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New York Times, Friday, October 7, 2005

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Down : Traction enhancer
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RebusCircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
611.571,613877%
Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 222 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 44%
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© 2005, The New York Times10/7/5 ( No. 20,422 )
Across
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Refuse transportation? : SCOW
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Dust remover : WHISKBROOM
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One of a skeletal pair : ULNA
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Must : HAVENEEDTO
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Spin : REEL
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Uffizi collection : ITALIANART
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Engineering ring : GASKET
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Falling out : RIFT
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Derisive interjection : YAH
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Put down : ENTERED
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Hereditary ruler? : GENE
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Inquisition target : HERETIC
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Parlor pieces : DIVANS
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Takes the wrong way? : COPS
34
"___ do you good" : ITLL
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Pillow padding : KAPOK
37
March word : HUP
38
Fraudulent acts : DECEITS
40
Greek letter spelled out at the start of a Beatles title? : PSI
41
Val d'___, France, 1992 Olympics skiing site : ISERE
43
Astronomical effect : HALO
44
Faux pas : SLIP
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Propels, in a way : PEDALS
47
Insulting one : TAUNTER
49
Way in or out : DUCT
51
Folds : CREASES
53
Swear words? : IDO
56
Air-freight, e.g. : SHIP
58
Where Jehu ruled : ISRAEL
59
Citrus-y drink : TOMCOLLINS
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Oompah-paher : TUBA
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Emptied : CLEAREDOUT
64
Subj. with graphs : ECON
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Alarmist : HENNYPENNY
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Chapter 11 issue : DEBT
Down
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Coastal resident's hurricane worry : SURGE
2
Completely replace the staff : CLEANHOUSE
3
Danced the milonga : ONESTEPPED
4
Ones refusing transportation? : WALKERS
5
Formal requirement : WHITETIE
6
Sou'wester, e.g. : HAT
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Swedish monopolist Kreuger : IVAR
8
Vincent's successor as baseball commissioner : SELIG
9
Cut in a fight, maybe : KNIFED
10
Nonconformists : BEATNIKS
11
Nickelodeon Chihuahua : REN
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Jazz singer Anita : ODAY
13
Not esa or esta : OTRA
14
Armyworm, eventually : MOTH
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"Maid of Athens, ___ We Part" (Byron poem) : ERE
24
Make an emergency landing : DITCH
26
Spacewalk, for NASA : EVA
28
Traction enhancer : CLEAT
30
Bunk : APPLESAUCE
31
Emphatic negative : NOSIREEBOB
32
LP problem : SKIP
33
Antique damage : CHIP
35
Amethyst shade : LILAC
38
Misleading : DELUSORY
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Like resorts, typically : TOURISTY
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Awesome : RAD
44
Under way : STARTED
46
Lug : SCHLEP
48
Old Mario Bros. console : NES
50
It's wavy in São Paulo : TILDE
52
Partial approach? : SLANT
53
Target for nails : ITCH
54
Charity : DOLE
55
Something wordless to read : OMEN
57
Short-lived particle : PION
60
Preserve : CAN
61
Parochial schoolteacher : NUN

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

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