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New York Times, Saturday, May 17, 2003

Author:
Bob Peoples
Editor:
Will Shortz
32-Down : ___ hold on
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Bob Peoples

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 28 Missing: {QVXZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Peoples. Saturday freshness: 78%
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© 2003, The New York Times5/17/3 ( No. 19,548 )
Across
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Boxer's vulnerability : GLASSJAW
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In trouble : BADOFF
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Waterproof cover : OILCLOTH
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Key of Brahms's Symphony No. 4 : EMINOR
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Really let have it : LACEINTO
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"Creepshow" director : ROMERO
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Buffs : FIENDS
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They may be shared in theaters : ARMRESTS
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It may turn some heads : PSST
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Big dos : FROS
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Hike preceder : HUT
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Fail to keep : ROT
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Practiced diligently : PLIED
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Shawnee tribe adoptee : BOONE
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Slender lead : ONEPOINT
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One may be tipped : PORTER
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Room check-out time? : OPENHOUSE
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They may be tapped : MAPLES
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Be far better than : OUTCLASS
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Greece's "Holy Mountain" : ATHOS
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Thomas of the N.B.A. : ISIAH
44
___-Mart : WAL
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Grp. that may stop traffic : DEA
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Some votes : NOES
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Locks in a zoo? : MANE
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Knock alternative : DINGDONG
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See 46-Down : GUERRE
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Something to stand for : ANTHEM
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In trouble : UPACREEK
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Like some luggage : STOWED
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Invitation down South : YALLCOME
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Dude : HOMBRE
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Represent, in a way : SPEAKFOR
Down
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One giving driving lessons : GOLFPRO
2
Affair : LIAISON
3
Gluck opera : ALCESTE
4
Lilac, e.g. : SCENT
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Fell, as interest rates : SLID
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Singer Anderson and others : JONS
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Case studier: Abbr. : ATT
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Repeated line in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" : WHOARETHOSEGUYS
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Earthen embankments : BERMS
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De Falla's "El ___ Brujo" : AMOR
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Symbol of thinness : DIME
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Isolated appearance : ONESHOT
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Mint : FORTUNE
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Bakery worker, at times : FROSTER
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Symbol of punishment : ROD
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Fjord explorer? : FINN
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Bull producers : POPES
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Fiction collection : LIES
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"The Temptation of St. Anthony" painter : BOSCH
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City founded by Ivan IV : OREL
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Mallets are used in it : POLO
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___ hold on : PUTA
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Foreign approvals : OUIS
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Saunter's opposite : MADDASH
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Partly depleted : ATEINTO
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Unreal : PHANTOM
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Onto : AWAREOF
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1920 peace conference site : SANREMO
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More smooth : SLEEKER
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Kind of generator : ION
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With 51-Across, a fake handle? : NOMDE
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Drug giant : MERCK
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Follower of R.W.R. : GHWB
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Howl : wolf :: bell : ___ : DEER
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Noisy outburst : GALE
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Powell Library locale, for short : UCLA
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It lacks substance : PAP

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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