Crook : CANE
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More easily attainable : ONSALE
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Whup : LICK
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Trendy : HIP
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Flower whose blooms open in the late afternoon : FOUROCLOCK
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Red-hot one? : MAMA
43
Catholic title : FRA
44
Get to : REACH
45
"Good ___" (1966 Young Rascals hit) : LOVIN
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Sporting equipment that's strapped to the wrist : CESTA
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Gauge : CALCULATE
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Klingon, e.g. : ALIEN
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The Seneca Chief was the first vessel to travel its entire length : ERIECANAL
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Gloria ___, first black president of the Girl Scouts, 1975 : SCOTT
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Review unfairly : UNDERRATE
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Subdues, with "down" : TONES
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Full of the devil : POSSESSED
Down
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Summer cooler : SNOCONE
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Kind of bomb : AEROSOL
3
Bearings : STANCES
4
Overseas carrier : QANTAS
5
Madison's mate : UNGER
6
Some votes : AYES
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Region below Hades, in Greek myth : TARTARUS
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Made little sounds : CHEEPED
9
Field meeting : HUDDLE
10
Prison in a Stephen King novella : SHAWSHANK
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Winemaking valley : NAPA
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One way to think : OUTLOUD
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Studio product : RELEASE
14
Met : TRYSTED
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Empty boxes : UNPACK
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Nation aided by the Truman Doctrine : GREECE
27
John Logan's "To the Cuckoo," e.g. : ODE
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Shade providers : COLORANTS
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Reason for restrictions : WAR
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Spiny-rayed fishes popular in aquariums : CICHLIDS
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Discarded : OFFCAST
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Maker of clippers and trimmers : NORELCO
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Effort to convince : SUASION
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International conference site in Switzerland, 1925 : LOCARNO
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Illegal imports : HAVANAS
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Copy : IMITATE
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Denlike, say : PANELED
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Like some boots : LACEUP
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Back biters : MOLARS
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Monetary gain : LUCRE
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French noodle? : TETE
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Crescent shapes : CEES

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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