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New York Times, Friday, April 11, 2008

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Down : Hardly hard questions
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 21 Missing: {JQWXZ} Spans: 6, (2 triple stacks) This is puzzle # 250 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 97%
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© 2008, The New York Times4/11/8 ( No. 21,339 )
Across
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Is blessed with many assets, before "him" or "her" : HASALOTGOINGFOR
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Have cosmetic surgery, for example : IMPROVEONNATURE
17
Sources of government waste : PORKBARRELBILLS
18
Old Turkish title : BEY
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Significant advancement : STRIDES
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Excess : FAT
21
Awards for J. K. Rowling and P. L. Travers: Abbr. : OBES
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Gulf of Aqaba city : EILAT
24
Traps : GINS
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Like an "eh," maybe : NASAL
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Something that shouldn't be left open : FLY
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Three-time Masters winner Nick : FALDO
29
Sensitivity : ESTHESIA
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One of the Jackson 5 : MARLON
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"___ votre permission" : AVEC
33
Fix : MEND
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Sounded smooth : PURRED
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1954 title role for Ava Gardner : CONTESSA
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Singer Jamie with the 2001 #1 country song "When I Think About Angels" : ONEAL
42
John : LAV
43
It's negative : ANION
44
D-Day sights: Abbr. : LSTS
45
Heads of a tribe? : TOTEM
47
Turkish title : AGHA
48
Onetime Bowie collaborator : ENO
49
Fired pitcher? : CERAMIC
51
Void, in Vichy : NUL
52
Gross domestic product producer : NATIONALECONOMY
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Some bank offerings : TRADITIONALIRAS
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At every point : ALLALONGTHELINE
Down
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Connector in a song : HIPBONE
2
Studies under a microscope : AMOEBAS
3
Most agile : SPRYEST
4
Ham's place : ARK
5
Hardly hard questions : LOBS
6
Roundish : OVATE
7
Tops : TERRIFIC
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Thug : GORILLA
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Sometime ahead : ONEDAY
10
Buzzards Bay, e.g. : INLET
11
Bags : NABS
12
Popular Volkswagen model : GTI
13
Carry out : FULFILL
14
"As You Like It" romantic : ORLANDO
15
Leans against : RESTSON
22
Vast arid wastes : SAHARAS
24
California city with a horticultural name : GARDENA
26
Carpenter's tool : LEVEL
28
Coca-Cola brand : FANTA
30
But, to Brutus : SED
31
See 38-Down : MEN
33
Progress in negotiations : MOVEMENT
34
Alternative to pasta : POLENTA
35
Straighten out : UNSNARL
36
Double-check, as figures : RETOTAL
37
Put in a bibliography, e.g. : CATALOG
38
Titles for Italian 31-Down : SIGNORI
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Words before "a Brain" and "an Animal" in book titles : SOHUMAN
40
Examine, in Exeter : ANALYSE
42
Ohio city on Lake Erie : LORAIN
45
Nearing the hour : TENTO
46
Book containing a prediction of the coming of the Messiah : MICAH
49
Spring : COIL
50
Thomas ___, artist of the Hudson River School : COLE
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Home of the Salmon River Mtns. : IDA
54
No score : NIL

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

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