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New York Times, Friday, August 30, 2002

Author:
Patrick Merrell
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Down : Man, e.g.
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Patrick Merrell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 37 Missing: {FJQVZ} Grid has supersymmetry. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Merrell. Friday freshness: 30%
Notepad: Visual hints to the answers to the asterisked clues (*) can be found in the grid.
1
P
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L
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U
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S
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S
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E
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S
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C
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R
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O
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S
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S
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E
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S
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R
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A
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A
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N
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C
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D
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M
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W
L
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S
M
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O
K
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M
A
G
I
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A
M
I
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O
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L
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T
A
S
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T
E
N
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S
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S
N
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E
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R
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P
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E
N
G
A
32
G
E
S
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D
E
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S
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S
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H
E
R
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T
U
X
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A
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P
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R
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I
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T
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N
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E
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S
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T
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B
L
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B
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A
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T
H
E
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E
T
C
S
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S
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S
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H
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O
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S
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M
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N
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A
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R
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P
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T
R
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H
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M
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© 2002, The New York Times8/30/2 ( No. 19,288 )
Across
1
*Fringe benefits : PLUSSES
8
*Cathedral sights : CROSSES
15
Insult follower, perhaps : RIPOSTE
16
Saintly glow : AUREOLA
17
Travelers, e.g. : INSURER
18
Picked up : CLEANED
19
Act like a baby : MEWL
20
Burning evidence : SMOKE
22
Searchers for a baby : MAGI
23
Self-examiner's query : AMI
24
Harry Potter's Hedwig, e.g. : OWL
25
Profs may employ them : TAS
26
Some bills : TENS
28
Cynic's response : SNEER
30
Be in need of air, perhaps : PANT
31
Meshes with : ENGAGES
33
Cuts it out : DESISTS
35
Self starter? : HER
36
The best man may be in it : TUX
37
Kind of knowledge : APRIORI
41
Least : TINIEST
45
Not keep secret : BLAB
46
"___ Girls Go" (1948 musical) : ASTHE
48
Series finales?: Abbr. : ETCS
49
At least six games : SET
50
"Told ya!" : SEE
51
"Told ya!" : HAH
52
See 58-Down : INTO
54
Lots are seen in lots : AUTOS
56
Saharan land : MALI
57
Relate : NARRATE
59
Aging agent : RIPENER
61
One with a lot of pull : TRACTOR
62
August : EMINENT
63
*They may be at the end of the line : HYPHENS
64
*Bad points : MINUSES
Down
1
Man, e.g. : PRIMATE
2
Ends, e.g. : LINEMEN
3
Improvement : UPSWING
4
Topic of some 7-Down : SOUL
5
Abbr. on old maps : SSR
6
Times when le mercure rises : ETES
7
Service deliveries : SERMONS
8
Imitated a witch : CACKLED
9
It may be standing : RULE
10
Rush attraction : ORE
11
It may contain 10-Down : SEAM
12
Recital numbers : SONATAS
13
Polished : ELEGANT
14
Cruel bunch : SADISTS
21
What borrowers do : OWE
27
Indian title : SAHIB
28
Junípero ___, founder of San Francisco : SERRA
29
Tighten, maybe : RETIE
30
Sprite : PIXIE
32
Prefix with metric : GEO
34
Daily riser : SUN
37
Bitter liqueur: Var. : ABSINTH
38
Fully attended : PLENARY
39
Ramshackle structure : RATTRAP
40
They put out : ISSUERS
41
Something to prove : THEOREM
42
Some fuels : ETHANES
43
Like some triangles : SCALENE
44
Souvenir shop stock : TSHIRTS
47
Lunar holiday : TET
53
Its players know the score: Abbr. : ORCH
54
Gobs : ATON
55
___ Valley, Calif. : SIMI
56
It's taken after an order is given : MENU
58
With 52-Across, eroded : ATE
60
Match ender, maybe : PIN

Answer summary:
2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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