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New York Times, Thursday, December 5, 2002

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
14-Across : Its capital is Port Moresby
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1418/26/19955/9/20241
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
311092443303
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
331.591,23673%
Joe DiPietro

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QWZ} This is puzzle # 60 for Mr. DiPietro. Thursday freshness: 94%
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© 2002, The New York Times12/5/2 ( No. 19,385 )
Across
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Great one? : SCOTT
6
Got into the swing : SAT
9
Of 25-Down, e.g. : PAPAL
14
Its capital is Port Moresby : PAPUA
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Super time?: Abbr. : TUE
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You may make one for yourself : ANAME
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Mimicry : APING
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Storage medium for Middle Easterners? : ARABCDROM
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Pleading child's words : CANI
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Cy Young Award winner Doug : DRABEK
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La lead-in : TRA
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Loss on a grand scale? : EPICDEFEAT
25
French silk center : LYON
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Copa locale : RIO
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Abbr. on a baseball card : RBI
28
Like hydrogen and chlorine : GASEOUS
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Commit in confidence : ENTRUST
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Seemingly forever : EONS
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Ant-ics? : BUGHIJINX
37
Bébé's intake : LAIT
39
U.F.O. pilot, possibly : MARTIAN
42
One may show you to your room : BELLHOP
45
Verbal jewel : MOT
46
Ball field covering : SOD
48
Anthony Eden, for one : EARL
49
Rookie with an even temper? : CALMNOVICE
52
Flap : ADO
53
Violent struggle : THROES
54
Twin in the Torah : ESAU
55
Romeo who bets on cards? : POKERSTUD
57
Monetary unit of Senegal : FRANC
58
Bowl : ARENA
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Shaq's alma mater : LSU
60
Out of the way : ASIDE
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"Bad, bad" Brown of song : LEROY
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"Got that right" : YEP
63
Flaps : TODOS
Down
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One just filling in : SPACER
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From head to toe : CAPAPIE
3
It's what you think : OPINION
4
Ancient Greek attire : TUNIC
5
Running game : TAG
6
Beachcomber's find : STARFISH
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Atmospheres : AURAE
8
Leaves holder : TEABAG
9
Smoker's purchase : PACK
10
"What happened next?" : AND
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"Wayne's World" catchphrase : PARTYON
12
In the mood : AMOROUS
13
Auto racing locale : LEMANS
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As yet unmarketed, as software : BETA
21
Free of errors : DEBUG
24
"The Art of Arousal" author : DRRUTH
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Paul V's predecessor : LEOXI
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Directed at : SENTTO
31
Govt. debt instrument : TBILL
32
Duncan of the N.B.A. : TIM
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No longer feeding, as a photocopier : JAMMEDUP
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Pressing needs : IRONS
37
Galena, e.g. : LEADORE
38
Well-watched weatherman : ALROKER
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Reiteration lead-in : ASISAID
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"Impossible" : NOCANDO
42
"C'mon, help me out here" : BEAPAL
43
Big name in newspaper publishing : OCHS
44
Not all the way : PARTLY
47
Low pair : DEUCES
50
Real heel : LOUSE
51
Left-hand page : VERSO
53
Carhop's load : TRAY
56
Musician Brian : ENO
57
Overabundance : FAT

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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