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New York Times, Saturday, March 23, 2002

Author:
Adam Cohen
Editor:
Will Shortz
59-Down : Vietnam Memorial designer
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Adam Cohen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JPQ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Cohen. Saturday freshness: 25%
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© 2002, The New York Times3/23/2 ( No. 19,128 )
Across
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Anna Moffo made her American debut in it : LABOHEME
9
Least satisfactory : LAMEST
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Microorganism discharge : EXOTOXIN
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Having clean lines : SVELTE
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Unlike a slacker : DILIGENT
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Old Testament survivor : DANIEL
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.0001 tesla : GAUSS
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An earlier one may be recalled : ERA
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Don't be a chicken : DARE
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Urban transportation : ELS
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Performed a duel action? : DREW
25
Muslim doctor : HAKIM
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It's all there is : UNIVERSE
29
It may have a big head : ALE
30
Repeated part in "Get a Job" : SHANANA
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Saw attachment? : YER
34
Unpopular spot : ZIT
35
Explosion of a sort : TIRADE
36
Like Hell : ABLAZE
38
Abilene-to-Waco dir. : ESE
39
Get to : IRK
41
Colander, e.g. : DRAINER
42
Premium preceder : ATA
43
Bead separator : RONDELLE
45
They're flaky : MICAS
47
Hanger-on? : EAVE
48
Sainte-___, Que. : FOY
51
Altar exchange : IDOS
52
It's H-shaped : ETA
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Powwow fare : MAIZE
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Frees from : RIDSOF
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Cicero's home : ILLINOIS
60
Feature of some jacks : ONEEYE
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Headache : NUISANCE
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Like Matryoshka dolls : NESTED
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"The Odd Couple" director : GENESAKS
Down
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Flowerpot spot : LEDGE
2
Kind of skeleton : AXIAL
3
Tough pill to swallow : BOLUS
4
Williams of the Temptations : OTIS
5
They take too much : HOGS
6
Computer filename extension : EXE
7
Sage woman : MINERVA
8
Biggest plate, perhaps : ENTREE
9
Trip producer : LSD
10
One of Frank's exes : AVA
11
The Bee Gees' "How Can You ___ Broken Heart" : MENDA
12
Honorary 1999 Oscar recipient : ELIAKAZAN
13
Pass through fire, perhaps : STERILIZE
14
Surveyor's tool : TELEMETER
21
Off : AWRY
24
Bread : DINERO
25
Like some remedies : HERBAL
26
A as in Arezzo : UNA
27
Depths : NADIRS
28
Celebrex manufacturer : SEARLE
30
Hand-held hisser : STEAMIRON
31
Constituent of many proteins : HISTIDINE
32
New York City has five : AREACODES
37
Be positioned : LIE
40
Spot for a jerk? : KNEE
41
Depreciate : DEVALUE
44
Mother-daughter talk topic : DATING
46
It's not a bad thing : ASSET
48
Apple in a recording studio : FIONA
49
"The Puttermesser Papers" author : OZICK
50
Nods : YESES
53
___-en-scène : MISE
54
Miscellanies : ANAS
56
Spanish attention getter : OYE
57
Narc, say : FED
59
Vietnam Memorial designer : LIN

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