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New York Times, Saturday, January 6, 2001

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
18-Across : Netanyahu's predecessor
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331.591,23673%
Joe DiPietro

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 43 for Mr. DiPietro. Saturday freshness: 28%
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© 2001, The New York Times1/6/1 ( No. 18,687 )
Across
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Semiterrestrial hopper : GRASSFROG
10
Bob Marley, for one : RASTA
15
Fish on a dish : LEMONSOLE
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Big shows : EXPOS
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Like virgin land : UNPLOTTED
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Netanyahu's predecessor : PERES
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Note : IOU
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Baby ___ : BOOM
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Touch upon, with "to" : ALLUDE
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Lagerlöf's "The Wonderful Adventures of ___" : NILS
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Religious residence : PRIORY
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Let go : CAN
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Legend : GREAT
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Kind of fair: Abbr. : SCI
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Small price to pay : CENT
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Hot stuff : TABASCOSAUCE
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Went around : AVOIDED
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Taken wrong? : USURPED
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Breakfast treat : CINNAMONROLL
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One into the bar scene?: Abbr. : ATTY
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Spleen : IRE
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1998 Australian Open winner : KORDA
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Morse T : DAH
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Without reciprocity : ONEWAY
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"___ seems" : SOIT
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Issue : EMERGE
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Hedgerow nester : WREN
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Fr. address : MME
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Racehorse of a sort : MILER
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1989 Nobel Peace Prize winner : DALAILAMA
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Sans sense : INANE
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They may be religious : OVERTONES
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Tops : ACMES
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No place for skirts : MENSSTORE
Down
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Model builder's activity : GLUING
2
"The Two Sisters" painter : RENOIR
3
A nurse may draw from it : AMPULE
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La lead-in : SOL
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Kind of appeal : SNOB
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Shooter's setting : FSTOP
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Turbine turner : ROTOR
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The Rebels : OLEMISS
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Dropout's doc. : GED
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It's much requested : REPLY
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Skating pioneer Paulsen : AXEL
12
Groom : SPRUCEUP
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Emulate an étoile : TOEDANCE
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Gave in : ASSENTED
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Like a melody : ARIOSO
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Smooth : SATINY
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Strike, with "to" : OCCUR
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"Look what I did!" : TADA
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Argentine leader Menem : CARLOS
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Hearty sentiment? : BEMINE
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Like a load : ADORE
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Display of displeasure : SULK
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Scholar's milieu : ACADEMIA
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Cold fighter : VITAMINC
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Hiding out : ONTHELAM
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Tradition-breaking : NEWWAVE
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It's made of ewe's milk : ROMANO
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Light switcher? : DIMMER
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Relaxing words : ATEASE
48
Mythical man-eaters : OGRES
49
"Get Happy" songwriter : ARLEN
50
Sentence units : YEARS
53
Québécois Lévesque : RENE
55
Immature parasites : NITS
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Monk's title : DOM
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You may build on it : LOT

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