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New York Times, Saturday, March 5, 1994

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Down : Like plywood
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 32 Missing: {KQVX} This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Nosowsky. Saturday freshness: 6%
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© 1994, The New York Times3/5/94 ( No. 16,188 )
Across
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Lab measurer : PIPETTE
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Divorce : SPLITUP
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Aid for dry hair : RAINHAT
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Prayers : ORISONS
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Competitive one : ENTRANT
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"___ down!" (phrase in car ads) : NOMONEY
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Fine bit of workmanship : BANGUPJOB
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Second X or O : TAC
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This might make you blush : ROUGE
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Fool : OAF
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Attached to : WITH
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Kind of seaman : ABLE
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"Treasure Island" prop : MAP
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1919 Gershwin tune : SWANEE
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It's nothing at all : NIL
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Court in Washington : LOBBY
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Put ___ to : ANEND
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Scam : BAMBOOZLE
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Comic strip sound : SPLAT
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Bobby's wife : ETHEL
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Spot for three men in a tub : SPA
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Got misty : TEARED
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Long or short amount : TON
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Flutter-kicked : SWAM
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Window support : JAMB
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Atlas abbr. : ISL
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Believes : FEELS
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"So far ___ can tell ..." : ASI
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Example of self-indulgence : POWERTRIP
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Unnatural : MANMADE
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Electra's co-conspirator : ORESTES
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Passed : ENACTED
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Its capital is Hamilton : BERMUDA
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Mainz street : STRASSE
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Imperative for Dick and Jane : SEESPOT
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Grand ___, (Evangeline's home) : PRE
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Golfer Woosnam : IAN
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Controversial canine : PITBULL
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Make enemies : ENRAGE
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Macbeth's honorific : THANE
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Supply on old spaceships : TANG
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Words of reproach : ETTU
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First name in skating : SONJA
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Print trials : PROOFS
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Place for a tire swing : LIMB
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Metric prefix : ISO
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Survivor-take-all plan : TONTINE
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Fit for a doggy bag : UNEATEN
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Eager, in slang : PSYCHED
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Fanta collectible : POPBOTTLE
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Headed : RAN
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"Shogun" apparel : OBI
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Wind down : WANE
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It goes with apple pie : MOM
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Halévy's "L' Constantin" : ABBE
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To Frost it's unloved : WALL
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Fashionable : LATE
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Boozy sailor's cry : YOHO
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Unkind remark : BARB
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Self-enlightenment : ZEN
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Monopoly Place : STJAMES
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Kind of blouse : PEASANT
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Like plywood : LAMINAR
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Rid of dirt : SWEPTUP
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Joey, for one : PAL
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Wake-up times : AMS
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Some semiconductors : DIODES
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Earth-shaking experiences : SEISMS
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Edberg, e.g. : SWEDE
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Jacques of song : FRERE
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Dog rewards : PATS
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Mulcts : ROBS
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Math diagram : TREE
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Media company inits. : MCA
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Tokyo, once : EDO
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Took a load off : SAT

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1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later.

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