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New York Times, Monday, January 14, 2002

Author:
Michael Shteyman
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Down : Early time to arise
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521.6225255%
Michael Shteyman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {QVX} Spans: 3 Scrabble average: 2.27 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Shteyman. Monday freshness: 68%
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© 2002, The New York Times1/14/2 ( No. 19,060 )
Across
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Little lies : FIBS
5
"___ 'er up!" : FILL
9
Yuri's love, in a Pasternak book : LARA
13
Fit of fever : AGUE
14
Most qualified to serve? : ONEA
15
Wind-borne toys : KITES
16
Nick's wife in "The Thin Man" : NORA
17
2002 Olympics locale : UTAH
18
W.W. II sub : UBOAT
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Response to a vet, maybe : GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
22
Motorist's org. : AAA
23
"This ___ test ..." : ISA
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Sacred song : PSALM
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Phone hook-up : JACK
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Mischievous : BAD
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B.M.I. alternative : ASCAP
33
Designer Chanel : COCO
34
McGwire's onetime home-run rival : SOSA
35
"Quiet, please!" : SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Weapons in shootdowns, for short : SAMS
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"___ kleine Nachtmusik" : EINE
40
New coins : EUROS
41
Couple : TWO
42
Grain holders : BINS
43
Artist Max : ERNST
44
Long time : EON
45
Suffix with absorb : ENT
46
Hive output? : BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
55
Children's song refrain : EIEIO
56
Mysterious: Var. : EERY
57
Woodwind : OBOE
58
Gyrates : SPINS
59
Composer Khachaturian : ARAM
60
Narrow street : LANE
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London's ___ Gallery : TATE
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Mislay : LOSE
63
Greek war god : ARES
Down
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Cobra's weapon : FANG
2
Frankenstein's assistant : IGOR
3
Extrashort haircut : BURR
4
Burn : SEAR
5
Early time to arise : FOURAM
6
Prefix with venous : INTRA
7
Shakespearean king : LEAR
8
Bert of "The Wizard of Oz" : LAHR
9
Person born October 1 : LIBRA
10
Suffix with origin : ATOR
11
Bring up : REAR
12
Study of the stars: Abbr. : ASTR
15
Ill-fated Russian sub of 8/12/00 : KURSK
20
Designer Lauren : RALPH
21
Big copier company : RICOH
24
"I don't believe it!" : PSHAW
25
Jerk : SCHMO
26
Satisfied sounds : AAHS
27
___ Hopkins University : JOHNS
28
Fluish feeling : ACHE
29
Father-and-son Nobel Prize winners in physics : BOHRS
30
Like ___ in the dark : ASHOT
31
Partners of dits : DAHS
32
Aide: Abbr. : ASST
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Where a sock goes? : CHIN
34
Stay away from : SHUN
36
Ketchup brand : HEINZ
37
Avis rival : HERTZ
42
Clowns : BOZOS
43
Pepsin, e.g. : ENZYME
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Online publication : EZINE
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Poet Pound and others : EZRAS
46
Tops : BEST
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"___-Dee-Doo-Dah" : ZIPA
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Time: Ger. : ZEIT
49
Ardor : ZEAL
50
Nil : ZERO
51
Writer Émile : ZOLA
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Letter-shaped construction piece : ZBAR
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Part of DMZ : ZONE
54
Sleep symbols : ZEES

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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