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New York Times, Thursday, April 14, 1994

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
47-Down : Stick in the salad?
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 32 Missing: {F} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. Nosowsky. Thursday freshness: 46%
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© 1994, The New York Times4/14/94 ( No. 16,228 )
Across
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Challenge authority : REBEL
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Acronym since 1960 : OPEC
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Off one's trolley : BATS
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Napoleon, twice : EXILE
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Shake makers : SODAJERKS
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Guys may be attached to them : MASTS
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Appendectomy, for one : OPERATION
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Mimic : ECHOER
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Covers with a blanket : SNOWS
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Subject of a Thomas Gray ode : ETON
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Panama, e.g. : HAT
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Physicist's ___ jar : LEYDEN
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Hearing aid? : TAP
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Divine ___ : RIGHT
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Compelled : DROVE
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Superficial pretenses : VENEERS
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___ -Day vitamins : ONEA
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Words on romance by Virgil : LOVECONQUERSALL
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Similar : AKIN
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Schoolwork : STUDIES
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Hold, as one's attention : RIVET
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Musical "repeat" sign : SEGNO
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Calendar mo. : DEC
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More expensive : DEARER
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"Get the point?" : SEE
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Marginal mark : DELE
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Give it ___ : ASHOT
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Bad weather for a sailor : SQUALL
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Dessert for the mistaken? : HUMBLEPIE
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Loose : UNTIE
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Kind of booth : ISOLATION
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Gods' blood : ICHOR
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Moist : DEWY
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Watch over : TEND
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Energetic : ZESTY
Down
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Convene after a break : REMEET
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Combo bet at Belmont : EXACTA
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King's neighbor : BISHOP
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First name in rock : ELTON
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Majesty preceder : LESE
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Bernardo's bear : OSO
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Acts on the basis of 36-Across : POPSTHEQUESTION
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Churchill successor : EDEN
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Sing door-to-door : CAROL
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Famous standard maker : BETSYROSS
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Mr. Onassis : ARI
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Referee's decision : TKO
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Nine-digit ID: Abbr. : SSN
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Shot the breeze : JAWED
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Zoo critters : RHINOS
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Ten-percenters : AGENTS
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Honorific of Spain : DONA
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Stuntman Knievel : EVEL
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"Hud" Oscar winner : NEAL
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Kind of room : REC
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Walk wearily : TRUDGE
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With worthiness of respect : VENERABLY
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Nets : SEINES
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Kitchen staple, once : LARD
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Steinbeck emigrant : OKIE
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Brando's "___ Zapata!" : VIVA
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Pierce Arrow competitor : REO
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Nikola the inventor : TESLA
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At ___ door : DEATHS
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"thirty-something" character : ELLIOT
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Stick in the salad? : CELERY
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Mitchell hero : RHETT
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Not a whiz kid : DUNCE
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Andy Griffith's TV son : OPIE
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"Jeopardy!," essentially : QUIZ
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Shrouded : HID
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Purpose : USE
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Trim : MOW
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Finale : END

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1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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