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New York Times, Monday, December 25, 2000

Author:
Adam G. Perl
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : HO
TotalDebutLatest
3012/28/19984/25/2018
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
21.509211%
Adam G. Perl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQX} Spans: 3 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Perl. Monday freshness: 3%
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© 2000, The New York Times12/25/0 ( No. 18,675 )
Across
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Eve's man : ADAM
5
Devise, as a plot : HATCH
10
Went down a firehouse pole, e.g. : SLID
14
Coke, for one : COLA
15
Met offering : OPERA
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Stereo knob : TONE
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___ of Good Feeling : ERA
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Hoo-has : ADOS
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___ out (declined) : OPTED
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Leo, astrologically : LION
24
Thwart : FOIL
26
Storefront cover : AWNING
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Huge headlines : BANNERS
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Word in French restaurant names : CHEZ
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"Olympia" painter : MANET
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Airport posting: Abbr. : ETA
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Summer on the Riviera : ETE
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Jawbreakers, e.g. : CANDY
42
Swarm : TEEM
43
Claims without proof : ALLEGES
45
Adjusts, as a suit : ALTERS
47
Half of an old radio duo : AMOS
48
Nabisco cookie : OREO
49
W.W. II conference site : YALTA
52
Contrived : MADE
53
Old hand : PRO
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Toledo's lake : ERIE
61
Place to wash up : BASIN
62
Mentally fit : SANE
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Burn the surface of : SEAR
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Take it easy : COAST
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Finales : ENDS
Down
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Pinnacle : ACME
2
Entryway : DOOR
3
Actor Alan : ALDA
4
Li'l Abner's Daisy ___ : MAE
5
"Hooray!" : HOTDOG
6
It has strings attached : APRON
7
Tetley offerings : TEAS
8
Dernier ___ : CRI
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Chinese dynasty : HAN
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Alternative to a paper clip : STAPLE
11
Boor : LOUT
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"Picnic" playwright : INGE
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Monopoly card : DEED
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Reposed : LAIN
19
Choose, as a career : GOINTO
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Minnelli of stage and screen : LIZA
24
It may be tickled : FANCY
25
Lollapalooza : ONER
26
Marathoner's woe : ACHE
27
"___ Fool Believes" (1979 hit) : WHATA
28
Banister post : NEWEL
29
The Beatles, Stones, etc. : BANDS
30
Zellweger of "Jerry Maguire" : RENEE
31
Beef on the hoof : STEER
33
Flowing tresses : MANES
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Second Amendment subject : ARMS
37
Delivery person of old : ICEMAN
38
Shakespearean villain : IAGO
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Sgt. Snorkel's dog : OTTO
44
Former's opposite : LATTER
45
Passionate : ARDENT
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Look that may offend : LEER
48
Place for a date? : OASIS
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Part of Y.S.L. : YVES
50
Suffix with concession : AIRE
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Princess who battles the Death Star : LEIA
52
Hopi Indian locale : MESA
53
Blueprint : PLAN
54
Rip apart : REND
55
Raw metals : ORES
57
Disney division : ABC
58
___ Zedong : MAO
59
Take habitually : USE

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