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New York Times, Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Author:
Roger Wolff
Editor:
Will Shortz
4-Down : N.B.A. first name that's Arabic for "noble" or "exalted"
TotalDebut
15/22/2007
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0010000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.48325%
Roger Wolff

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 3 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Wolff. Tuesday freshness: 47%
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© 2007, The New York Times5/22/7 ( No. 21,014 )
Across
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"Listen!" : HARK
5
Covered with water : AWASH
10
Underwater growth : KELP
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On deep water : ASEA
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Plan that stinks : ROTTENIDEA
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Doe, in song : DEERAFEMALEDEER
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Art supporters? : EASELS
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Three-time U.S. Open champ : LENDL
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Pittsburgh product : STEEL
22
Pickle juice : BRINE
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Tiny : WEE
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Teeny-tiny distance : MICRON
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Greenish-blue : TEAL
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Computer program, for short : APP
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General Motors subsidiary : SAAB
34
Light : IGNITE
36
Ray, in song : DROPOFGOLDENSUN
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One of the Quad Cities, in Illinois : MOLINE
40
Stage assistant : CUER
41
Resort : SPA
42
"What's ___ for me?" : INIT
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Money, slangily : DOREMI
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Private eye, slangily : TEC
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Nonsense : TRIPE
48
Charged particle : ANION
52
Spirit of a culture : ETHOS
54
Boxing combo : ONETWO
55
Me, in song : NAMEICALLMYSELF
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Modern computer feature : FLATSCREEN
60
"Peter Pan" pirate : SMEE
61
Queue : LINE
62
Muscat-eer? : OMANI
63
Spanish direction : ESTE
Down
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Pluto's alias : HADES
2
"Have ___" (host's words) : ASEAT
3
Oscar-winning Witherspoon : REESE
4
N.B.A. first name that's Arabic for "noble" or "exalted" : KAREEM
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Barks : ARFS
6
Misery : WOE
7
Bill provider, for short : ATM
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Red star? : STALIN
9
Trojan captive : HELEN
10
William the pirate : KIDD
11
Alpine flower : EDELWEISS
12
Entertainer Pinky or Peggy : LEE
13
Average : PAR
16
Hawaiian goose : NENE
18
"___ Road," 1994 hit by the Gin Blossoms : ALLISON
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Talk big : BRAG
23
1987 sci-fi film set in near-future Detroit : ROBOCOP
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Eagerly devour : EATUP
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Actress Verdugo : ELENA
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Rick's ___ Américain, "Casablanca" setting : CAFE
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Old cable inits. : TNN
30
Let in : ADMIT
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Lying facedown : PRONE
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One dressed in blue : POLICEMAN
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___ fixe : IDEE
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1990 reunification site : GERMANY
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Cockfight area : PIT
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Bait : LURE
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Drop one's weapon : DISARM
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Real : INESSE
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"Don't breathe a word of ___" : THIS
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Golfer Mediate : ROCCO
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Parts of a list : ITEMS
50
Little hooter : OWLET
51
Lacking a charge : NOFEE
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French noodle? : TETE
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Prefix with potent : OMNI
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Gridiron org. : NFL
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"The Greatest" : ALI
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Meadow : LEA
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Author Deighton : LEN

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