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New York Times, Monday, March 3, 2003

Author:
Patrick Merrell
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Across : Dr. Frankenstein's workplace
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551.6149348%
Patrick Merrell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Merrell. Monday freshness: 84%
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B
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L
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O
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C
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M
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O
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D
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E
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U
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S
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H
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E
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R
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L
E
N
A
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A
P
A
L
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S
W
E
D
E
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O
A
T
S
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T
E
R
I
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E
E
R
I
E
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W
H
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S
A
L
E
X
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T
R
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B
E
K
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N
A
H
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I
E
S
T
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L
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A
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B
O
R
A
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T
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O
R
Y
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P
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A
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R
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K
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A
S
E
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G
R
A
B
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S
E
G
U
E
37
W
H
E
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R
E
I
S
J
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E
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O
P
A
R
D
Y
41
N
O
N
O
S
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E
N
D
O
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E
E
E
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S
T
E
T
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C
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U
T
C
O
R
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N
E
R
S
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A
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V
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N
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M
E
A
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W
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H
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A
T
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A
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Q
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U
E
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I
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O
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N
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B
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R
T
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U
S
M
A
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E
L
B
O
W
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L
O
G
E
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R
E
A
R
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B
A
R
N
S
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E
D
E
R
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E
E
N
Y
© 2003, The New York Times3/3/3 ( No. 19,473 )
Across
1
Voting group : BLOC
5
À la ___ (with ice cream) : MODE
9
Wedding helper : USHER
14
Singer Horne : LENA
15
"Be ___!" ("Help me out!") : APAL
16
Stockholm native : SWEDE
17
Horse feed : OATS
18
Actress Garr : TERI
19
Spooky : EERIE
20
Popular Canadian-born game show host : WHOISALEXTREBEK
23
"Nope" : NAH
24
"y" ending, in superlative form : IEST
25
Dr. Frankenstein's workplace : LABORATORY
30
The P of PRNDL : PARK
34
Enzyme suffix : ASE
35
Seize : GRAB
36
Gently shift to a new topic : SEGUE
37
Sony Pictures Studio in Culver City, usually : WHEREISJEOPARDY
41
Taboos : NONOS
42
Prefix with plasm or morphic : ENDO
43
Wide shoe width : EEE
44
Dele overrider : STET
45
Use cheap materials, say : CUTCORNERS
48
Stratford's stream : AVON
50
___ culpa : MEA
51
Response to an answer : WHATISAQUESTION
59
Jazzman Blake : EUBIE
60
Songwriter Bacharach : BURT
61
Sch. with generals as alums : USMA
62
Macaroni shape : ELBOW
63
Pricey theater section : LOGE
64
Bring up, as children : REAR
65
Buildings with lofts : BARNS
66
River of central Germany : EDER
67
"___ meeny miney mo" : EENY
Down
1
Explode, as a volcano : BLOW
2
Wife of Jacob : LEAH
3
Aware of : ONTO
4
Vegas attraction : CASINO
5
Infamous W.W. I spy : MATAHARI
6
European auto : OPEL
7
Take risks : DARE
8
Miracle drink : ELIXIR
9
Consumers : USERS
10
Flowering vine : SWEETPEA
11
Parsley or sage : HERB
12
Singer/actress Adams : EDIE
13
Stink : REEK
21
Three-stripers : SARGES
22
Mystery writer Josephine : TEY
25
Suburban expanses : LAWNS
26
"___ in the Dark" : ASHOT
27
Designer Geoffrey : BEENE
28
Profs' helpers, for short : TAS
29
___ d'art : OBJET
31
See eye to eye : AGREE
32
Less polite : RUDER
33
Conservative columnist Alan : KEYES
36
Ferns reproduce with them : SPORES
38
24 hours, for the earth : ROTATION
39
Stamped return env., e.g. : ENC
40
Counter in a car : ODOMETER
45
Comedian Bill, familiarly : COS
46
Lacking the skill : UNABLE
47
Word with "second" or "laws of" : NATURE
49
Vantage points : VIEWS
51
Hall-of-Fame coach Ewbank : WEEB
52
Belly-shaking dance : HULA
53
39-Down, e.g. : ABBR
54
Part of Q.E.D. : QUOD
55
Basic desire : URGE
56
"So that's what you mean" : ISEE
57
Mideast's Gulf of ___ : OMAN
58
___ a one (zip) : NARY

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