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New York Times, Monday, May 27, 2002

Author:
Norman Wizer
Editor:
Will Shortz
33-Down : ___ Martin (auto)
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Norman S. Wizer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 32 Missing: {CFQVXZ} This is puzzle # 32 for Mr. Wizer. Monday freshness: 98%
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© 2002, The New York Times5/27/2 ( No. 19,193 )
Across
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Listened to : HEARD
6
Nickname for a good ol' boy : BUBBA
11
Entrepreneur's deg. : MBA
14
"The Goat" playwright Edward : ALBEE
15
Zones : AREAS
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Seek office : RUN
17
Etiquette expert : MISSMANNERS
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Wager : BET
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They're not yet adults : PUPAS
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Conductors' sticks : BATONS
23
Head of a fleet : ADMIRAL
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Colorful crested bird : BLUEJAY
27
Photocopier attachment : SORTER
28
Rice dish : PAELLA
29
Part of a printing press : INKER
30
Least good : WORST
31
Actress Peeples : NIA
34
Solicits for payment : DUNS
35
Organ features : PIPES
36
10-percenters: Abbr. : AGTS
37
W.W. II region: Abbr. : ETO
38
Eiffel Tower's home : PARIS
39
Falling sound : SPLAT
40
Rabbit's home : WARREN
42
Mississippi city where Elvis was born : TUPELO
43
Alcohol : SPIRITS
45
Reveals secrets about : TELLSON
46
"I'm in a rush!" : NOTIME
47
Lessen : ABATE
48
Suffix with schnozz : OLA
49
Language mangler : MRSMALAPROP
54
___ and vinegar : OIL
55
Boner : ERROR
56
Weeper of myth : NIOBE
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Office seeker, for short : POL
58
Raises, as children : REARS
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Not on the perimeter : SETIN
Down
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Popular Easter dish : HAM
2
Inventor Whitney : ELI
3
Stomach muscles, briefly : ABS
4
Breathers : RESPITES
5
More reserved : DEMURER
6
Trite : BANAL
7
Coffee vessels : URNS
8
"Busy" one : BEE
9
Free of pointed parts : BARBLESS
10
Military offensive : ASSAULT
11
Famous tap-dancer : MRBOJANGLES
12
___ Vista Lake, Calif. : BUENA
13
Anxious : ANTSY
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On ___ with (equal to) : APAR
22
___ Aviv : TEL
23
Parenthetical comment : ASIDE
24
Food with a hole in the middle : DONUT
25
One with encyclopedic knowledge : MRKNOWITALL
26
Exposes : BARES
28
Stop by : POPIN
30
Electrical lines : WIRES
32
From Rome: Prefix : ITALO
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___ Martin (auto) : ASTON
35
Back section of seats : PARTERRE
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Dessert often served à la mode : APPLEPIE
38
More fastidious : PRIMMER
39
Islamic chiefs : SULTANS
41
Bush spokesman Fleischer : ARI
42
Dabbling duck : TEAL
43
Busybody : SNOOP
44
Old disease : POLIO
45
Skiers' transports : TBARS
47
Love god : AMOR
50
Mex. lady : SRA
51
Rubbish : ROT
52
___-Wan Kenobi : OBI
53
Paper Mate product : PEN

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

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