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New York Times, Monday, January 24, 2000

Author:
Randall J. Hartman
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Across : Mists
TotalDebutLatest
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
41.552297%
Randall J. Hartman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JWX} This is puzzle # 32 for Mr. Hartman. Monday freshness: 40%
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© 2000, The New York Times1/24/0 ( No. 18,339 )
Across
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Actor Baldwin : ALEC
5
Scarlett of Tara : OHARA
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Paint amateurishly : DAUB
14
Poet Sandburg : CARL
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Jolly ___ (pirate flag) : ROGER
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___ Major : URSA
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Lamb's pen name : ELIA
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New York's ___ Place : ASTOR
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It's transparent : PANE
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Noted philosopher (the basis for three anagrams in this puzzle) : SOCRATES
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Line on a weather map : ISOBAR
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What a swollen joint should be : ICED
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Its calling is calling : AVON
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Mists : VAPORS
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Bar giveaways : COASTERS
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Contents of a sensitive layer : OZONE
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Actress Thomas : MARLO
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Napkin's place : LAP
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"How sweet ___!" : ITIS
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Puts into piles : SORTS
38
Pelt : HIDE
39
Spy novelist Deighton : LEN
40
Writer Loos : ANITA
41
Luxurious material : SATIN
42
Shows peevishness : ACTSSORE
44
Virgil epic : AENEID
45
Become bushed : TIRE
46
Hollywood heartthrob Pitt : BRAD
47
Office chair problem : SQUEAK
50
Factor in college admissions : SATSCORE
54
Glow : AURA
55
Tickle pink : ELATE
57
___ Bator, Mongolia : ULAN
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Driveway's end : ROAD
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Neighbor of the pancreas : LIVER
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Discovery : FIND
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Without serious thought : IDLY
62
Rundown : SEEDY
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Airport dangers : FOGS
Down
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One-spots : ACES
2
Composer Schifrin : LALO
3
Guitarist Clapton : ERIC
4
Medieval trumpets : CLARIONS
5
Holds forth from the pulpit : ORATES
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Watered (down) : HOSED
7
F.B.I. workers: Abbr. : AGTS
8
Early auto : REO
9
Airport area : ARRIVALS
10
Company that makes Teflon : DUPONT
11
Dashing horse : ARAB
12
Annapolis inits. : USNA
13
Boxer Max : BAER
21
Farm unit : ACRE
23
Middlin' : SOSO
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It comes from the heart : AORTA
26
"And there you are!" : VOILA
27
Ancient Mexican : AZTEC
28
North, south, east or west : POINT
29
À la ___ (one way to order) : CARTE
30
Upper crust : ELITE
31
Forearm bones : RADII
32
Opposite of 50-Down : SPEND
34
Wavelike design : MOIRE
37
Divers' gear : SNORKELS
38
Manacle : HANDCUFF
40
Where India is : ASIA
41
Word with high or seven : SEAS
43
High school sweetheart : STEADY
44
25-Down, e.g. : ARTERY
46
Kind of breath : BATED
47
Madras dress : SARI
48
Part of Q.E.D. : QUOD
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Russia's ___ Mountains : URAL
50
What pack rats do : SAVE
51
Mishmash : OLIO
52
"You ___?" : RANG
53
Pass receivers : ENDS
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More than stretch the truth : LIE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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