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New York Times, Thursday, February 6, 2003

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 35 Missing: {JKQVX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 171 for Mr. Nosowsky. Thursday freshness: 28%
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© 2003, The New York Times2/6/3 ( No. 19,448 )
Across
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"All I ___ Do" (Sheryl Crow song) : WANNA
6
Singer in Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue : BAEZ
10
Clinches : ICES
14
Afghan, e.g. : ASIAN
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Director Wertmuller : LINA
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Clammy : DAMP
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Number one assistant, strictly speaking? : RIGHTHANDPROPER
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Some degree : NTH
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Posted : SENT
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Orwell's "Animal Farm," e.g. : SATIRE
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Lbs. and ozs. : WTS
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Pain : ACHE
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Instruction for casual dress : NOTIE
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Going around a clock every minute? : SECONDHANDGOAL
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Sheikdom of song : ARABY
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Regarded guardedly : EYED
33
Enlivens : PEPSUP
35
Shrimp dish : SCAMPI
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Bric-a-___ : BRAC
45
Diamond situation after a single hit : ONEON
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Nonchalant gait? : OFFHANDRUNNING
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Trap : SNARE
52
Hubbubs : ADOS
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Without limit : ANY
54
Doo-wop hits, e.g. : OLDIES
56
Has markers out : OWES
58
Cleveland ___, O. : HTS
60
Where farm workers take a dip? : FIELDHANDSTREAM
63
Indigo plant : ANIL
64
Chip in : ANTE
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Place for a hawk : AERIE
66
Burns and Allen: Abbr. : SENS
67
Doldrums, for one : MOOD
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"Texaco Star Theater" star : BERLE
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Tip off : WARN
2
So to speak : ASITWERE
3
Second half of a doubleheader : NIGHTCAP
4
"No way" : NAH
5
Aardvark's prey : ANTS
6
"A Streetcar Named Desire" role : BLANCHE
7
Is of value, slangily : AINTHAY
8
Eliminate : END
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Eliminates by remote control : ZAPS
10
Words of agreement : IDOTOO
11
Per ___ : CAPITA
12
Chef Lagasse : EMERIL
13
Wild time : SPREE
18
Cattle rancher's unit : HEAD
19
Called : RANG
24
Sad sounds : SOBS
26
Suffix with ethyl- : ENE
28
Weaken : SAP
29
School situated at Washington Sq. : NYU
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Person with a practice: Abbr. : DDS
34
Alley org. : PBA
36
Bunko game : CON
37
"The King and I" character : ANNA
38
Hamburg honorific : MEINHERR
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Barbie feature, at times : PONYTAIL
40
Like Mahler's Symphony No. 4 : ING
42
Carrier of genetic info : RNA
43
Expand : ADDONTO
44
Packed : CROWDED
46
Reading e-mail, e.g. : ONLINE
47
Movie technique : FADEIN
48
Gimcrackery : FRILLS
49
Take note of : HEED
50
Exploits : USES
51
TV room features : SOFAS
55
Only make-believe : SHAM
57
Poke holes in : STAB
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"Peter Pan" pirate : SMEE
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Pitch ___-hitter : ANO
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Riddle-me-___ : REE

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