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New York Times, Saturday, November 16, 2002

Author:
Leonard Williams
Editor:
Will Shortz
15-Down : Wishful thinking?
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Leonard Williams

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 30 Missing: {FJQX} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Williams. Saturday freshness: 73%
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© 2002, The New York Times11/16/2 ( No. 19,366 )
Across
1
"Junior" politician : ALGORE
7
Greenland sight : ICECAP
13
Desert burrowers : GERBILS
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Far out : INACOMA
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Not allowed : AGAINSTTHERULES
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Base for some wrestlers : MUD
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Slimy shore deposit : SEAOOZE
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Places for cutting remarks?: Abbr. : ORS
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What theme parks do : AMUSE
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It's on the right, for short : GOP
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Comical lead-in : SERIO
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Mining target : SEAM
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Did part of a triathlon : BIKED
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Warehouse array: Abbr. : CTNS
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One may play a big part in the future : STARLET
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Was obviously impressed : OOHED
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Its motto is "Adventures in lifelong learning" : ELDERHOSTEL
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Lion of "Narnia" tales : ASLAN
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User's helper : ENABLER
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Miss abroad: Abbr. : SRTA
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Commerce secretary before Mineta : DALEY
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___-dried : OVEN
44
Jerry Marcus comic strip : TRUDY
46
"Je te plumerai le ___" ("Alouette" lyric) : BEC
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Demonstration exhortation : UNITE
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Suffix with fact : OID
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Cliffs : ESCARPS
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Be on the bottom : SIT
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In the past : OVERANDDONEWITH
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River through Rochester, N.Y. : GENESEE
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Highway department concern : POTHOLE
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Subject of a tax : ESTATE
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One who's suffering : MOANER
Down
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Tantric writings : AGAMAS
2
Clover and acacia : LEGUMES
3
Future master, maybe : GRADUATESTUDENT
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It may gird a geisha : OBI
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Last step in cleaning : RINSE
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Besides that : ELSE
7
Friend of Leonora in "Il Trovatore" : INEZ
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"Who ___?" : CARES
9
Coin portraying Louis XIV : ECU
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Technological development of the 1950's : COLORTELEVISION
11
Delaware or Missouri : AMERIND
12
Steps, in São Paulo : PASSOS
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More artificial : STAGIER
15
Wishful thinking? : IHOPE
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Pulled ahead : TOOKTHELEAD
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Classified : SMALLAD
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Position : ECHELON
27
Purée, e.g. : BLEND
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"Let's hear it" : DOSAY
31
Amount of iron, e.g.: Abbr. : RDA
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Gambling inits. : OTB
35
Nondiverse kind of farming : ONECROP
36
Shows : ARRIVES
38
Handle differently? : RETITLE
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Underling : STOOGE
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Kindergarten song starter : ABCDE
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World leader? : NETHER
45
Niacin source : YEAST
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Of ___ (availing) : USETO
50
Ko-Ko's weapon in "The Mikado" : SNEE
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___-Penh : PNOM
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"Bad Behavior" star, 1993 : REA
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Houston Aeros' org. : WHA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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