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New York Times, Tuesday, December 17, 2002

Author:
Tyler Hinman
Editor:
Will Shortz
27-Down : Look around a prison?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
227/4/20003/31/20115
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.6013148%
Tyler Hinman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Hinman. Tuesday freshness: 37%
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© 2002, The New York Times12/17/2 ( No. 19,397 )
Across
1
Almanac contents : FACTS
6
Book of memories, maybe : ALBUM
11
Big shot, for short : VIP
14
Love to bits : ADORE
15
Numbers-calling game : BEANO
16
67.5°, to mariners : ENE
17
Grant provider : DONOR
18
Route to prison? : CONCOURSE
20
Campus locale : QUAD
22
This very moment : JUSTNOW
23
Concertgoer's keepsake : STUB
25
English race place : ASCOT
28
Load of bunk : TALE
29
Fall (over) : KEEL
30
Courts : WOOS
31
Fracas : MELEE
32
Like apples, say, during the fall : INSEASON
34
You can lend it or bend it : EAR
35
Blaster's need : TNT
36
Book in prison? : CONTEXT
38
It's hailed : CAB
41
Rep.'s counterpart : SEN
42
Over again : ONCEMORE
44
Flies, ants and such : PESTS
47
The Beatles' "Hey ___" : JUDE
48
Like Nash's lama : ONEL
49
Nay sayer : ANTI
50
Neigh sayer : HORSE
51
Track shape : OVAL
52
Unofficial ticket source : SCALPER
54
Desperate : DIRE
56
Money in prison? : CONTENDER
59
X-rated, say : DIRTY
62
Wood-dressing tool : ADZ
63
Grind, as teeth : GNASH
64
Come after : ENSUE
65
Where to hear 10-Down : LEA
66
___ Domingo : SANTO
67
007, for one : AGENT
Down
1
Furbys, once : FAD
2
Hoo-ha : ADO
3
Escape from prison? : CONQUEST
4
Hot water, so to speak : TROUBLE
5
Word repeated after "Que" : SERA
6
Epitome of simplicity : ABC
7
Celestial feline : LEO
8
Pickers' instruments : BANJOS
9
Full-length : UNCUT
10
Cows' chorus : MOOS
11
Of the spring : VERNAL
12
Shoe part : INSOLE
13
Nickname for a little guy : PEEWEE
19
Out-and-out : UTTER
21
Former "Family Feud" host Richard : DAWSON
23
"S.N.L." bit : SKIT
24
T.V.A. part: Abbr. : TENN
26
"Any day now ..." : SOON
27
Look around a prison? : CONTOUR
31
Chess ending : MATE
33
Ideal serves : ACES
34
Go beyond the bounds of : EXCEED
37
Puts a stop to : ENDS
38
Poetry in prison? : CONVERSE
39
Geometric calculation : AREA
40
Period ender : BELL
41
Pink-legged bird : STILT
43
Ship's securer : MOORING
44
Mathematician Blaise : PASCAL
45
Make cryptic : ENCODE
46
Quatrain or sestet : STANZA
47
Michael who was five-time N.B.A. M.V.P. : JORDAN
50
Salon color : HENNA
53
Cribbage needs : PEGS
55
Light bulb's signification, in cartoons : IDEA
57
World record suffix : EST
58
P on a fraternity house : RHO
60
Winery cask : TUN
61
"Is it soup ___?" : YET

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