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New York Times, Wednesday, June 26, 2002

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Tuba sound
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQWXZ} This is puzzle # 89 for Ms. Salomon. Wednesday freshness: 12%
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© 2002, The New York Times6/26/2 ( No. 19,223 )
Across
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Father's offering : MASS
5
What will be : FATE
9
Not try very hard : COAST
14
Gator's kin : CROC
15
Tennis score after deuce : ADIN
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Completely anesthetized : UNDER
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Fashionable explosive? : SMARTBOMB
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Team track event : RELAY
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Tuba sound : PAH
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Airline to Israel : ELAL
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From ___ Z : ATO
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Fashionable view? : POPULAROPINION
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Took in with astonishment : GAPEDAT
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Chanel of fashion : COCO
30
Clinches : ICES
31
Insolence : LIP
33
Marriage guide : USHER
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Neighbor of Aus. : GER
38
Fashionable dessert? : HOTCAKE
41
Justice Fortas : ABE
42
Sun Valley state : IDAHO
44
Splashy resort : SPA
45
Plodded : TROD
46
Friendly femme : AMIE
49
New York tribe : ONEIDAS
51
Fashionable substitute? : HIPREPLACEMENT
55
Gardner on screen : AVA
56
Shaving stuff : FOAM
57
"O Sole ___" : MIO
58
Relatively red : RARER
60
Fashionable conveyance? : INTRANSIT
65
Like some remarks : SNIDE
66
Vincent Lopez's theme song : NOLA
67
Garr of "Tootsie" : TERI
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Undue speed : HASTE
69
Make one's permanent mark : ETCH
70
Lyrical tributes : ODES
Down
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Roast hosts, briefly : MCS
2
Recliner part : ARM
3
Ongoing saga : SOAPOPERA
4
Set-tos : SCRAPES
5
Terrif : FAB
6
Brouhaha : ADO
7
Kitchen counter? : TIMER
8
As a whole : ENBLOC
9
Fancy twist : CURLICUE
10
United : ONE
11
Statesman Stevenson : ADLAI
12
Defense grp. of 1954-77 : SEATO
13
Check for fit : TRYON
18
Impact sound : THUD
22
Mil. mail drop : APO
24
Walked nervously : PACED
25
Film composer Schifrin : LALO
26
Quarreling : ATIT
27
Discouraging words : NOS
28
Leslie Caron role : GIGI
32
Gateway sales : PCS
34
Tough : HARDNOSED
35
W.W. II torpedo craft : EBOAT
36
Cold war foe : REDS
38
Out of jeopardy : HOMEFREE
39
Grp. of books in the Bible : APOC
40
Welles's "Citizen" : KANE
43
Kramden laugh syllable : HAR
45
Connect with : TIEINTO
47
Wall St. debut : IPO
48
Pal of Jerry Seinfeld : ELAINE
50
Madame Bovary : EMMA
51
Strident : HARSH
52
The Donald's first ex : IVANA
53
Rue de Rivoli city : PARIS
54
Comeback to "Are too!" : AMNOT
59
Buffalo's summer hrs. : EDT
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R.N.'s forte : TLC
62
"Go team!" : RAH
63
High dudgeon : IRE
64
Carol contraction : TIS

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2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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