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New York Times, Friday, October 27, 2006

Author:
Lisa Bunker
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Down : What a scammer might pull
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Lisa Bunker

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 27 Missing: {W} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Bunker. Friday freshness: 86%
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© 2006, The New York Times10/27/6 ( No. 20,807 )
Across
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"King Kong" co-star, 2005 : JACKBLACK
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Magazine subtitled "The Horse Owner's Resource" : EQUUS
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Son or daughter, usually : INHERITOR
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Aachen appetizer : SUPPE
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Fictional king with an enormous appetite : GARGANTUA
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"Passion" actress, 1919 : NEGRI
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It had "three deuces and a four-speed and a 389," in song : GTO
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Yachting event : SEARACE
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Thousandth of a yen : RIN
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Has a yen : LONGS
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Showy : GALA
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One hanging around the house : EAVE
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Napoleon biographer Ludwig : EMIL
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Maker of a small purchase, sarcastically : BIGSPENDER
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Buttonwood : SYCAMORE
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Bakery gizmos : ICERS
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Fire : ZEAL
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Writer Jaffe : RONA
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Like some antes : UPPED
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Arboriculturist : FORESTER
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"The Fearless Vampire Killers" actress : SHARONTATE
46
First name in design : EERO
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More than plenty : TONS
48
Claptrap : BOSH
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Turkish province or its capital : ADANA
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Some income: Abbr. : INT
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Unfair : PARTIAL
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Opened : LED
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"Dilemma" rapper : NELLY
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Superlatively stout : PORTLIEST
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Newsman Roger : ONEIL
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Fiancée, say : INAMORATA
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Popularity : VOGUE
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Operation in 1998 news : DESERTFOX
Down
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Shakes : JIGGLES
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All the things you are : ANATOMY
3
Prolonged : CHRONIC
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It's tapped : KEG
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Chutzpah : BRASS
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Propositional phrase? : LINE
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Cry to an obedient dog, maybe : ATTAGIRL
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Heart : COURAGE
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African livestock pens : KRAALS
10
Feudal worker : ESNE
11
Lab. neighbor : QUE
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Better model : UPGRADE
13
Opposite the current : UPRIVER
14
Some fishing boats : SEINERS
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It's often put on backward : CAP
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Bakery gizmos : GLAZERS
26
Protected : ENCASED
28
Campy wear : BOA
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A single, in Stuttgart : EINE
31
"Love ___" (1964 hit) : MEDO
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Contributions to them are not tax-deductible : ROTHIRAS
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It may have a lead part : ORE
36
"Memed My Hawk" director and star, 1984 : USTINOV
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Cell assignment: Abbr. : PHONENO
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What a toddler might pull : PANTLEG
39
What a scammer might pull : FASTONE
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Brewed bit : TEALEAF
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Former Mexican president Zedillo : ERNESTO
42
Drivers' duty : ROADTAX
44
Its members may be seen traveling: Abbr. : NBA
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Sluggish : TORPID
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___ nothing : ALLOR
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1944 Pulitzer correspondent : PYLE
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"Look ___!" : ATME
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N.Y.C. school : LIU
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N.Y.C. subway : IRT

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

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