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New York Times, Monday, January 8, 2007

Author:
Harriet Clifton
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Down : Working, as a police officer
TotalDebutLatest
49/20/20058/19/2008
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Harriet Clifton

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 44 Missing: {JQ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Clifton. Monday freshness: 68%
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© 2007, The New York Times1/8/7 ( No. 20,880 )
Across
1
Heartbeat : PULSE
6
Impersonator in "Little Red Riding Hood" : WOLF
10
Heavy, durable furniture wood : TEAK
14
Santa ___ racetrack : ANITA
15
Jai ___ : ALAI
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Folkie Guthrie : ARLO
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Think tank products : IDEAS
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Not so much : LESS
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Dec. 25 : XMAS
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Skeptic : DOUBTINGTHOMAS
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Web address ender : EDU
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"Little" girl of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" : EVA
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What a 20-Across might say : IMNOTBUYINGIT
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Washed (down), as a sidewalk : HOSED
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Just managed, with "out" : EKED
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Historic time : ERA
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Cut ___ (dance) : ARUG
37
Ways : MODES
39
Nose-in-the-air type : SNOB
40
Snoring sound : ZZZ
41
Plain crazy : LOCO
42
Scalds, e.g. : BURNS
43
What a 20-Across might say : YOUCANTFOOLME
47
Baseball stat : RBI
48
Hoopsters' org. : NBA
49
What a 20-Across might say, ignoring grammar : WHOSKIDDINGWHO
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Tobacco plug : CHAW
58
Jacob's twin : ESAU
59
Designer Donna : KARAN
60
Wintry : COLD
61
Angry outburst : RANT
62
Turn inside out : EVERT
63
Meowers : CATS
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Bend in the wind : SWAY
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50 minutes after the hour : TENTO
Down
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Settled up : PAID
2
Nullify : UNDO
3
Stead : LIEU
4
Knife : STAB
5
Where Cockney is spoken in London : EASTEND
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Heavy, durable furniture wood : WALNUT
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Designer Cassini : OLEG
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Bringing up the rear : LAST
9
Unfriendly looks : FISHEYES
10
I.R.S. worker : TAXMAN
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Humorist Bombeck : ERMA
12
"Oh, woe!" : ALAS
13
Some boxing wins, briefly : KOS
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Wedding words : IDO
22
"Ars Amatoria" poet : OVID
25
Maker of the Rodeo : ISUZU
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Computer storage unit, informally : MEG
27
Words before roses or lettuce : BEDOF
28
Instrument making HI notes? : UKE
29
Variety : GENRE
30
Do post-laundry work : IRON
31
Setters of indents : TABS
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Having a bit of smog : HAZY
33
Ricelike pasta : ORZO
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Nicknames : MONIKERS
38
Columbus Day's mo. : OCT
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1 + 2 + 3, e.g. : SUM
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Pharmaceutical workplaces : LABS
42
Relative of a quilt : BLANKET
44
After-Christmas shopping scenes : CROWDS
45
Working, as a police officer : ONDUTY
46
Sash in Sapporo : OBI
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"Stop!" : WHOA
50
"Stop!" : HALT
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"The Last Time ___ Paris" : ISAW
52
Comic Carvey : DANA
53
"I ___ at the office" : GAVE
54
Wee warbler : WREN
55
Male deer : HART
56
Not duped by : ONTO
57
Roman 300 : CCC

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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