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New York Times, Friday, February 22, 2002

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
12-Down : Kind of flask used by a chemist
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 86 for Ms. Gorski. Friday freshness: 85%
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© 2002, The New York Times2/22/2 ( No. 19,099 )
Across
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"Naturally" : OFCOURSE
9
Sonny boy : LADDIE
15
Bar offerings : PRETZELS
16
Much of "The Ed Sullivan Show" : LIVETV
17
Like a pope, old-style : PONTIFIC
18
Window-shop : BROWSE
19
W.W. II spy grp. : OSS
20
Motorcade units : SEDANS
22
Pitter-patter maker : RAIN
23
Pack : STOW
25
Tow truck hook-up, maybe : REPO
26
Animal houses : BARNS
27
60's dos : AFROS
29
New Jersey's state tree : REDOAK
31
Big name in security : BRINKS
33
Canal zones? : EARS
34
Nov. honoree : VET
37
Podded seeds : LENTILS
39
Military duty? : LATRINE
41
Head lines, for short? : EEG
42
Salade niçoise ingredient : TUNA
44
Heavy : LEADEN
45
Cut corners : SCRIMP
47
Bergen sidekick : SNERD
48
"Adia" singer McLachlan : SARAH
51
"A ___ should not mean / But be": MacLeish : POEM
53
Didn't just tiptoe into the water : DOVE
54
Oaf : CLOD
55
Op Art and Pop Art : GENRES
57
Needlefish : GAR
58
Welcome offer to a dishwasher : ILLDRY
60
Sydney salutation : GDAYMATE
62
Sergeant's order : FALLIN
63
Currier and Ives, e.g. : SURNAMES
64
Ladybird, for one : INSECT
65
Boston Harbor flotsam, 1773 : TEACHEST
Down
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Subject to being challenged : OPPOSABLE
2
Like some refrigerators : FROSTFREE
3
Not allowing to speak one's mind : CENSORING
4
Player with 511 career home runs : OTT
5
Strong arms? : UZIS
6
Direct : REFER
7
Perfect pitch, maybe : SLIDER
8
This shouldn't be loose : ESCAPEE
9
Foreign attorneys' degs. : LLBS
10
Tune : AIR
11
"St. Ludmilla" composer : DVORAK
12
Kind of flask used by a chemist : DEWAR
13
"___ His Kiss" (golden oldie) : ITSIN
14
Choice in choosing up sides : EVENS
21
Knobby : NODAL
24
"I ___ tell!" : WONT
26
Stitches : BASTES
28
Bandleader Henderson : SKITCH
30
Word-of-mouth : ORAL
32
Arc on a score : SLUR
34
Hunt the Wumpus, for one : VIDEOGAME
35
Exhausts : ENERVATES
36
Like blue-ribbon-winning steak : TENDEREST
38
Straight-billed game bird : SNIPE
40
African money : RAND
43
In the middle of : AMONGST
45
Order to a cowboy, with "up" : SADDLE
46
Chicken man : PERDUE
48
It may be filled with saucers and such : SCIFI
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Gumshoe Pinkerton : ALLAN
50
Coin collections : ROLLS
52
Funny Anne : MEARA
55
Ibsen character : GYNT
56
Coordination : SYNC
59
Rocker Ocasek : RIC
61
___-jongg : MAH

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

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