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New York Times, Friday, November 7, 2003

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Will Shortz
48-Across : Some linemen: Abbr.
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {FJQVZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 135 for Mr. Page. Friday freshness: 52%
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© 2003, The New York Times11/7/3 ( No. 19,722 )
Across
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Like a Dagwood sandwich : PILEDHIGH
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Scam targets : SAPS
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Kind of flat : ONEBEDROOM
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Hibernia : EIRE
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Corresponded to : PARALLELED
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Letter of the law? : WRIT
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"Absolutely not!" : IWONT
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Treating people: Abbr. : DRS
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Opening run : ABCD
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Napoleon's "bravest of the brave" : NEY
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Fine things in Bilbao : ARTES
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Feel the same : AGREE
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Hit with, as a pickup line : USEON
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Stadium row : SEATS
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Cutting evidence : SCAR
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1982 title role for Meryl Streep : SOPHIE
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Alaskan Klee ___ (small dog breed) : KAI
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1929 Variety headline : WALLSTLAYSANEGG
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Québec's ___ d'Orléans : ILE
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Eye salaciously : LEERAT
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Club: Abbr. : ASSN
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A mile a minute : SIXTY
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Counselor-___ : ATLAW
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Close call : SCARE
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Square dance group, e.g. : OCTET
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Some linemen: Abbr. : RTS
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Marisa's "My Cousin Vinny" role : MONA
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Prussian pronoun : ICH
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Ring brothers of the 1930's : BAERS
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Adapter designation : ACDC
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Enthusiastic snapper : SHUTTERBUG
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It may make you do something foolish : DARE
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Survey of the past : RETROSPECT
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Flight data, briefly : ETAS
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Charges anew : REATTACKS
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Make an unannounced call : POPIN
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Floored : INAWE
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"The Wizard of Oz" producer : LEROY
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"Voice of Israel" author : EBAN
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Fluvial plains : DELTAS
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"Good" cholesterol, briefly : HDL
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Unpleasant thing to invoke : IRE
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Provision in some executives' contracts : GOLDENPARACHUTE
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Some field workers : HOERS
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E.P.A. concern : SEWAGE
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Stopping system : AIRBRAKES
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Stickers : PRICETAGS
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Stagecraft? : SETDESIGN
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Experts on physiol. : MDS
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What's left, in Lyon : RESTE
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"A Confederacy of Dunces" author : TOOLE
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Not grounded, perhaps : ASEA
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Link letters? : URL
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Like some watches : SWISSMADE
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One spotted in an alley : CALICOCAT
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Edward VII's queen : ALEXANDRA
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Radisson rival : HYATT
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Carpet fiber : ISTLE
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Roy Rogers's original surname : SLYE
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Rural refusal : NAW
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Remnants : TRACES
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If all goes right : ATBEST
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Yellow shade : OCHER
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Medieval stringed instrument : REBEC
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It has a bed : TRUCK
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Some noncoms: Abbr. : SSGTS
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Acre's land: Abbr. : ISR
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It's plucked in Parma : ARPA
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Refrain syllable : TRA
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Crib sheet user : TOT

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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