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New York Times, Saturday, February 24, 2001

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
52-Down : Bombay-born maestro
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 139 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 33%
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© 2001, The New York Times2/24/1 ( No. 18,736 )
Across
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Door opener : LATCHKEY
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Massachusetts town with an Algonquian name : AGAWAM
15
Dinky : ONEHORSE
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Lunar phenomenon : CORONA
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They may get fired at factories : CERAMICS
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Game similar to Black Lady : HEARTS
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Assent : AMEN
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Baby : PAMPER
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It may come with instructions : KIT
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Flower of Lille : LIS
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Dispute : SPAR
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Power problem : SURGE
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Beer order : CASE
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Genesis man : ENOS
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Inept : POOR
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Jessica of "Dark Angel" : ALBA
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Trick : FASTONE
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Bribe : SCHMEAR
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Buried : INHUMED
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Magazine designer's aid : CLIPART
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Race : TEAR
43
___ world : REAL
44
Data source : DISC
46
Punkie : GNAT
49
"Them" novelist : OATES
51
Stalk : STEM
53
Part of cheesecake, maybe : GAM
55
First Burmese prime minister : UNU
56
Pitched perfectly : INTUNE
58
1971 Pan American Games site : CALI
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Lie in pleasing surroundings : NESTLE
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Trade subjects? : ATHLETES
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Ajax and others : GREEKS
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Reserved : RETICENT
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Trials : ESSAYS
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Sham : TRAVESTY
Down
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The slow way to go : LOCAL
2
Weak : ANEMIC
3
1942 Oscar winner Wright : TERESA
4
Detective of note : CHAN
5
Prefix meaning "same" : HOM
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Austrian conductor Josef : KRIPS
7
Prison warden's concern : ESCAPEARTIST
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One going along : YESMAN
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Discomfort : ACHE
10
Habitués : GOERS
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Scorpius neighbor : ARA
12
Where things get done : WORKROOM
13
Sophocles tragedy : ANTIGONE
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Subjugated : MASTERED
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Where money is made : PROFITCENTER
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Good news on Wall Street : UPTURN
28
Try : SAMPLE
29
Parmenides' home : ELEA
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Reasoned : SANE
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Harp toter of yore : BARD
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Chase in the field : SHAG
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Gather with difficulty : SCROUNGE
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Loser's destination : CLEANERS
39
Breaks : HIATUSES
45
Losing general at Spotsylvania Courthouse : STUART
47
They're used in classified ads : AGATES
48
Scout's quest : TALENT
50
Smooth : SILKY
52
Bombay-born maestro : MEHTA
54
Johnny Mathis classic : MISTY
57
Stack part : NESS
58
Gospel singer Winans : CECE
60
It may be served in spots : TEA
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Year in Nero's reign : LIV

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