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New York Times, Monday, December 24, 2001

Author:
Nancy Salomon and Marjorie Berg
Editor:
Will Shortz
3-Down : "The Wizard of Oz" figure
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
97/3/200011/14/20053
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0900000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.573311%
Marjorie Berg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 80 for Ms. Salomon. This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Berg. Monday freshness: 86%
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© 2001, The New York Times12/24/1 ( No. 19,039 )
Across
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Cry a river : BAWL
5
Hair untangler : COMB
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High school jrs. take them : PSATS
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Buffalo's lake : ERIE
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"Hard ___!" (ship command) : ALEE
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To whom a Muslim prays : ALLAH
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"Rambling Wreck From Georgia ___" : TECH
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Sponsor's spiel : SALESPITCH
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Turkish capital : ANKARA
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Key of Schubert's Symphony No. 5 : BFLAT
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Apple co-founder Jobs : STEVEN
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Smart ___ whip : ASA
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Inventor Elias : HOWE
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Slobber : DROOL
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N.Y. Islanders' org. : THENHL
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Rob of "The West Wing" : LOWE
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Vintners' vessels : VATS
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Loud, as a crowd : AROAR
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Bi- halved : UNI
40
Scratch inducer : BADITCH
42
To and ___ : FRO
43
Dismiss : LETGO
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"Uh-huh" : YEAH
46
Uncertain : IFFY
47
Clear, as a drain : UNCLOG
49
Roman Empire conquerors : GOTHS
51
Big Apple gallery district : SOHO
52
Lawyers' org. : ABA
55
Hawkish : PROWAR
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Train tracks : RAILS
60
On one's back : SUPINE
61
Bit of a bug : TINYGLITCH
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Sicilian spouter : ETNA
66
Desert brick : ADOBE
67
Spanish Surrealist Joan : MIRO
68
Gulf war missile : SCUD
69
Handled clumsily : PAWED
70
Item in an actor's hand : PROP
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"Egad!" : OHMY
Down
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Alphas' followers : BETAS
2
"You ___ kidding!" : ARENT
3
"The Wizard of Oz" figure : WICKEDWITCH
4
French port : LEHAVRE
5
Ladies' man : CASANOVA
6
Suffix with pay : OLA
7
Peach ___ : MELBA
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Gripes : BEEFS
9
One of the Three Bears : PAPA
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Move like a snake : SLITHER
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Height: Abbr. : ALT
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Tic-___-toe : TAC
13
"Pipe down!" : SHH
19
Bed board : SLAT
21
Antique auto : REO
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Two-way toggler : ONOFFSWITCH
27
Fishing spot : WHARF
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Crazy Legs Hirsch : ELROY
30
Lord's mate : LADY
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"That's a laugh!" : HAH
33
Doozies : LULUS
34
Bridge bid, briefly : ONENO
36
7 up, e.g. : TIE
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Like bachelor parties : STAG
40
Ghostly greeting : BOO
41
Hot car garage : CHOPSHOP
44
"Good gracious!" : GLORYBE
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"Let it be true" : IHOPESO
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Author Sheehy : GAIL
50
Capote, to friends : TRU
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Dirigible : BLIMP
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Up and about : ASTIR
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Per ___ (yearly) : ANNUM
57
Query before "Here goes!" : READY
59
Got gray : AGED
61
Kind of dance : TAP
62
Lupino of "High Sierra" : IDA
63
This instant : NOW
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___-Magnon : CRO

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

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