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New York Times, Saturday, February 3, 2007

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
8-Down : Gas in fluorescent lamps
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 181 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 72%
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© 2007, The New York Times2/3/7 ( No. 20,906 )
Across
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Faucet with a rotating plug : STOPCOCK
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Top with a quip, maybe : TSHIRT
15
Convenient, in a way : EASYPOUR
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Observer : HEEDER
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Kids : SMALLFRY
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Bibliographer's term : ETALII
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Tolerate : TAKE
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Product with the old jingle line "One little can will keep you running free" : STP
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Curved nails : TALONS
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The 80's, say : ERA
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Time up : ATBAT
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Chow fixer : VET
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Whips : TANS
28
Some Oscar-night gowns : DIORS
29
Rig-___, Hindu sacred book : VEDA
30
"The Sand Pebbles" actor, 1966 : CRENNA
32
See : GETIT
33
Lacking light : APHOTIC
36
"Speaking personally ..." : IFORONE
38
Ones with gifts who don't care about presents : SEERS
39
Embryonic sac : AMNION
41
Air___, discount carrier : TRAN
42
Top-___ (sports brand) : FLITE
43
Banff Natl. Park locale : ALTA
47
It's in the neighborhood: Abbr. : EST
48
He wrote "A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies" : WILDE
49
Seaside flier : ERN
50
Olympic competitors since 1900 : ROWERS
52
___ Strait, east of Canada's King William Island : RAE
54
Nabokov novel : PNIN
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Soon : INABIT
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"Really?!" : ISTHATSO
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Form of boxing using both the hands and feet : SAVATE
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Tiger's quality : FEROCITY
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Wailed : KEENED
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Genetic condition known medically as ephelides : FRECKLES
Down
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Guitar strings, e.g. : SESTET
2
Ballerina Karsavina : TAMARA
3
One of 2.7 million Japanese : OSAKAN
4
"Here Is Your War" author : PYLE
5
Mil. rank : CPL
6
Punch lines? : OOFS
7
Bow-making time : CURTAINCALL
8
Gas in fluorescent lamps : KRYPTON
9
Angle symbols, in geometry : THETAS
10
Go after : SETAT
11
Knit, maybe : HEAL
12
Enthusiastic response : IDLOVETO
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Checked : REINEDIN
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Conjoined area : TRISTATE
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Belittling act : SCORN
28
___ gratia : DEI
29
Actress Bloom of "High Plains Drifter" : VERNA
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Some football linemen: Abbr. : RTS
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"Ick!" evoker : GOO
33
Indication to look down : ASTERISK
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Forum characters : PERSONAE
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Stretch in the 90's, say : HEATWAVE
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Word of disgust : FIE
40
Area under a halter : MIDRIFF
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Two-___ (strong) : FISTED
44
Protein source : LENTIL
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Sad : TRISTE
46
Bugs : ANNOYS
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Parting request : WRITE
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"Voice of Israel" author : EBAN
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Being abroad : ETRE
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Lies together? : PACK
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Latin pronoun : HOC

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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