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New York Times, Tuesday, March 25, 2003

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Will Shortz
51-Down : Muse of comedy
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John Greenman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQUVWZ} This is puzzle # 60 for Mr. Greenman. Tuesday freshness: 11%
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© 2003, The New York Times3/25/3 ( No. 19,495 )
Across
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Stranded motorist's S O S : FLARE
6
Fishhook part : BARB
10
Train station : STOP
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Set one's sights : AIMED
15
Meltable spread : OLEO
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"My Friend ___" (1949 flick) : IRMA
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Showy perennials : CROCI
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Josip Broz, familiarly : TITO
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Play, as drums : BEAT
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"Consider seriously, Bret" : TAKETOHARTE
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Checkup sounds : AHS
24
Be into : DIG
25
24-hour period, in astronomy : SOLARDAY
27
Francis and Dahl : ARLENES
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Novelist Umberto : ECO
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Hotfoot it : HIE
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"Earn straight A's, Karl" : GETHIGHMARX
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Saudi or Yemeni : ARAB
41
Televise : AIR
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Final, e.g. : EXAM
43
"Sing lead, Horace" : BEFRONTMANN
48
___ Fail (Irish coronation stone) : LIA
49
In the style of : ALA
50
Puts in order : NEATENS
52
Carpet leftovers : REMNANTS
57
Radar gun meas. : MPH
58
Bullfight bravo : OLE
59
"Stay free of discomfort, Thomas" : FEELNOPAINE
64
Pinocchio, for one : LIAR
66
The Supremes, e.g. : TRIO
67
Designer Perry : ELLIS
68
Sicilian smoker : ETNA
69
Sloth's home : TREE
70
Brooklets : RILLS
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Brother of Cain : SETH
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Rank above viscount : EARL
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Final authority : SAYSO
Down
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It's true : FACT
2
Coin in the Trevi Fountain, once : LIRA
3
In a frenzy : AMOK
4
Many hairlines do it : RECEDE
5
Cutting and pasting : EDITING
6
This and that : BOTH
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Name on a police blotter : ALIAS
8
So out, it's in : RETRO
9
Sell bathtub gin, say : BOOTLEG
10
Sis, e.g. : SIB
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Radial pattern : TREAD
12
Cornhusker's city : OMAHA
13
Fall guy : PATSY
21
S-shaped molding : OGEE
22
A pop : EACH
26
Forum city : ROME
27
Pequod captain : AHAB
28
Laugh, in Lille : RIRE
29
Table extender : LEAF
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"Immediately," in the O.R. : STAT
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That guy : HIM
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Where Tabriz is : IRAN
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Linchpin's place : AXLE
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Acid ___ : RAIN
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Yule, in ads : XMAS
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It's in whole wheat : BRAN
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Norwegian saint : OLAF
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Name following "No, No" : NANETTE
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Verne skipper : NEMO
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Siesta takers : NAPPERS
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Muse of comedy : THALIA
52
Cast openings : ROLES
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Typewriter type : ELITE
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Stood for : MEANT
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___ cotta : TERRA
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More cagey : SLIER
60
Holiday tune : NOEL
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In a bad way : ILLY
62
Guitarist Lofgren : NILS
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Conoco competitor : ESSO
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"Yay, team!" : RAH

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

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