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New York Times, Thursday, March 27, 2003

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
2-Down : Bury
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David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 93 for Mr. Kahn. Thursday freshness: 25%
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© 2003, The New York Times3/27/3 ( No. 19,497 )
Across
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Directory : LIST
5
Opposite of kitsch : TASTE
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Exhaustive : ATOZ
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Comic Gasteyer and others : ANAS
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Playwright Fugard : ATHOL
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Nothing but : MERE
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Senate V.I.P. : WHIP
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Nicholson role in "Chinatown" : PRIVATEEYE
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Gertrude's 1951 Broadway co-star : YUL
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Dayan colleague : MEIR
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___ cuffs : PANT
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Play too broadly : EMOTE
25
Nicholson role in "Mars Attacks!" : PRESIDENT
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Change from AA to AAA, e.g. : RERATE
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Two-time Dem. nominee : AES
32
Where Sugarloaf Mountain is : RIO
33
You, for one : SOLVER
36
___-up (confined) : PENT
37
Apt title for this puzzle : JACKOFALLTRADES
42
Words with grimaces : UGHS
43
More favorable : ROSIER
44
Soft & ___ (Gillette product) : DRI
45
With 19-Down, rum drinks : MAI
47
Unfasten : DETACH
51
Nicholson role in "Five Easy Pieces" : OILRIGGER
55
Mideast hot spot : SINAI
56
Priest from the East : LAMA
57
Melody part : NOTE
59
Iowa hrs. : CST
60
Nicholson role in "Wolf" : BOOKEDITOR
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Fancy : WHIM
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Libertine : ROUE
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"Goodnight ___" : IRENE
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Hebrides island : IONA
67
Picks : OPTS
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Street show : RAREE
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Disney film with a video-game contest : TRON
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Nicholson role in "Easy Rider" : LAWYER
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Bury : INHUME
3
Nicholson role in "The Last Detail" : SAILOR
4
Child's dose, maybe: Abbr. : TSP
5
It may be magnetic : TAPE
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Take ___ (travel) : ATRIP
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Bake, in a way : SHIRR
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"Mazel ___!" : TOV
9
Go by : ELAPSE
10
Add to or subtract from : AMEND
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Was indecisive : TEETERED
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Suffix with access : ORY
13
Zuyder ___ : ZEE
19
See 45-Across : TAIS
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"I feel the same way" : METOO
24
Undertakings : TASKS
26
Viscounts' superiors : EARLS
27
Musical with the song "Be Italian" : NINE
28
Day-care charges : TOTS
30
Gnome : ELF
34
Carrier to 32-Across : VARIG
35
"Do Ya" grp. : ELO
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Start of a long story? : PARTI
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Olympic event since 1972 : JUDO
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Cultural beginning? : AGRI
39
Relax : CHILLOUT
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Pharmacist's abbr. : TID
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Teammate of Snider and Hodges : REESE
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Street performer : MIME
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Moroccan port : AGADIR
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Nicholson role in "Broadcast News" : ANCHOR
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Where a dealer deals : CASINO
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Nicholson role in "Prizzi's Honor" : HITMAN
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49-Down tools : RAKES
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Join : ENTER
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News exec Arledge : ROONE
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Gallows : TREE
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Dude : BRO
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Alley ___ : OOP
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Author Levin : IRA
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Raconteur's asset : WIT

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

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