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New York Times, Wednesday, December 5, 2001

Author:
Frances Hansen
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Across : Gambling game
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Frances Hansen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 37 Missing: {FJKQ} This is puzzle # 116 for Ms. Hansen. Wednesday freshness: 42%
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© 2001, The New York Times12/5/1 ( No. 19,020 )
Across
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___-Kettering Institute : SLOAN
6
Assist in high jinks : ABET
10
SLEEPY : ANOD
14
Persistent bad luck : CURSE
15
Dashboard item, for short : TACH
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Nincompoop : BOZO
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Prince Valiant's princess : ALETA
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Comment at International Falls, Minn. : BRRR
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Filmed : SHOT
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MICKEY MOUSE : BUSHLEAGUE
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Fork part : TINE
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Gambling game : MONTE
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HAPPY : ELATED
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Cuba or Aruba : ISLAND
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Onetime Japanese immigrant : ISSEI
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BASHFUL : SHY
32
Sea eagle : ERNE
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DOPEY : INANE
38
Kind of warning : MIRANDA
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Blood bank collections : PLASMAS
43
Oil source : SHALE
44
Tubular pasta : ZITI
46
Surgeons' locales: Abbr. : ORS
47
Sophia of "Two Women" : LOREN
49
DOC : MEDICO
52
Detective Lupin : ARSENE
55
English dramatist George : PEELE
57
GRUMPY : DOUR
58
Inspiration for this puzzle, born 12/5/01 : WALTDISNEY
63
Salyut 7 cosmonaut Atkov : OLEG
64
Sloe-eyed nanny : AMAH
65
Steak ___ : DIANE
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Do-___ (moolah) : REMI
67
Pilaf staple : RICE
68
Senator Sam of the Watergate hearings : ERVIN
69
One of the higher-ups : EXEC
70
Forest denizens : DEER
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Accomplishments : DEEDS
Down
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Union foe : SCAB
2
Lollapalooza : LULU
3
They come out at the seams : ORES
4
Spring woe, maybe : ASTHMA
5
Kevin formerly of "S.N.L." : NEALON
6
Up : ATBAT
7
Arrive impolitely : BARGEIN
8
Creamlike : ECRU
9
Triplets : THREES
10
Doesn't say yes or no : ABSTAINS
11
Like a pitcher's dream game : NOHIT
12
Form of oxygen : OZONE
13
Loved not wisely, but too well? : DOTED
21
Over : ENDED
25
"Star Wars" princess : LEIA
26
Things to believe in : ISMS
27
___ Tzu (toy dog) : SHIH
28
Constellation next to Hercules : LYRA
30
Aug. follower : SEPT
33
Level : RAZE
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Mine, in Marseille : AMOI
36
Buster : NARC
37
"Put a tiger in your tank" company : ESSO
39
SNEEZY : ALLERGIC
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Cryogenic refrigerant : NEON
42
Like well-cared-for lawns : LIMED
45
Situated correctly : INPLACE
48
Poster heading : REWARD
50
Omitted in speaking : ELIDED
51
Fancy : DESIRE
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Love : ADORE
53
Watch word? : ROLEX
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"So ___!" : SUEME
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Upper region of space : ETHER
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French girlfriend : AMIE
60
Pew area : NAVE
61
Tennyson lady : ENID
62
Cravings : YENS

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