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New York Times, Saturday, October 20, 2001

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Down : Growing on a mountain below the tree line
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 60, Blocks: 31 Missing: {GJQXZ} Minimum word length: 4 Average word length: 6.47 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 24 for Mr. Berry. Saturday freshness: 98%
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© 2001, The New York Times10/20/1 ( No. 18,974 )
Across
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Eastern Canadian Indian : MICMAC
7
Certify, with "to" : ATTEST
13
Surround with radiance : ENHALO
14
Put away, in a way : SHEATHE
16
Guide : SHERPA
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Most fresh : SASSIEST
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Classic cigar brand : MURIEL
20
Bushbuck, e.g. : ANTELOPE
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Mixes like oil and water : EMULSIFIES
23
Subj. studied for an M.B.A. : ECON
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Debate segment : REBUTTAL
25
Building brace : STRUT
26
"How the Other Half Lives" author : RIIS
27
K2CO3 : POTASH
28
Fire : PASSION
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Strips of stripes : DEMOTES
33
Radio comedian dubbed "The Perfect Fool" : EDWYNN
34
How one might run : LATE
35
Folk-rock singer John : PRINE
36
Phobic feeling : AVERSION
41
Walkie-talkie button : SEND
42
Ceremonial celebration : OBSERVANCE
44
Reveals, perhaps : UNDRAPES
46
Colors slightly : TINCTS
47
Roy Rogers's Trigger, e.g. : PALOMINO
48
Passé : OLDHAT
49
Agence France-Presse subscriber : LEMONDE
50
Cheater's hiding place : SLEEVE
51
Confirms, as a password, perhaps : REKEYS
52
Brought together : HERDED
Down
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German physician who lent his name to an -ism : MESMER
2
Enter into a plot? : INHUME
3
Figure at St. Peter's Basilica : CHERUB
4
Actress Henner : MARILU
5
Growing on a mountain below the tree line : ALPESTRINE
6
Diplomats' success : COALITION
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Goes off on : ASSAILS
8
Aristocrat of old : THANE
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Feelers : TESTS
10
Prosperity : EASE
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Hole puncher : STILETTO
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Ayatollah, e.g. : THEOCRAT
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Advocate : ESPOUSE
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___ place : TENTHS
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Gladly : FAIN
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Neighbor of Cambridge : SOMERVILLE
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Pioneer reggae musician : PETERTOSH
28
Excites a bit : PEPSUP
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Gland that secretes cortisol : ADRENAL
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Expert with a racket : SWINDLER
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Predictable pattern : SYNDROME
32
Noted Barry : DAVE
34
Snags : LASSOES
37
Tool with a belt : SANDER
38
Made slow progress : INCHED
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It goes from A to A : OCTAVE
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Settled in : NESTED
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Speculate : OPINE
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Highly flexible, as wire strips : BENDY
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How one might run : AMOK

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 6 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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