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New York Times, Friday, February 27, 2004

Author:
Myles Callum
Editor:
Will Shortz
62-Across : Popular weight-loss program with colored food cards
TotalDebutLatest
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Myles Callum

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JQWXZ} This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Callum. Friday freshness: 46%
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© 2004, The New York Times2/27/4 ( No. 19,834 )
Across
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Little people : MUNCHKINS
10
In-box filler : MEMOS
15
Black Sea borderer : ASIAMINOR
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Kind of group, in chemistry : AMINO
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It's hard to handle : HOTPOTATO
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Montana, e.g., once : NINER
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Credit card disclosure: Abbr. : APR
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Half of quatorze : SEPT
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Bounded : FINITE
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Island rings : LEIS
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Vets, once : SERVICEMEN
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As expected : ONCUE
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When to vote, often: Abbr. : TUES
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Mule feature : MANE
30
M.'s opposite : MME
32
Chow : EATS
34
Football positions: Abbr. : RTS
35
Hunters' representation in "Peter and the Wolf" : TIMPANI
39
Running times : LENGTHS
41
Kind of Dr. : ENT
42
Clique : GANG
44
Unhelpable in the E.R., maybe : DOA
45
Pit-___ : APAT
47
Thin fastener : BRAD
49
Seventh heaven : BLISS
53
Supporter of Victoria's Secret : MIRACLEBRA
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Sports figure : STAT
57
Ear of Indian corn : MEALIE
58
Experienced : FELT
60
Canny : SLY
61
Landed : ACRED
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Popular weight-loss program with colored food cards : DEALAMEAL
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Ride : TEASE
65
"The Hunchback of Notre Dame" woman : ESMERALDA
66
Banana oil, e.g. : ESTER
67
"Almost there!" : ITSNOTFAR
Down
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Hawaiian thank you : MAHALO
2
Annual sports event : USOPEN
3
___ acid : NITRIC
4
Part of some uniforms : CAP
5
Humana and others, for short : HMOS
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Ones that are strung along? : KITES
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Sulky : INAPET
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"You're lying!" : NOTTRUE
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Letters of success : SRO
10
Enthusiastic to a fault : MANIC
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2002 Oscar winner for the song "Lose Yourself" : EMINEM
12
Gas station adjunct, often : MINIMART
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Part given by the pious? : ONETENTH
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Cause for a massage : SORENESS
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Two-___ : FISTED
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Water hole : SUMP
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Fricandeau, e.g. : VEAL
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Webzine : EMAG
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Empower : ENABLE
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Supercilious sort : SNOB
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One wearing the same colors, perhaps : TEAMMATE
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Apart : INPIECES
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Notable ancient landfall : MTARARAT
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Topic lead-in : INRE
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Misses : GALS
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Confab : GABFEST
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"Fame and Obscurity" author : TALESE
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Wishful thinking : DREAMS
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In ___ (per se) : ITSELF
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Twinings alternative : SALADA
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Pen-shaped : STYLAR
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Hot or cold drink : CIDER
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He co-founded Microsoft with Gates : ALLEN
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Member of the arum family : TARO
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Of the, in Venice : DEI
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Pin cushion? : MAT

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1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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