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New York Times, Friday, April 12, 2002

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
44-Down : Nettle
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 32 Missing: {F} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 153 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 48%
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© 2002, The New York Times4/12/2 ( No. 19,148 )
Across
1
Capital built on the Northern Pacific Railroad : BISMARCK
9
Tower rentals? : UHAULS
15
Cosmetics ingredient : ALOEVERA
16
Unexpected skipper : NOSHOW
17
In unison : ASONEMAN
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Sarcastic reply : IMSURE
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Send up : SATIRIZE
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Made a quick change : VEERED
21
Suit maker: Abbr. : ATTY
22
Cockamamie : INANE
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Sets : JELLS
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Like olde shoppes : QUAINT
30
Lover who abandoned Psyche : EROS
31
Goes downhill : RUNSTOSEED
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Heady feeling? : EGO
36
There from the start : BUILTIN
37
What a feller needs : AXE
38
Unwanted overhangs : POTBELLIES
40
Rose : GREW
41
Actress Mimieux : YVETTE
42
Hardly the shrinking violet type : BOSSY
43
Run : SPATE
46
Loughlin of "Full House" : LORI
48
College achievement : TENURE
50
Willy-nilly : ATRANDOM
54
Start over with pen and pad : REDRAW
55
Entry to a castle, maybe : IRONGATE
56
Repay : AVENGE
57
High-muck-a-muck : MANDARIN
58
Acceptances : YESSES
59
Quick study : SPOTTEST
Down
1
49-Down cries : BAAS
2
The kid in "Here's looking at you, kid" : ILSA
3
Dirty coat : SOOT
4
Servile group : MENIALS
5
Heads off : AVERTS
6
Word before an amount on a bill : REMIT
7
Bee product? : CRAZYQUILT
8
Jeffrey Archer's "___ and Abel" : KANE
9
Part of A.A.U.W.: Abbr. : UNIV
10
Follow a signal to : HOMEINON
11
Acceptances : ASSENTS
12
"Star Trek" lieutenant : UHURA
13
Best Actress winner for "Two Women" : LOREN
14
Celsius, e.g. : SWEDE
23
Transport for rough terrain : JEEP
24
Conclusion preceder : ERGO
25
Swag : LOOT
27
Needing a match : UNLIT
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What someone's mind may be like : ASTEELTRAP
29
"Really?" : ITIS
31
Reign : RULE
32
Canal zones? : EARS
33
Ones who may have issues over issues : EXES
34
___-eyed : DEWY
36
Sarsaparilla, e.g. : BEVERAGE
39
Alternately : BYTURNS
40
Attacking : GOINGAT
42
German chancellor who won a Nobel Peace Prize : BRANDT
43
Sin : STRAY
44
Nettle : PEEVE
45
Heights north of Tierra del Fuego : ANDES
47
Northeast town named for a Penobscot chief : ORONO
49
Shropshire females : EWES
50
Intentions : AIMS
51
Advice for the timid : DARE
52
Miss in a 1934 song : OTIS
53
Suffix with base or case : MENT

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

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