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New York Times, Wednesday, July 31, 2002

Author:
Jerry E. Rosman
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Down : Capital of ancient Lorraine
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Jerry E. Rosman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Rosman. Wednesday freshness: 29%
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© 2002, The New York Times7/31/2 ( No. 19,258 )
Across
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___ Lilly & Co. : ELI
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Had creditors : OWED
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Copier : SCRIBE
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Meld of the queen of spades and jack of diamonds : PINOCHLE
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Some sorority women : THETAS
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Peruse? : EACHTIME
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Gets even with : REPAYS
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Timeline segments : ERAS
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Chemin de ___ : FER
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Lotion ingredient : ALOE
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Lith., formerly : SSR
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Foreign exchange? : FRENCHSOUS
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Takes a siesta : NAPS
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Touched down : ALIT
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Swimming (in) : AWASH
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"Believe it ___ ..." : ORNOT
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A founder of Dadaism : ARP
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Beaten? : GETPERFECTMARKS
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Oxford-to-London dir. : ESE
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Simpleton : NODDY
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Job-specific vocabulary : ARGOT
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Nut used to flavor Coke : KOLA
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Chip in : ANTE
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Atrophy? : STANLEYCUP
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Mathematician's degree? : NTH
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In myth she was turned into a spring : AURA
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Suffix with real : IST
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Ancient colonnade : STOA
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Mere 1%, say : SLIVER
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Shortstop? : TEESHIRT
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Protective cover : SLEEVE
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Fix firmly in place : ENSCONCE
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Plays the toady, perhaps : YESSES
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"The lady ___ protest ..." : DOTH
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Sounds during doctor's exams : AHS
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They might touch one's heart : EPEES
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Yarn makers : LIARS
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Personified : INCARNATE
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Columbus Day mo. : OCT
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Quick smells : WHIFFS
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Bull in advertising : ELMER
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"Nothing runs like a ___" : DEERE
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Narrow sailing rte. : STR
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Compadre of Fidel : CHE
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Buffet, e.g. : REPAST
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Author Calvino : ITALO
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Marshy inlet : BAYOU
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Winding paths : ESSES
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Circus cries : OHS
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Capital of ancient Lorraine : NANCY
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Flow stopper : CLOT
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His job is murder : HITMAN
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Agent of Cleopatra's demise : ASP
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Carbolic acid : PHENOL
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Ripen : AGE
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Horror maven Craven : WES
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At the break ___ : OFDAY
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Blushing : RED
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"Evita" setting : ARGENTINA
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"Citizen Kane" studio : RKO
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Winter hrs. in L.A. : PST
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Lady Macbeth, e.g. : ROLE
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Busts inside a museum : ART
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Rascally sorts : KNAVES
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Best suited : APTEST
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Impertinent : SASSY
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Veil fabric : TULLE
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Natural athlete, supposedly : ARIES
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Named : CITED
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"___ hooks" (box caution) : USENO
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Spelunker's aid : TORCH
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Detests : HATES
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HBO rival : SHO
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Forbidden fruit partaker : EVE
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In medias ___ : RES
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Educ. institution : SCH

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

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