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New York Times, Monday, January 28, 2002

Author:
Sarah Keller
Editor:
Will Shortz
6-Down : Ease up
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111.5115617%
Sarah Keller

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {BFJQVXZ} This is puzzle # 11 for Ms. Keller. Monday freshness: 11%
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© 2002, The New York Times1/28/2 ( No. 19,074 )
Across
1
"The Wizard of Oz" dog : TOTO
5
___ Island (immigration point) : ELLIS
10
Birdbrain : DODO
14
On ___ with (equal to) : APAR
15
Lasso loop : NOOSE
16
Decorative pitcher : EWER
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Ten: Prefix : DECA
18
French fashion designer : COCOCHANEL
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Like bagpipes : SCOTTISH
22
First month in Madrid : ENERO
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Actress Skye : IONE
24
Emulate Salt-N-Pepa : RAP
26
Room with an easy chair : DEN
27
Spinning competition : YOYOCONTEST
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How checks are signed : ININK
32
Regarding : ASTO
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___ de cologne : EAU
36
Litter members : PUPS
37
Tropical ray : MANTA
39
Islamic ruler : EMIR
40
Road wiggle : ESS
41
King ___ : KONG
42
Ogling : EYING
43
1925 hit musical with the song "Tea for Two" : NONONANETTE
46
Lawn base : SOD
49
Letter after zeta : ETA
50
Bunches : ALOT
51
Madison Square Garden, e.g. : ARENA
53
Hearty breakfast : OMELETTE
57
Performer in a cage : GOGODANCER
60
Historic periods : ERAS
61
Med school subj. : ANAT
62
Funny-car fuel : NITRO
63
Quirks : TICS
64
Mediocre : SOSO
65
Lip application : GLOSS
66
Cry from Santa : HOHO
Down
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Little ones : TADS
2
Oil grp. : OPEC
3
___ Bell : TACO
4
They're given at graduations : ORATIONS
5
Community next to Van Nuys : ENCINO
6
Ease up : LOOSEN
7
___ Ness monster : LOCH
8
Prefix with metric : ISO
9
Instant, for short : SEC
10
Student overseer : DEAN
11
Had : OWNED
12
Tractor maker John : DEERE
13
Synthetic fabric : ORLON
19
Aware of, slangily : HEPTO
21
Clock sound : TOCK
24
Take five : REST
25
"The Thin Man" canine : ASTA
27
"Egad!" : YIPE
28
Burden : ONUS
29
Sounds made by 36-Across : YIPS
30
Fancy ballroom steps : TANGO
33
Give off : EMIT
34
"___ She Sweet" : AINT
35
Impel : URGE
37
No longer worth debating : MOOT
38
Ballerina Pavlova : ANNA
39
Valuable things to give? : EYETEETH
41
Work, as dough : KNEAD
42
Organic compound : ENOL
44
Ones pointing fingers : NAMERS
45
Some Oldsmobiles : ALEROS
46
Long stories : SAGAS
47
Maine college town : ORONO
48
"Le Viol" painter : DEGAS
52
Say ___ (deny) : NOTO
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Eight: Prefix : OCTO
54
Quartet minus one : TRIO
55
R.p.m. indicator : TACH
56
Old Standard Oil brand : ESSO
58
One of four for a square: Abbr. : ANG
59
Nothing : NIL

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