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New York Times, Thursday, December 20, 2001

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
11-Down : 20-20 ability?
TotalDebutLatest
1894/27/19948/3/2024
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
31.571,11574%
Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 152 for Mr. Norris. Thursday freshness: 32%
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© 2001, The New York Times12/20/1 ( No. 19,035 )
Across
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Mastered : TAMED
6
Scissor : CLIP
10
Red Sea vessel : DHOW
14
"Deathtrap" co-star, 1982 : REEVE
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Cairo debut of 1871 : AIDA
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Bounty rival : VIVA
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Conquer one's phobias? : ESCAPEFEAR
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___ impulse : ONAN
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Eugene Debs, e.g.: Abbr. : SOC
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Team members : OXEN
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Sour : CURDLE
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Peloponnesian War victor : SPARTA
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Brine-cured cheeses : FETAS
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#1 producer of a leafy vegetable? : ESCAROLEKING
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Fail to work : LOAF
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Speaker of baseball : TRIS
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Prefix with graphic : GEO
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Pupil's place : IRIS
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Goes through : SIFTS
40
Go after : SHAG
41
View from Marseille : MER
42
Secluded spot : GLEN
43
1988 swimming gold medalist Kristin : OTTO
44
Treatment for an English earl? : ESSEXTHERAPY
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Fold : PLEAT
50
Peek : GLANCE
54
Basis of a comparison : BRANDX
56
Jellystone Park resident : YOGI
58
Fish delicacy : EEL
59
Hubs : LOCI
60
Extra time to finish a written test? : ESSAYGRACE
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"... two fives for ___?" : ATEN
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Sorry sort : RUER
65
Roadside offer : HOPIN
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Not great : SOSO
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Men : SIRS
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Induction motor inventor : TESLA
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Ear cover, maybe : TRESS
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Noted didacticist : AESOP
3
Travelers' destination : MECCA
4
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" girl : EVA
5
Stops on a line : DEPOTS
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It may be alfresco : CAFE
7
Debt protection : LIEN
8
Writer Tarbell : IDA
9
Distribute, with "out" : PARCEL
10
"Rusalka" composer : DVORAK
11
20-20 ability? : HINDSIGHT
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Lap path, perhaps : OVAL
13
Taper off : WANE
18
Demands : EXACTS
23
Foe of the Navajo : UTE
25
Court figures : REFS
26
Best Actress for "The Accused," 1988 : FOSTER
28
Properly : ARIGHT
29
Search and rob : RIFLE
30
Like some drinks : NEAT
31
Energetic : GOGO
32
Gimlet flavoring : LIME
33
They're found in streaks : ORES
34
National security concerns : AIRSPACES
39
Like rosebushes : SNAGGY
40
Versatile bean : SOYA
45
Weather newsmaker : ELNINO
46
Crossed (out) : XED
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Governments, by their nature : TAXERS
48
Tough spot : PLIGHT
51
Some tides : NEAPS
52
Rhodes known for his scholarship : CECIL
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Ecuador's Santa ___ Bay : ELENA
54
Le Sage's "Gil ___" : BLAS
55
Prefix with gravure : ROTO
56
W.W. I locale : YSER
57
They're used during a row : OARS
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___ generis : SUI
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Eggs : ROE

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