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New York Times, Tuesday, January 16, 2001

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
62-Across : Shade of blue
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Peter Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 80, Blocks: 46 Missing: {BCDFGJQRSTVXYZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 50 for Mr. Gordon. Tuesday freshness: 1%
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© 2001, The New York Times1/16/1 ( No. 18,697 )
Across
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___ d'Or (award at Cannes) : PALME
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Mimic : APE
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To ___ (without exception) : AMAN
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Eero Saarinen's architect father : ELIEL
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Actor Jannings : EMIL
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1953 Leslie Caron film : LILI
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God, to a Muslim : ALLAH
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Wine valley in California : NAPA
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Skin lotion ingredient : ALOE
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"The Little Foxes" playwright : LILLIANHELLMAN
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Shoebox marking : EEE
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Sign on a door : PULL
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Top-notch : AONE
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Haleakala National Park site : MAUI
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___ Jima : IWO
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Cart part : WHEEL
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Lennon's widow : ONO
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Hull projection : KEEL
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Nightgown wearer of rhyme : WEEWILLIEWINKIE
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In good health : WELL
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Part of many e-mail addresses : AOL
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Nancy Drew author Carolyn : KEENE
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Comic Philips : EMO
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"Boy, am I tired!" : PHEW
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"Murphy Brown" bar owner : PHIL
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Cabbage's cousin : KALE
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Buddy : PAL
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City whose language uses only the 12 letters found in this puzzle : HONOLULUHAWAII
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Hawkeye's home : IOWA
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"... hear ___ drop" : APIN
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Lousy car : LEMON
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Shade of blue : ANIL
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Brother : MONK
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Syrup flavor : MAPLE
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Carol : NOEL
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Compass dir. : ENE
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"Gil Blas" novelist Lesage : ALAIN
Down
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Artist Rembrandt ___ : PEALE
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Kate's TV roommate : ALLIE
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Northern French city : LILLE
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Ground-up corn : MEAL
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Designed for all grades : ELHI
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"___ and the Night Visitors" : AMAHL
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Oil conduit : PIPELINE
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Israeli airline : ELAL
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San Antonio landmark : ALAMO
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La Scala's city : MILAN
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Unaccompanied : ALONE
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Never, in Nürnberg : NIE
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Boredom : ENNUI
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Kwik-E-Mart owner on "The Simpsons" : APU
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___-tzu : LAO
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Whimper : MEWL
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The Greatest : ALI
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"Holy cow!" : WOW
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http:// follower : WWW
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TV's "___ Haw" : HEE
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Snaky fish : EEL
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Deep-frying need : OIL
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Sensed : KNEW
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Barely make, with "out" : EKE
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German article : EIN
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"Crooklyn" director : LEE
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Hasty escape : LAM
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Regard : LOOKUPON
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50's prez : IKE
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"Xanadu" grp. : ELO
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Coin sound : PLUNK
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When repeated, a snicker : HEH
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Receiver button : PHONO
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Actor Mandel : HOWIE
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Fully : INALL
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Dress cut : ALINE
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Argentine plain : PAMPA
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Garlicky mayonnaise : AIOLI
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Sheets and stuff : LINEN
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Crippled : LAME
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Soprano Gluck : ALMA
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Prosperity : WEAL
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Actor Ziering : IAN

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