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New York Times, Tuesday, October 7, 2003

Author:
Steve Jones
Editor:
Will Shortz
32-Down : Canadian skater Brian
TotalDebutLatest
55/1/20029/8/2004
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.672620%
Steve Jones

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {XZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Jones. Tuesday freshness: 39%
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© 2003, The New York Times10/7/3 ( No. 19,691 )
Across
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Editor's overruling : STET
5
Oddball : FLAKE
10
Antifur org. : PETA
14
"St. Elmo's Fire" singer John : PARR
15
Admit : LETIN
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North Carolina school : ELON
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Pac-10 team : UCLA
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Played charades : ACTED
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Vessel that's poled : RAFT
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Is like a stumped puzzle solver? : DOESNTHAVEACLUE
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Golf unit : HOLE
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Eyeshadow shade : ASH
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Voluble : CHATTY
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Morning cupful, slangily : JAVA
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Lennon's lady : ONO
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Green beans : LIMAS
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Disney's "___ & Stitch" : LILO
35
Cowboy boot attachment : SPUR
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Like a stumped puzzle solver? : ATALOSSFORWORDS
39
Cologne scent : MUSK
40
Parisian hangout : CAFE
41
Old enough : OFAGE
42
Second letter addendum: Abbr. : PPS
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Compassion : PITY
44
"Psycho" figure : MOTHER
45
Headmaster's title : SIR
46
Hatchling's sound : PEEP
47
Where a stumped puzzle solver goes? : BACKTOSQUAREONE
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Feel sympathy (for) : ACHE
56
Produce hurriedly, with "out" : CHURN
57
Scott in a noted court case : DRED
58
Picnic dish : SLAW
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Halt : CEASE
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Piedmont province : ASTI
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Brewski : SUDS
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Less predictable : ODDER
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Leave behind : LOSE
Down
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Starchy veggie : SPUD
2
Edible shell : TACO
3
___ Stanley Gardner : ERLE
4
Insults and such from athletes : TRASHTALK
5
Point-blank : FLATLY
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Milk for un bebé : LECHE
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"___ boy!" : ATTA
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City on the Dneiper : KIEV
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Undertaking : ENDEAVOR
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Vantage point : PERCH
11
Airline launched in 1948 : ELAL
12
Meat substitute : TOFU
13
Kitty starter : ANTE
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"Wrong!" : NOTSO
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Simile words : ASA
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Jumper cable's end : CLAMP
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Touch for funds : HITUP
27
Build up : AMASS
28
Instant : JIFFY
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Burn remedy : ALOE
30
Colleague of Dr. Phil : OPRAH
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Prod gently : NUDGE
32
Canadian skater Brian : ORSER
34
Future J.D.'s hurdle : LSAT
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Play down, as an issue : SOFTPEDAL
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Volkswagen named for a desert wind : SCIROCCO
38
Gentleman caller, e.g. : WOOER
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Fruit center : PIT
44
Less kind : MEANER
45
Depicts distortedly : SKEWS
46
Race winnings : PURSE
47
McCartney's instrument : BASS
48
Bill of Rights defender: Abbr. : ACLU
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Neighbor of Niger : CHAD
50
Outbuilding : SHED
51
Campus hangout : QUAD
52
Roughly : ORSO
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Butterfly catchers' needs : NETS
54
Falco of "The Sopranos" : EDIE

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