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New York Times, Wednesday, May 21, 2003

Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
21-Down : Crème ___ crème
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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431.5850462%
Paula Gamache

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {GJQZ} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Gamache. Wednesday freshness: 58%
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© 2003, The New York Times5/21/3 ( No. 19,552 )
Across
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RCA product : VCR
4
Rock singer/poet Smith : PATTI
9
Drink from fermented milk : KEFIR
14
Pension supplement, for short : IRA
15
Fake fat brand : OLEAN
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Rust, e.g. : OXIDE
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Tribe related to the Fox : SAC
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Civil War side : NORTH
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Gentleman's gentleman : VALET
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Start of a definition of television, by 9-Down : AMEDIUMSOCALLED
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Spendthrift's outing : SPREE
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Diplomat's asset : TACT
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Some coll. exams : LSATS
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Feared flier : TSETSE
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Definition, part 2 : BECAUSEIT
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One with a list? : DEAN
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NATO member : USA
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Public image : PERSONA
42
Chi. setting : CST
43
Buster? : NARC
45
Definition, part 3 : ISNEITHER
47
Stopper, informally : KIBOSH
50
"___ the Top" : YOURE
51
Sit on it : RUMP
53
Sit on it : PERCH
57
End of the definition : RARENORWELLDONE
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Like ___ from the blue : ABOLT
64
Beatles phenomenon, e.g. : MANIA
65
Tend the turf : MOW
66
He once worked for Edison : TESLA
67
Follow, as a tip : ACTON
68
Downed a sub? : ATE
69
Wood finish : STAIN
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Nary a soul : NOONE
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Aussie outlaw Kelly : NED
Down
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Travelers' papers : VISAS
2
Writer's woe : CRAMP
3
Soap Box Derby entrant : RACER
4
Pays what is due : PONIESUP
5
Baseball family name : ALOU
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Five to ten, e.g. : TERM
7
Makes lace : TATS
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___ water : INHOT
9
Big name in early TV : KOVACS
10
Grandly praised : EXALTED
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Plug : FILL
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___ fixe : IDEE
13
No longer in the service: Abbr. : RETD
21
Crème ___ crème : DELA
22
Subject of a B. Kliban drawing : CAT
26
Enzyme suffix : ASE
27
Garr of "Young Frankenstein" : TERI
28
Hardly macho : SISSY
30
Word with high- or low- : TECH
31
MS. enclosure : SASE
32
___'acte : ENTR
33
"Nonsense!" : BUNK
34
Actor Morales : ESAI
35
Engine part, for short : CARB
36
___ avail : TONO
40
Opposite of alt, in German : NEU
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727, e.g. : AIRPLANE
44
Violinist/composer Arcangelo ___ : CORELLI
46
Prepared to drive, with "up" : TEED
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Summer shade : SUNTAN
49
Wellness grp. : HMO
52
Spin doctor : PRMAN
54
Eternal City dweller : ROMAN
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Large bill : CNOTE
56
Cut down : HEWED
57
"Phooey!" : RATS
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Be a lookout for, say : ABET
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Montgomery's Parks : ROSA
60
City named for an Indian tribe : WACO
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Within: Prefix : ENTO
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Big 22-Down : LION

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