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New York Times, Friday, May 7, 2004

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Down : Punted
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2548/27/19928/13/20102
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2947154312630
RebusCircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
611.571,613877%
Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 26 Missing: {JZ} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 197 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 63%
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© 2004, The New York Times5/7/4 ( No. 19,904 )
Across
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Hold on (to) : ADHERE
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On a par with : ASGOODAS
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Expensive wheels : BEEMER
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Right on : SQUARELY
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Bewitch : ENAMOR
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Stop suddenly : QUITCOLD
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Bumper cars and such : RIDES
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Put down : QUASH
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Put on : DON
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Chapter 11 issue : DEBT
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Albéniz's "Iberia," e.g. : SUITE
24
Game-ending word : MATE
25
E-mail suffix : EDU
26
Stock yards : STIES
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Rocking toy, to a kid : HORSY
28
Old comics girl : ETTAKETT
30
Male delivery? : SON
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Be indifferent about : NOTGIVEAHOOTFOR
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Suffix with duct : ILE
37
Deep blue : SAPPHIRE
38
Volunteer's phrase : IWILL
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Level connections : RAMPS
42
"Illmatic" rapper : NAS
43
"Caro ___" ("Rigoletto" aria) : NOME
44
"Mmm, mmm, good!" : YUMMY
45
Shower : PELT
46
Follow : DOG
47
Steinbeck characters : HOBOS
48
Vacation concern : HOTEL
49
Lyric sung three times in a row in the Beatles' "Michelle" : ILOVEYOU
51
Beyond standard : DELUXE
52
Giving : GENEROUS
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Rings : ARENAS
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All it takes to convince you, in some ads : ONETASTE
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Connection providers : MODEMS
Down
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South Dakota city : ABERDEEN
2
Kept from : DENIEDTO
3
Ram : HEADBUTT
4
Irish revolutionary Robert : EMMET
5
1930's Royales : REOS
6
Go wrong : ERR
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Unobtrusive : ASQUIETASAMOUSE
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Weightlifting exercises : SQUATS
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Pretense : GUISE
10
Promising words : OATH
11
Fictional ogre : ORC
12
Himalayan cedar : DEODAR
13
Gives out : ALLOTS
14
Gateway to Australia : SYDNEY
20
Rather : QUITE
23
Wozniak who co-founded Apple Computer : STEVE
24
Billing cycle : MONTH
26
Forte : SKILL
27
Gym game : HOOPS
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Gazellelike : AGILE
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Mawkish : SOPPY
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Beer brand : HAMMS
33
Tweak : FINETUNE
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Dentist's procedure : ORALEXAM
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Fidgety : RESTLESS
38
Deep blue : INDIGO
39
Like a beret, usually : WOOLEN
40
"Later!" : IMGONE
41
Waste : RUBOUT
44
They may give you many happy returns : YOYOS
45
Punted : POLED
47
Vindictive goddess : HERA
48
Paladin : HERO
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Thoroughly investigate : VET
51
It's water resistant : DAM

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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