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New York Times, Thursday, February 13, 2003

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
3-Down : Three sheets to the wind
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1418/26/19955/9/20241
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331.591,23673%
Joe DiPietro

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQVXZ} This is puzzle # 61 for Mr. DiPietro. Thursday freshness: 64%
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© 2003, The New York Times2/13/3 ( No. 19,455 )
Across
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No-loss, no-gain situation : WASH
5
Modeled : WORE
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Bleed for : PITY
13
Sermon's conclusion? : ETTE
14
Lost : ASEA
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Chocolate source : CACAO
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A man's "better half" : THEMISSUS
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Ivy League school, familiarly : UPENN
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LOER-PRICED BOOK : NOWINPAPERBACK
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Better : AMEND
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Bring action against : SUE
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Intraoffice linkup: Abbr. : LAN
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Walker, for short : PED
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Gilbert & Sullivan princess : IDA
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It may come in buckets : POPCORN
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Where water is poured on the rocks : SAUNA
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1985 Literature Nobelist ___ Simon : CLAUDE
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SAIN LOUIS BASEBALL SQUAD : NOTINTHECARDS
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Fish preparer's task : BONING
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Booze : SAUCE
40
Worked in a judge's office : CLERKED
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Due before five? : TRE
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Where, to Caesar : UBI
46
Morse E : DOT
47
"___ pro nobis" : ORA
49
Range rover : BISON
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Ancient assembly area : AGORA
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Indicated : POINTEDTO
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Early 20th-century leader : LENIN
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Like some batters : EGGY
60
Immensely : ATON
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Kind of course : PREP
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1998 National League M.V.P. : SOSA
63
Bar ___ : NONE
Down
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Moist towelette : WETNAP
2
Not out : ATHOME
3
Three sheets to the wind : STEWED
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Confine : HEMIN
5
Target of some humor in The New Yorker : WASP
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Peak in Thessaly : OSSA
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Signs on again : REUPS
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Relax : EASEUP
9
Hemingway sobriquet : PAPA
10
Cirrus, say : ICECLOUD
11
Ale holders : TANKARDS
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"Silent Night" adjective : YON
15
62-Across, e.g. : CUB
17
Lettering liquid : INDIAINK
20
Come again? : REOCCUR
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Storm heading: Abbr. : NNE
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Castle section : DUNGEON
28
Symbol of industry : ANT
30
Money put on a horse to finish second : PLACEBET
31
Meticulousness : CARE
32
The cooler : STIR
33
Sighed sounds : AHS
35
Opposite of "from now on" : NOLONGER
36
Kind of correspondence : ONETOONE
37
Chow down : EAT
38
Alphabet trio : BCD
41
Room darkeners : DRAPES
43
In the habit of : USEDTO
44
High society : BONTON
45
Chant : INTONE
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As much as you like : AGOGO
50
Start of a clarification : IMEAN
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Stalactite producer : DRIP
53
Golfer Woosnam : IAN
54
Convoy lineup : RIGS
55
"A Day Without Rain" singer : ENYA
56
Mont Blanc, for one : ALP

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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