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New York Times, Saturday, January 8, 2000

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Down : They're the pits
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Joe DiPietro

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 28 for Mr. DiPietro. Saturday freshness: 27%
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© 2000, The New York Times1/8/0 ( No. 18,323 )
Across
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One punting, e.g. : BOATER
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Grazing site : TAPASBAR
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Growth rings : ANNULI
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Insinuation : OVERTONE
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The human senses, e.g. : PENTAD
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They ended around 1000 : DARKAGES
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Much/much separator : TOO
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Like some Winter Olympics events : NORDIC
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Well-disposed : GAME
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___ to one's ears : INUP
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Chap : FELLA
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Gray of "Six Pack" : ERIN
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Like a lot, maybe : ZONED
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Dribble : SEEP
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Sports figure : STAT
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Make secret, in a way : ENCRYPT
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Carried through on : DID
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Like Ontario vis-à-vis Erie : DEEPER
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Discoverer of New Zealand : TASMAN
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Propitiatory present : SOP
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"Oye Como Va" band : SANTANA
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Supt.'s inferior : INSP
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Far from seedy : POSH
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Last name in fashion : KARAN
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Figures : DATA
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Victorious : ONTOP
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Fleece : BILK
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Rework : EDIT
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Increase : STEPUP
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"Baled Hay" humorist : NYE
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Kind of missile : AIRTOAIR
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Labor class? : LAMAZE
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Devoted : TRUEBLUE
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Nobel's birthplace : SWEDEN
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After-dinner order : ESPRESSO
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Puts in : ENTERS
Down
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Like many babies : BAPTIZED
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Private : ONEONONE
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Herald : ANNOUNCE
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His tomb was discovered in 1922 : TUT
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Sparkle : ELAN
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Free from : RIDOF
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Take initial steps? : TODDLE
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Helped : AVAILED
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Kind of income : PERCAPITA
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Ham's place : ARK
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Hams' places : STAGES
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Spade player : BOGART
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Condition treated with ferrous sulfate : ANEMIA
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Like poor faxes, perhaps : RESENT
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Others : REST
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One for the record books? : PERP
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They may get in your hair : DYES
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Some people kneel before them : PROPOSALS
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Dungeonlike : DANK
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Stick : STAB
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Oil and vinegar, maybe : MARINADE
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Good looker? : ANALYZER
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Yellow cotton trousers : NANKEENS
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First name in the Gospels : PONTIUS
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Get the goods : SHOP
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Conceive : IDEATE
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They're the pits : NADIRS
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Opposite of quell : STIRUP
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Magician's monologue : PATTER
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It may house the speaker : STEREO
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It comes from the heart : PULSE
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Future queen? : PAWN
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Eng. award : OBE
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Satisfied : MET

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1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later.

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