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New York Times, Friday, July 9, 2004

Author:
David Liben-Nowell
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Down : Performed better than, in a way
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David Liben-Nowell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {BJKXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Liben-Nowell. Friday freshness: 48%
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© 2004, The New York Times7/9/4 ( No. 19,967 )
Across
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Popular Bravo series, informally : QUEEREYE
9
Quaint hairstyle : MARCEL
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Outraged : UPINARMS
16
Insight : APERCU
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"Servant of the Bones" writer : ANNERICE
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"This I gotta hear" : DOTELL
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It's flaky : MICA
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Like a certain complex : OEDIPAL
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Per ___ : CAPITA
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March sound : HUP
25
Weeklong holiday : TET
26
"The Wizard of Oz" co-star : HALEY
27
Of the bicuspid valve : MITRAL
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Annual contributions may be made to them : IRAS
30
One of 51 in Atlantic City : MISSOREGON
34
First name in horror : LON
35
Dries up : RUNSOUT
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Maupassant's "___ Vie" : UNE
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Where a specialist has expertise : INTHEFIELD
39
Develop : GROW
40
Develop : UNFOLD
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Develop : MOUNT
42
Way off : FAR
44
Like Brahms's Symphony No. 3 : INF
45
Workers' incentives : RAISES
46
Things included in a count : POLLENS
48
Bristol locale: Abbr. : TENN
49
Join forces? : ENLIST
50
It may raise the roof : WINDGUST
54
Hebrew title of respect for God : ADONAI
55
Rosary bead representation : AVEMARIA
56
Zapper : RAYGUN
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Serves : DOESTIME
Down
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In the capacity of : QUA
2
Broadcaster since Jan. 1995 : UPN
3
Article of Cologne : EIN
4
They may be sworn : ENEMIES
5
Hole-in-one, e.g. : RARITY
6
Pine Valley soap siren : ERICA
7
Place to work out : YMCA
8
A storm heading: Abbr. : ESE
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Caused to swell up : MADEPROUD
10
Snake or eel, e.g. : APOD
11
Assign an alias : RETITLE
12
Delicate breakfast item : CREPE
13
Bravura : ECLAT
14
Break : LULL
20
Performed better than, in a way : OUTSOLD
21
Kind of powder : CHILI
22
R.B.I. recordholder : AARON
23
Annual, e.g. : PLANT
24
Dialectal pronoun : HISSELF
27
Bidding doers : MINIONS
28
Oils and such : ART
30
Baking holder : MUFFINTIN
31
Masters : GURUS
32
___ side (askew) : ONONE
33
Axolotl look-alikes : NEWTS
35
Bug-eyed cartoon character : REN
38
Irish game resembling field hockey : HURLING
39
Charging : GOINGAT
41
They come from Mars : MANDMS
42
"9 to 5" co-star : FONDA
43
Fusion : ALLOY
45
Title girl in a Left Banke hit : RENEE
46
Kind of nectar : PEAR
47
Levi's uncle : ESAU
48
VCR alternative : TIVO
50
Monetary unit? : WAD
51
The Rams of the Atlantic 10: Abbr. : URI
52
Yes, in São Paulo : SIM
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Martial arts word meaning "trample" in Korean : TAE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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