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New York Times, Monday, February 4, 2002

Author:
Gregory E. Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
31-Across : Butter maker
TotalDebutLatest
1169/13/199410/17/2005
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.502306%
Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JX} This is puzzle # 97 for Mr. Paul. Monday freshness: 63%
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H
2
E
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I
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S
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T
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G
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L
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A
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D
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E
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A
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F
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T
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A
L
L
A
H
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L
A
T
E
R
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L
A
O
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L
I
L
L
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H
A
M
M
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R
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B
U
T
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R
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A
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R
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N
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F
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A
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S
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T
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N
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N
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A
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R
A
L
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A
C
Q
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T
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S
O
V
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T
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C
H
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R
N
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R
E
L
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C
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V
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A
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L
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T
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A
K
37
S
A
L
A
D
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V
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S
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S
S
W
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C
O
V
E
N
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P
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L
K
A
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V
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E
R
S
E
S
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C
A
L
L
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R
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P
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L
A
T
O
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N
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E
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N
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H
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A
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A
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M
O
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R
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T
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Z
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L
L
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O
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U
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E
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Y
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Y
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N
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T
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© 2002, The New York Times2/4/2 ( No. 19,081 )
Across
1
Bank job : HEIST
6
Forest opening : GLADE
11
Fore's opposite : AFT
14
God, in Mecca : ALLAH
15
"Bye!" : LATER
16
___-tzu (Taoism founder) : LAO
17
1994 Winter Olympics site : LILLEHAMMER
19
On the other hand : BUT
20
Bit of chicanery : RUSE
21
Boxing venue : ARENA
23
Buckles on : FASTENS
27
Chemical-free : NATURAL
29
Find not guilty : ACQUIT
30
Part of U.S.S.R. : SOVIET
31
Butter maker : CHURN
32
Archaeological find : RELIC
33
Kilmer who played Batman : VAL
36
Furniture wood : TEAK
37
Soup go-with : SALAD
38
Clamp : VISE
39
Salt Lake City-to-Las Vegas dir. : SSW
40
Witches' assembly : COVEN
41
"Beer Barrel ___" : POLKA
42
Biblical passages : VERSES
44
AT&T customer : CALLER
45
Army outfit : PLATOON
47
Oriental : EASTERN
48
Belt features : HOLES
49
"___ fair in love and war" : ALLS
50
Tool for making 48-Across : AWL
51
1928 Winter Olympics site : SAINTMORITZ
58
Spectate : SEE
59
Grassy plain : LLANO
60
Set free : UNTIE
61
Suffix with station : ERY
62
Aden's land : YEMEN
63
Discrimination : TASTE
Down
1
"2001" computer : HAL
2
___ Lilly & Co. : ELI
3
Down with the flu, say : ILL
4
"My gal" of song : SAL
5
At that place : THEREIN
6
Window pane : GLASS
7
Hobbling : LAME
8
Convenience store convenience: Abbr. : ATM
9
Sandra of "Gidget" : DEE
10
Inconsistent : ERRATIC
11
1992 Winter Olympics site : ALBERTVILLE
12
Animals collectively : FAUNA
13
General Mills cereal : TOTAL
18
Follow a fox, say : HUNT
22
Bemoan : RUE
23
What to face : FACTS
24
Partner of pains : ACHES
25
1960 Winter Olympics site : SQUAWVALLEY
26
Istanbul native : TURK
27
Actor Lloyd ___ : NOLAN
28
Zealous : AVID
30
Tennis ace Monica : SELES
32
Shade of black : RAVEN
34
Prosecutor, at times : ASKER
35
Memorize : LEARN
37
Middling : SOSO
38
Electric unit : VOLT
40
In an angry way : CROSSLY
41
Faint : PASSOUT
43
Summer in Paris : ETE
44
Storm preceder : CALM
45
New moon or full moon, e.g. : PHASE
46
Farther down : LOWER
47
Friend of Dionne in pop music's Dionne & Friends : ELTON
49
Elizabeth I's mother : ANNE
52
Stout : ALE
53
"___ shocked - SHOCKED!" : IAM
54
Genetic letters : RNA
55
Part of T.G.I.F. : ITS
56
Small bird : TIT
57
Last letter : ZEE

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