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New York Times, Wednesday, June 5, 2002

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
27-Down : Fleet-related
TotalDebutLatest
1821/12/197810/27/2024
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.534304631%
Richard Silvestri

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 Missing: {XZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 111 for Mr. Silvestri. Wednesday freshness: 2%
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© 2002, The New York Times6/5/2 ( No. 19,202 )
Across
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Kindergarten lesson : ABCS
5
1957 Literature Nobelist : CAMUS
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Lay an egg : FLOP
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Source of caffeine : KOLA
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Valuable violin : AMATI
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First-sight phenomenon : LOVE
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Top 10 hit for the Impressions, 1964 : AMEN
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Leaves for lunch? : SALAD
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Out of port : ASEA
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Russia's cold war beer? : BOCKINTHEUSSR
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She played Ginger on "Gilligan's Island" : TINA
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Corona's end : ASH
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Weather changer : ELNINO
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Site of El Misti volcano : PERU
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Self starter? : ESS
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Nifty : NEAT
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Destiny : KARMA
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Diminutive suffix : LET
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Deep-sea brew? : DAVYJONESSLAGER
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Cable network : USA
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Leave the sack : ARISE
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Unit charge : RATE
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___ roll (sushi selection) : EEL
44
Basketball Hall-of-Famer Archibald : NATE
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Plower's creation : FURROW
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Shade of black : JET
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Wide-eyed : GAGA
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Presidential pint? : ALETOTHECHIEF
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Go cold turkey : QUIT
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Laughing : RIANT
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Overcast : GRAY
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Suffix with kitchen : ETTE
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Opening words : INTRO
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Shade of green : NILE
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Action figure? : DOER
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None of the above : OTHER
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Where county offices are : SEAT
Down
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Blotter letters : AKA
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Long pass : BOMB
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Laine of jazz : CLEO
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Holiness : SANCTITY
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James Bond locale : CASINO
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Whirlpool competitor : AMANA
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Many a beer : MALT
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Its motto is "Industry" : UTAH
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Pistols and swords : SIDEARMS
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Instant : FLASH
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Red ink amount : LOSS
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Through : OVER
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Shade of green : PEA
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They're all in the family : KIN
22
Customary : USUAL
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Provide : ENDUE
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Flat agreement : LEASE
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Fleet-related : NAVAL
28
Bel ___ cheese : PAESE
29
Gaelic tongue : ERSE
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"King Olaf" composer : ELGAR
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Look after : SEETO
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Sprinkle around : STREW
34
Make stockings, say : KNIT
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One of the Jacksons : JANET
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Haydn's "The Seasons," e.g. : ORATORIO
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Calls before a court : ARRAIGNS
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Divisor : FACTOR
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"Yech!" : UGH
47
2000 World Series M.V.P. : JETER
48
Art style : GENRE
49
Mercury or Saturn : AUTO
50
Lo-cal : LITE
51
Salon request : TINT
52
Biblical verb : HATH
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War of 1812 battle site : ERIE
54
F.D.R.'s Scottie : FALA
55
Mathematician's sign-off : QED
58
To this day : YET

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