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TERRA COGNITA

New York Times, Sunday, September 9, 2001

Author:
Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
96-Across : Wrinkled
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
11612/29/199311/26/200845
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2015151219278
RebusScrabDebutFresh
71.5252247%
Harvey Estes
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1868/13/199511/7/2012116
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3633533719611
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1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 70 Missing: {JVX} This is puzzle # 59 for Mr. Estes. This is puzzle # 76 for Ms. Salomon. Sunday freshness: 60%
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© 2001, The New York Times9/9/1 ( No. 18,933 )
Across
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Attach, as a patch : SEWON
6
How high can you go? : NORTHPOLE
15
Like DNA : CODED
20
"Time in a Bottle" singer : CROCE
21
Over : ONCEAGAIN
22
Heaps : APILE
23
Set one's sights on : AIMAT
24
Back-pedaled : RETREATED
25
Walk, slangily : LEGIT
26
Shoemaker Thom : MCAN
27
East German secret police : STASI
28
On : ASTRIDE
30
Dash : PANACHE
32
Shakespearean setting : GLOBETHEATER
37
Jazz singer Anita : ODAY
38
Kind of park : TRAILER
40
School mo. : OCT
41
"___ first ..." : IFAT
42
Cut : SHORTENED
44
Up on, as the jive : HEPTO
48
Red army member : ANT
49
Not so stiff : SPRIER
51
Whisper sweet nothings : COO
53
Pig : SLOB
54
"___ Jury" (Spillane novel) : ITHE
56
"M" director, 1931 : LANG
57
Takes a break : RESTSUP
61
___ Antiqua : ARS
62
Rough areas : GHETTOS
64
Back in? : RETRO
65
Number of days in Avril : TRENTE
67
Something bad to have on one's head : REWARD
68
Big belt : EQUATOR
70
Lady-killers : ROMEOS
71
Overplayed : EMOTED
72
Chucklehead : DUNCE
73
Forest denizens : WAPITIS
74
Pitch : TAR
75
Supremely spooky : EERIEST
77
Uneven do : SHAG
79
Shake : LOSE
80
Work the land : TILL
82
Cool, to the Fresh Prince : DEF
83
Farm routine : CHORES
85
Hoover employee, once : FED
86
Back, in a way : ENDOW
88
Nitpick : FINDFAULT
92
Symbols of office : HATS
94
Flyers' org. : NHL
96
Wrinkled : CREASED
97
Allied commander of 1918 : FOCH
98
Buck book : THEGOODEARTH
102
Like Hilo, Hawaii, vis-à-vis other major American cities : WETTEST
105
Stud site : EARLOBE
106
Spanish port : CADIZ
109
"Symphonie espagnole" composer : LALO
110
Vegas venue : STRIP
111
Speaking up? : PRAYERFUL
116
Hamelin musician : PIPER
117
Sierra ___ : LEONE
118
Deep crimson : TOMATORED
119
Kind of shooter : SKEET
120
Irene ___, figure in Sherlock Holmes stories : ADLER
121
Bottom land : SOUTHPOLE
122
Hospital work : TESTS
Down
1
Little rascal : SCAMP
2
Longtime "All My Children" role : ERICA
3
Sophisticated lady : WOMANOFTHEWORLD
4
It's heard at some ball games : OCANADA
5
Take home : NET
6
Opposite of sur : NORTE
7
Most qualified to serve : ONEA
8
Proofs of purchase: Abbr. : RCTS
9
"Dumb & Dumber" actress : TERIGARR
10
Ian's "own" : HAE
11
Tour grp. : PGA
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Morsel a horse'll eat : OAT
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Golfer's concern : LIE
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Conclude by : ENDAT
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Jet Propulsion Lab site : CALTECH
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Manages : OPERATES
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1 or 2 : DIGIT
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Omit : ELIDE
19
Put a damper on : DETER
27
Lacking : SHY
29
HBO competitor : SHO
31
Noted debut of 10/7/82 : CATS
33
Blotto : LIT
34
"Hooray!" : OLE
35
Michael Jackson's first #1 song : BEN
36
Kind of set : ERECTOR
38
Watered down : THIN
39
Film director Nicolas : ROEG
41
By and large : INTHEMAIN
42
Sp. titles : SRAS
43
Recommendations : DOS
45
Film with four sequels : PLANETOFTHEAPES
46
Slowpokes : TORTOISES
47
Fanatical : OBSESSED
48
Feathered head ornament : AIGRETTE
50
Trudged : PLODDED
52
Storm producer? : OUTRAGE
55
Virginia, in Versailles : ETAT
57
Strike back : REACT
58
Sermon ender : ETTE
59
B'way posting : SRO
60
Play thing : PROP
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Family portrait, of sorts : TREE
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Shutout spoilers : RUNS
66
German Expressionist Nolde : EMIL
68
Skyscraper : EDIFICE
69
What's what in Mexico : QUE
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Flaw : WART
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One who cries foul? : REF
77
"Leaving Las Vegas" co-star : SHUE
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Reserve : HOLD
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Shopper's annoyance : LONGLINE
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Corn or soybeans : CASHCROP
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Kind of putter : SHOT
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Noisy celebrant : WHOOPER
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Big pol. campaign donor : NRA
90
___ Stern : DER
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___ city : FAT
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Imitate : ACTLIKE
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It may result in a smash hit : LOB
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Casbah headgear : FEZ
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One weber per square meter : TESLA
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Couldn't stand : HATED
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Flynn of film : ERROL
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Govt. divisions : DEPTS
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Dorian Gray's creator : WILDE
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Cause of an accident, maybe : SLEET
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Law school class : TORTS
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Place to stick a comb : AFRO
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Face-off : DUEL
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Pal of Piglet : ROO
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___ Darya (Asian river) : AMU
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Sun ___-sen : YAT
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Suffix for King James : ETH
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L.A. clock setting : PST

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