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New York Times, Saturday, October 19, 2002

Author:
Donald E. West
Editor:
Will Shortz
8-Down : Sticks in a bar?
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Donald E. West

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. West. Saturday freshness: 28%
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© 2002, The New York Times10/19/2 ( No. 19,338 )
Across
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Mortification : CHAGRIN
8
Kind of lily : CALLA
13
Marked again, in a way : REGRADED
15
French menu phrase : AULAIT
16
Gall : IRRITATE
17
Tent alternative : LEANTO
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Looks like : SEEMS
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Conveys lightly : WAFTS
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Grasp : KEN
22
Agendum, e.g. : ITEM
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A calf may be caught in it : RODEO
24
It may be eaten at a circus : FIRE
25
Plot cover-up? : SOD
26
Vice president under Madison : GERRY
27
Like a good day for a picnic : CLEAR
28
___-Davis pharmaceuticals : PARKE
29
They're represented in sheets : GHOSTS
30
Catholic observance : CORPUSCHRISTI
33
Corset-stiffening material : BALEEN
34
Falls (over) : KEELS
35
Foreign dignitary : EMEER
36
Parceled : DOLED
37
Part of some uniforms : CAP
40
Go over : SPAN
41
"The State and Revolution" author : LENIN
42
Yielded : GAVE
43
It may be long or short : TON
44
Dutch export : TULIP
45
Hollywood music arranger Butler : ARTIE
46
Frock : ORDAIN
48
Speculative : NOTIONAL
50
Like some attempts or excuses : FEEBLE
51
Master, e.g. : GRADUATE
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Unbroken : FERAL
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In a net : TRAPPED
Down
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More than hot water : CRISIS
2
Regarding this matter : HERETO
3
"You've got yourself a deal!" : AGREED
4
Famed folklorist : GRIMM
5
Some lab stock : RATS
6
___ Red (apple variety) : IDA
7
Viers for viewers : NETWORKS
8
Sticks in a bar? : CUES
9
Like : ALA
10
Most gangling : LANKIEST
11
Bookish bunch : LITERATI
12
Some sorry souls : ATONERS
14
Old navigational work : DEADRECKONING
15
Chorus member : ALTO
20
Elflike : FEY
23
It's been shown before : RERUN
24
Dislodge some particles : FLOSS
26
Wowed eyewitness : GAPER
27
Dependent, perhaps : CHILD
28
Be exultant : PREEN
29
Place for a hole : GREEN
30
Troop get-together : CAMPOREE
31
Poisonous ornamental : OLEANDER
32
Things can only go up from here : HELIPORT
33
In the most favorable spot : BESTOFF
36
Pisa preposition : DEL
37
Short time out : CATNAP
38
Handle props, say : AVIATE
39
Like watchful eyes : PEELED
41
Sphere segment : LUNE
42
It has dynamics : GROUP
44
Cash cache : TILL
45
Fictional slave girl : AIDA
47
Counselor's org. : ABA
49
Wood by-product : TAR

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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