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New York Times, Friday, March 23, 2007

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Down : Light, white wine
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 26 Missing: {JKQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 243 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 88%
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© 2007, The New York Times3/23/7 ( No. 20,954 )
Across
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Moguls on a ski run : BUMPS
6
Gimcrack : WHIMWHAM
14
And others, in the Forum : ETALII
16
Snacked : HADABITE
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When duelists duel, sometimes : ATNOON
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Points on bell curves : AVERAGES
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Family name preceder : NEE
20
Vikings, e.g. : NFCTEAM
22
"Gotcha!" : HAH
23
Stoker of literature : BRAM
25
Buildings on the English countryside : OASTS
26
___-humanité : LESE
27
"Star Wars" character, informally : ARTOO
29
Kind of power : NTH
30
Begat : SIRED
31
Really succeeds : GOESTOTHETOP
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Be fed up to here (with) : LOSEPATIENCE
39
Some religious artwork : IDOLS
42
Squall : CRY
43
Like some straws : OATEN
44
___ Galerie (Manhattan art museum) : NEUE
45
Christmas entree : GOOSE
47
Means (of) : DINT
48
Chronometric std. : GMT
49
Hoydens : TOMBOYS
51
Architect born in Guangzhou : PEI
52
Sweet wine : MUSCATEL
54
Pitcher Don of the 1950's-60's Cubs : ELSTON
56
Parenthetical information : AREACODE
57
Whet again : REHONE
58
"Acoustic guitar" or "push lawn mower," e.g. : RETRONYM
59
Revolver : WHEEL
Down
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Some retro chairs : BEANBAGS
2
Hogwash plus : UTTERROT
3
Femme fatale : MANEATER
4
Org. for Mahmoud Abbas : PLO
5
Priory of ___, group in "The Da Vinci Code" : SION
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Be in charge : HAVETHESAYSO
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Head lights? : IDEAS
9
Teacher, in dialect : MARM
10
Ring org. : WBA
11
Kind of education : HIGHER
12
Military command : ATEASE
13
Interconnected : MESHED
15
Dope : INFO
21
"Enough joking around!" : CANTHECOMEDY
24
Light, white wine : MOSELLE
26
Not hear a single word? : LIPREAD
28
Four Holy Roman emperors : OTTOS
30
Course in the behavioral science dept. : SOCIO
32
Military training acad. : OCS
33
Parlor piece, for short? : TAT
35
Stealthily, maybe : ONTIPTOE
36
Broadway opening : SCENEONE
37
Lookout : SENTINEL
39
Relative of Sven, possibly : INGMAR
40
Reserved : DEMURE
41
Kickoff : OUTSET
45
Were friendly : GOTON
46
Appraiser : EYER
49
Food with cheese topping : TACO
50
Ton : SLEW
53
It must be tired to work : CAR
55
"That's enough!" : SHH

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

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