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New York Times, Friday, April 29, 2005

Author:
Karen M. Tracey
Editor:
Will Shortz
27-Across : Contact info: Abbr.
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Karen M. Tracey

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Tracey. Friday freshness: 19%
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© 2005, The New York Times4/29/5 ( No. 20,261 )
Across
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Considered it proper : SAWFIT
7
Bailiff's execution : WRIT
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Feminizing suffix : INA
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Emphatic assent : IDOIDO
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Keep concealed, with "up" : HUSH
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Online "ha-ha" : LOL
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Potential lifesaver : AIRBAG
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Grab, so to speak : APPEALTO
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Fly : MAKEHASTE
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Rio ___, Amazon feeder : NEGRO
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Sign of success : SRO
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Not much time: Abbr. : MSEC
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Snorkeling site : REEF
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Contact info: Abbr. : TELS
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A little worse than O.K. : NOTSOHOT
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The Rams' sch. : URI
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Postpunk movement : GOTH
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Good ol' boys : BUBBAS
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Prepare to dive in : TAKEADEEPBREATH
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Cybermoniker : USERID
40
Fun time : BALL
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Firm head : CEO
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Creator of the Mayfair Witches : ANNERICE
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Bias : SKEW
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End of a famous boast : VICI
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"___ Andrea Gritti" (Titian portrait) : DOGE
48
Remove the vital parts from : GUT
49
Burning result : ASHES
51
Conspicuous one : ODDMANOUT
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Japanese delicacy : SEASNAKE
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Sweater pattern : ARGYLE
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Stray : ERR
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Dramatic strains : ARIA
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San ___ (Southern city, casually) : ANTONE
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Two qtrs. : SEM
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Outer covering : PEEL
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Osage, e.g. : SIOUAN
Down
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Land of kings Rama I to VIII : SIAM
2
Sarah McLachlan hit : ADIA
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Really does the trick : WORKSLIKEACHARM
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Evidence at a crime scene, perhaps : FIBERS
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Craters of the Moon locale : IDAHO
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Male article of attire : TOGA
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Indian capital : RUPEES
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Need to get online: Abbr. : ISP
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So : THEN
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"Let me think about it" : ILLGETBACKTOYOU
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Dame's introduction? : NOTRE
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Cool : ALOOF
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Mycobacterium, e.g. : AEROBE
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Laid low : SMOTE
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Jury-rig, with "together" : COBBLE
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Piece to leap in : TUTU
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Geologists' studies : ERAS
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Signed an agreement? : NODDED
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Fling : HURL
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Upside : GAIN
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Precisely, after "to" : ATEE
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Keep an appointment : SHOW
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"___ Bath Book" (waterproof Muppet book) : ERNIES
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Went back and forth : PACED
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Inexperienced one : ROOKIE
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Wooed, in a way : SUNGTO
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Florists' extras : VASES
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French frigate that carried the Statue of Liberty to the U.S. : ISERE
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Bouquet ___ : GARNI
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Hypnotic trance breaker : SNAP
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"Serpico" author : MAAS
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Skeleton component : ULNA
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Minor : TEEN
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Equal : ARE

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