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New York Times, Friday, November 28, 2003

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
50-Across : Ornamentation
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Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 29 Missing: {Q} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 73 for Mr. Quigley. Friday freshness: 47%
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© 2003, The New York Times11/28/3 ( No. 19,743 )
Across
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Question to the cook : ISITSOUPYET
12
Something to bank on : ATM
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Item used in a balancing act? : TEE
17
Teatro Colón locale : BUENOSAIRES
18
Data-sharing syst. : LAN
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Plane crasher in "Catch-22" : ORR
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Sci-fi author Frederik : POHL
21
One of the four Evangelists : STMARK
23
Provincial capital SW of Beijing : XIAN
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Busts : NABS
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Lint-collecting material : SERGE
28
Bandleader Skinnay ___ : ENNIS
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Youngster from 17-Across : NINO
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"A Summer Place" co-star : EGAN
33
Army HQ bigwig : SGTMAJ
35
Diapers, in Devon : NAPPIES
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"Been there, done that" feeling : BLAH
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Fertilizer choice : PEAT
40
War of words : POLEMIC
43
Ex ___ (from nothing) : NIHILO
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Be on the way out : WANE
48
They provide contours : BRAS
50
Ornamentation : DECOR
51
Shocked ... shocked! : AGASP
53
Airport conveyance : TRAM
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___ Pahlavi, former shah : REZA
56
Rather : SORTOF
58
Capping : ATOP
60
Suffix with child : REN
61
Stink : ADO
62
Defeating in a tournament : ELIMINATING
65
Francis Poulenc's "Le ___ masqué" : BAL
66
Hit back : TAKEREVENGE
67
Atlas abbr. : ISL
68
Versatile opener : SKELETONKEY
Down
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Where papers may sit : INBOXES
2
Turning bad : SOURING
3
Repeating : ITERANT
4
Let have it : TAN
5
Undesirable serving : SLOP
6
"The Maximus Poems" writer Charles ___ : OLSON
7
Mormon, often : UTAHAN
8
Host of TV's top-rated program of 1999-2000 : PHILBIN
9
"Quit ___ joshin'!" : YER
10
Start of a Cockney toast : ERES
11
Battery units : TESTS
12
Unlocated : ATLARGE
13
Nonlethal weapon : TEARGAS
14
"Beauty and the Beast" score composer Alan : MENKEN
22
"Nor I," informally : MEEITHER
24
Least lumbering : NIMBLEST
26
Go postal : SNAP
29
Sign in a store window : SALE
31
Sign in a store window : OPEN
34
Architectural upright : JAMB
36
Settled : PAID
38
"Sugar Lips" jazzman : HIRT
40
Some shrines : PAGODAS
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Smoking, so to speak : ONAROLL
42
Kind of corn : CARAMEL
44
It may be in an arena : ICERINK
45
Cough queller : LOZENGE
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Pumpkin-ish : ORANGEY
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Condiment that can make the eyes water : WASABI
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Molière's "The Miser," e.g. : SATIRE
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Masters and Jonson : POETS
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Colleague of Sisley : MONET
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___ jacket : FLAK
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Peacock constellation : PAVO
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"South Park" boy : IKE
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It's an honor : TEN

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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