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New York Times, Tuesday, March 20, 2001

Author:
Peter Abide
Editor:
Will Shortz
41-Across : R. & B. singer who's able?
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Peter Abide

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Abide. Tuesday freshness: 77%
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© 2001, The New York Times3/20/1 ( No. 18,760 )
Across
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Boa or babushka : SCARF
6
Pueblo dweller : HOPI
10
"Jurassic Park" beast, briefly : TREX
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Hebrew scroll : TORAH
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Not "fer" : AGIN
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Suffer from : HAVE
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Author Jong : ERICA
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Fax or FedEx : SEND
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Kind of page : OPED
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Comedic actress who's able? : MADELINEKAHN
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Mo. containing U.N. Day : OCT
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Acted shrewish : NAGGED
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Sergeant with badge 714 : FRIDAY
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Sauce brand : RAGU
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Tokyo, to shoguns : EDO
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Gab, gab, gab : RUNON
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Character actor who's able? : JAMESCAAN
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Workplace watchdog org. : OSHA
39
Like a designated driver : SOBER
40
First word of Virgil's "Aeneid" : ARMA
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R. & B. singer who's able? : CHAKAKHAN
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Salad oil holder : CRUET
44
Kenan's Nickelodeon pal : KEL
45
Help for the stumped : HINT
46
Zombie, before revival : CORPSE
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Get steamed : SEERED
49
Jazz style : BOP
50
German philosopher who's UNable? : IMMANUELKANT
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Legal wrong : TORT
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Galway Bay's ___ Islands : ARAN
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O.K. : ALLOW
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The whole shebang : ATOZ
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Insurer's calculation : RISK
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"Totally cool!" : NEATO
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Bishop of the Rat Pack : JOEY
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Green Hornet's aide : KATO
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France's patron saint : DENIS
Down
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Goblet feature : STEM
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Mrs. Dithers : CORA
3
Bone-dry : ARID
4
440 or 10K : RACE
5
Alternative to a conventional mortgage : FHALOAN
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___ a clue (is lost) : HASNT
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Double curve : OGEE
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Flamingo color : PINK
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Imperiled : INDANGER
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Revealing swimsuit : THONG
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You can take it or beat it : RAP
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First lady : EVE
13
Signed like an illiterate : XED
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Frigid : ICY
22
Herr's home : HAUS
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Prepare for action : GEARUP
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Classic "Tonight Show" tomahawk tosser : EDAMES
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Be generous : DONATE
28
Monks' habits : FROCKS
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Fraternity hopeful : RUSHEE
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Not just puff : INHALE
31
Football Hall-of-Famer ___ Walker : DOAK
32
Morocco's capital : RABAT
33
Sermon closer : AMEN
36
Most common papal name : JOHN
37
"It Must Be Him" singer Vikki : CARR
39
Evidence at an auto accident : SKIDMARK
42
"Excuse me" : AHEM
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"Rodeo" composer Aaron : COPLAND
46
Miler Sebastian : COE
48
Swank : RITZY
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Confidence game : BUNKO
51
Met song : ARIA
52
Illustrator Thomas : NAST
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Artist Paul : KLEE
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King of comedy : ALAN
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Denier's words : NOTI
56
"Terrible" time : TWOS
57
___ Mahal : TAJ
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Ear: Prefix : OTO
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___ v. Wade : ROE

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