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New York Times, Wednesday, January 29, 2003

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : Yemeni thieves' hangout?
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Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXY} This is puzzle # 91 for Mr. Piscop. Wednesday freshness: 14%
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© 2003, The New York Times1/29/3 ( No. 19,440 )
Across
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Much of the back of a baseball card : STATS
6
Mac, e.g. : COAT
10
Genesis victim : ABEL
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Piece of cave art : MURAL
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Hawaii County's seat : HILO
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Our Gang pooch : PETE
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Yemeni thieves' hangout? : ADENINADEN
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Keen about : INTO
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Jockey Turcotte : RON
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Wrecker's job : TOW
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Marketing lures : REBATES
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Blond hair, hot temper, etc. : TRAITS
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Pouts : MOUES
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Chaucer pilgrim : REEVE
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Nebraska river : PLATTE
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Fine fiddle, for short : STRAD
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Musket attachment? : EER
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Obie or Edgar : AWARD
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"Indeed!" : AMEN
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Sing-along syllable : TRA
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Racer Luyendyk : ARIE
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Strengthens, with "up" : BEEFS
44
Schuss or wedel : SKI
45
Dish's partner in flight : SPOON
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Disassembler : UNDOER
48
Dwight licked him twice : ADLAI
50
Flinch, say : REACT
52
Give power to : ENABLE
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Greek city-state : CORINTH
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On vacation : OFF
60
Galley tool : OAR
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Eggs order : OVER
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Why the tourist departed for Africa? : TOGOTOTOGO
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Actress Ward : SELA
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P.D.Q. : ASAP
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Tore to the ground : RAZED
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Quotation attribution: Abbr. : ANON
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Shrimpers' gear : NETS
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John of plow fame : DEERE
Down
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Eligible for Mensa : SMART
2
Henry VIII's house : TUDOR
3
Fight locale : ARENA
4
Whip but good : TAN
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Like a revealing skirt, maybe : SLITTED
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Plug of tobacco : CHAW
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Suffix with fact or planet : OID
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Oldsmobile model : ALERO
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Get into shape : TONEUP
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Actress Zadora visited Samoa's capital? : APIASAWAPIA
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Out of shape : BENT
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Kitchen annex? : ETTE
13
Thirteen popes : LEOS
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Schnozzola : NOSE
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Gymnastics coach Karolyi : BELA
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Mideast Olympic marathoner's claim? : IRANFORIRAN
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African mongoose : MEERKAT
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Docs for dachshunds : VETS
30
Poi base : TARO
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Rock's Cream, for instance : TRIO
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Perfect place : EDEN
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"Elephant Boy" boy : SABU
34
Some feds : TMEN
35
Marsh growth : REED
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Fridge foray : RAID
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"As ___ on TV!" : SEEN
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Fred played by Redd : SANFORD
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Wicker material : RATTAN
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Hit the road : LEFT
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X'd, as a candidate's name : CHOSE
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Likker : BOOZE
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Stein contents : LAGER
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Chip away at : ERODE
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___ Nostra : COSA
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Place for a cake : OVEN
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Move, in the realty biz : RELO
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"So sorry!" : OOPS
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Gun moll's gun : GAT
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___ kwon do : TAE

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