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New York Times, Friday, November 8, 2002

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Down : Half-pints
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JKQVXZ} Spans: 4 Grid has both left-right and up-down symmetry. This is puzzle # 166 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 63%
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© 2002, The New York Times11/8/2 ( No. 19,358 )
Across
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Mollycoddled : BABIED
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Limited : SCARCE
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Mind-boggler : ENIGMA
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Kind of tea : HERBAL
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Unlikely whistle-blower : METOOER
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Thinks the world of : ADMIRES
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Rhine whine : ACH
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Updates current carriers : REWIRES
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H.S. part: Abbr. : SCH
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Craft : SHIP
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Fair offers? : RIDES
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Stuff : SATE
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Title character in a Euripides drama : HELEN
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O.K. sign : NOD
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N.J. town on the Hudson : FTLEE
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Classic 1890's song that ends "Sailor take care! ... Beware!" : ASLEEPINTHEDEEP
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"Just one cotton-pickin' minute!" : WHOATHERE
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Technician's resource : REFERENCEMANUAL
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A person may go off with this : ADIEU
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Shooter : TAW
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Vernacular : LINGO
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Ruckuses : DINS
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Start of all Florida ZIP codes : THREE
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"George of the Jungle" elephant : SHEP
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Had : ATE
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90° : DUEEAST
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Draft pick : ALE
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Italian actor ___ Brazzi : ROSSANO
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Having a wing : LSHAPED
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Person of great interest : USURER
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Jams : TIEUPS
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Wee : TEENSY
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The first two Tudor kings : HENRYS
Down
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Sherlock Holmes story "The Copper ___" : BEECHES
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Queen's residence : ANTHILL
3
Résumé, e.g. : BIO
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Frankenstein factotum : IGOR
5
Arab leader : EMEER
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Topic in "Inherit the Wind" : DARWINIANTHEORY
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Was generous : SHAREDTHEWEALTH
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Gives up : CEDES
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Prepares to fight : ARMS
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Barry Bonds stat : RBI
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Place to find lemons? : CARSALE
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Washington insider, maybe : ELECTEE
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Sister in "Three Sisters" : MASHA
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They may be counted : SHEEP
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"Either way" : IDONTCARE
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Half-pints : PEEWEES
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Apostle to the Gauls : STDENIS
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"The Unity of India" author : NEHRU
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Wild : FERAL
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"Al Aaraaf" writer : POE
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Bottom line : HEM
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Awacs tool : RADAR
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Bleep : EDITOUT
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Tactful treatment : FINESSE
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Ill-fated : UNHAPPY
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Undying : AGELESS
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Bounded along : LOPED
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Airs : TUNES
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Paul Robeson's wife : ESSIE
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Put in stitches : DARN
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In that case : THEN
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Petition : SUE
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Gold: Prefix : AUR

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

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