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New York Times, Tuesday, February 4, 2003

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Down : Nicotine ___
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 101 for Ms. Gorski. Tuesday freshness: 36%
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© 2003, The New York Times2/4/3 ( No. 19,446 )
Across
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Punishment for a child, maybe : NOTV
5
Ill-gotten gains : SWAG
9
"The Lord of the Rings" figure : DWARF
14
Notion : IDEA
15
Bandleader Puente : TITO
16
Land colonized by ancient Greeks : IONIA
17
Hoops contests since '38 : NITS
18
"What's gotten ___ you?" : INTO
19
Zeal : ARDOR
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"Just a moment ..." : ONESECONDPLEASE
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Pumps for info : ASKS
24
Sparkler : GEM
25
Peter Graves's role on "Mission: Impossible" : PHELPS
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It may be framed : ART
29
Zealous : AVID
33
"You've got mail" co. : AOL
34
Martini's partner : ROSSI
36
Reason for not apologizing : PRIDE
37
Some training for a football team : TWOMINUTEDRILLS
40
100 bucks : CSPOT
41
Kind of checking : NOFEE
42
Albanian money : LEK
43
Did groundwork? : HOED
44
Ukr., once : SSR
45
Uses finger paints, say : SMEARS
47
Homer Simpson outburst : DOH
48
Battery liquid : ACID
49
Minivacation : THREEDAYWEEKEND
57
Existence : BEING
58
Figure in academia : DEAN
59
Anita who sang "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine" : ODAY
60
Range maker : AMANA
61
Oklahoma city : ENID
62
French film : CINE
63
Angers : RILES
64
Jet set jets : SSTS
65
Brain's site : HEAD
Down
1
Spanish child : NINO
2
Norse deity : ODIN
3
French for 65-Across : TETE
4
Land user of yore : VASSAL
5
Affixes with glue : STICKSON
6
Skid row types : WINOS
7
Abbr. at the top of a memo : ATTN
8
"Oh!" : GOODGRIEF
9
What to do "for murder" in a Hitchcock film : DIALM
10
Had on : WORE
11
Time ___ half : ANDA
12
Mexican rivers : RIOS
13
Subway purchase : FARE
21
Verve : ESPRIT
22
Penthouse centerfold : PET
25
Nicotine ___ : PATCH
26
"In what way?" : HOWSO
27
Bond on the run? : ELOPE
28
John Jacob ___ : ASTOR
29
White House spokesman Fleischer : ARI
30
Home in Rome : VILLA
31
Loafer : IDLER
32
Office stations : DESKS
35
Parasols : SUNSHADES
36
Early arrival, shortly: Var. : PREMIE
38
Cool, 60's-style : MOD
39
Falls : DESCENDS
44
Ground cover : SOD
46
Big Apple mayor who asked "How'm I doin'?" : EDKOCH
47
"At the Milliner's" painter : DEGAS
48
Expect : AWAIT
49
Ski lift : TBAR
50
Prefix with sphere : HEMI
51
Tabriz money : RIAL
52
Feminizing suffix : ENNE
53
Cravings : YENS
54
Falco of "The Sopranos" : EDIE
55
Zola novel : NANA
56
Like Easter eggs : DYED

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2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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