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New York Times, Saturday, November 9, 2002

Author:
James E. Buell
Editor:
Will Shortz
47-Down : Ranis' wear
TotalDebutLatest
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James E. Buell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JQXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Buell. Saturday freshness: 12%
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© 2002, The New York Times11/9/2 ( No. 19,359 )
Across
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Be charming : CASTASPELL
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Doesn't just impress : WOWS
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Ski lodge warmer : CUPOFCOCOA
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Specialty : AREA
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Lullaby : CRADLESONG
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Like some orders : TALL
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Some convicts get them : PARDONS
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Core : ESSENCE
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Grow dark : LATEN
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Oldest city in Greece : ARGOS
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Network provider? : TVSET
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Relatives of a yapok : OPOSSUMS
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Pop station playlist : HITS
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Some building contractors : WIRERS
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Business card abbr. : TEL
35
Result preceder : ASA
36
It's no longer split : GERMANY
37
Pal of Nancy : AMI
38
Son-in-law of Ikhnaton : TUT
39
Adam Sandler's "Mr. Deeds," e.g. : REMAKE
40
Breeze : SNAP
41
It may be found on a range : SAUCEPAN
43
Battery elements : TESTS
44
Rat Island resident : ALEUT
45
Figure skater Cohen : SASHA
48
Power : WATTAGE
51
Dial, e.g. : BARSOAP
55
Passage prerequisite, perhaps : RITE
56
Not seeing eye to eye : ATVARIANCE
58
Some vitamin C sources : ADES
59
Parachute pack attachment : STATICLINE
60
Head-turner : PSST
61
Leader of the pack : PACESETTER
Down
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Cosmonauts' insignia, once : CCCP
2
Mystic enveloper : AURA
3
Bandy words : SPAR
4
Takes early steps : TODDLES
5
Not going under : AFLOAT
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Detect like a dog : SCENT
7
Western assembly : POSSE
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"Baudolino" novelist, 2002 : ECO
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Unfrequented : LONE
10
Trails : LAGS
11
Maintains, as a garden : WATERS
12
Denizens of Sumatra : ORANGUTANS
13
Greeter at the door : WELCOMEMAT
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Stock exchange necessities? : SALESSLIPS
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Fresh : SASSY
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Some 30-Down inhabitants : NORMANS
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"Cut! Print it!" : THATSAWRAP
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Slides, maybe : VISUALAIDS
27
Small busts? : STATUETTES
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Top out : PEAK
30
It's between Manche and Eure-et-Loir : ORNE
32
Grieve (for) : WEEP
33
1950's TV title role for Marie Wilson : IRMA
36
Legal analyst Van Susteren : GRETA
40
Chlorine source : SEASALT
42
Most fetching : CUTEST
43
Again and again? : THRICE
46
Tail off : ABATE
47
Ranis' wear : SARIS
49
Shocked reaction : GASP
50
Sundance's girlfriend : ETTA
52
"I'm ___!" : ONIT
53
Teen spots? : ACNE
54
One may pressure you : PEER
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Mini-___ : VAC

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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