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New York Times, Tuesday, April 8, 2003

Author:
Verna Suit
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Across : Suit
TotalDebutLatest
43/16/20026/22/2005
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Verna Suit

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {HJQWXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Suit. Tuesday freshness: 73%
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© 2003, The New York Times4/8/3 ( No. 19,509 )
Across
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Painter Chagall : MARC
5
Suit : BEFIT
10
Home of Iowa State : AMES
14
Muffin topper : OLEO
15
Do penance : ATONE
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"I, Claudius" role : NERO
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Virgin Is., e.g. : TERR
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Cheap shot? : BARBARGAIN
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Overwhelm : INUNDATE
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Block and tackle part : PULLEY
23
Use an épée : FENCE
24
14 pounds, in Britain : STONE
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Kimono accessories : OBIS
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Germ-free : STERILE
33
Sosa vs. McGwire, e.g.? : BATBATTLE
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Evidence of drunkenness : SLUR
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Necessities for pregnancies : OVA
39
Insulted, lovingly : ROASTED
42
Kay follower : ELL
43
Cuzco's country : PERU
45
Commotion in the commuters' terminal? : BUSBUSTLE
47
Watergate, e.g. : SCANDAL
50
Israel's Abba : EBAN
51
Rent again : RELET
53
Puts ice on, maybe : NUMBS
57
"One ___ Jump" : OCLOCK
60
"The Natural" game : BASEBALL
63
Feature of a girls-only gathering? : BOYBOYCOTT
65
Scottish hillside : BRAE
66
Mark time : IDLE
67
Sri ___ : LANKA
68
The auld sod : EIRE
69
___ off (angered) : TEED
70
Sling mud at : SMEAR
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Hard to fathom : DEEP
Down
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Recurring theme : MOTIF
2
Coeur d'___, Idaho : ALENE
3
Any "Seinfeld," now : RERUN
4
Pipe type : CORNCOB
5
Ali ___ : BABA
6
South Dakota, to Pierre : ETAT
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Links shouts : FORES
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Bach's Mass ___ Minor : INB
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Place to put some leaves : TEAPOT
10
Fly-casters, e.g. : ANGLERS
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It may be prix fixe : MEAL
12
Canal of song : ERIE
13
PlayStation maker : SONY
19
Ancient letter : RUNE
21
Shut out : DEBAR
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Feared fly : TSETSE
27
Skater Midori : ITO
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Dobbin's home : STABLE
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"___ a song go ..." : ILET
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Put to sleep : LULL
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___ Stanley Gardner : ERLE
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Conks on the head : BOPS
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"___ plaisir" : AVEC
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Ancient Irish kings' home : TARA
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Baton Rouge sch. : LSU
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Go back : EBB
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Musician Eddy or Allman : DUANE
44
Got naked : UNROBED
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Gave the cold shoulder : SNUBBED
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Art ___ : DECO
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Ethyl and propyl, for two : ALKYLS
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Steak selection : TBONE
54
An Osmond : MARIE
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Traffic jam noise : BLARE
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Sack out : SLEEP
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News item often written in advance : OBIT
58
Programmers' writing : CODE
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Singer Lovett : LYLE
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One of the Aleutians : ATKA
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Magi guide : STAR
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Video maker, for short : CAM

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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