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New York Times, Tuesday, July 9, 2002

Author:
Robert Malinow
Editor:
Will Shortz
4-Down : Scandinavian land, to natives
TotalDebutLatest
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Robert Malinow

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 32 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Malinow. Tuesday freshness: 51%
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© 2002, The New York Times7/9/2 ( No. 19,236 )
Across
1
"Whatcha ___?" : DOIN
5
Madonna musical : EVITA
10
"Yikes!" : EGAD
14
Big name in oil : ARCO
15
Assaults with a spray : MACES
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"Adam ___" (Eliot novel) : BEDE
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Elvis Presley hit of 1956 : HEARTBREAKHOTEL
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Hippie : LONGHAIR
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Without support : ALONE
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Like Coolidge's utterances : TERSE
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Letter adornment : SERIF
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Volcanic spew : ASH
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Gist : ESSENCE
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Portly plus : FAT
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Record player : DEEJAY
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Losing tic-tac-toe row : XOO
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Pre-stereo : MONO
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Stared at : OGLED
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Busy airport : HUB
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Gluck's "___ ed Euridice" : ORFEO
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Hanging on every word : RAPT
40
Standard : PAR
41
Ralph Kramden, for one : BUSMAN
42
Sturdy tree : ELM
43
Bluesman McClinton : DELBERT
45
Mos. and mos. : YRS
46
Workout venues : YMCAS
48
Purple ___, New Hampshire's state flower : LILAC
50
Very, to Verdi : ASSAI
52
Reject, as a motion : DISALLOW
55
Beatles hit of 1967 : WHENIMSIXTYFOUR
58
"The Little Mermaid" baddies : EELS
59
Pitchfork wielder : DEVIL
60
Diversion : RUSE
61
Box that crackers go into? : SAFE
62
Hair-raising : SCARY
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British P.M. before Macmillan : EDEN
Down
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Children's author Roald : DAHL
2
Nabisco cookie : OREO
3
Four Tops hit of 1965 : ICANTHELPMYSELF
4
Scandinavian land, to natives : NORGE
5
Mission : EMBASSY
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Fluctuates : VARIES
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Cake finisher : ICER
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Kind of party : TEA
9
One way to get directions : ASK
10
Carlo Levi's "Christ Stopped at ___" : EBOLI
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Rolling Stones hit of 1965 : GETOFFOFMYCLOUD
12
Yemeni port : ADEN
13
Expunge, as text : DELE
18
Sewer line? : THREAD
19
Fast runner : HARE
23
Stuck-up sort : SNOB
24
Prefix with system : ECO
25
Really love : ADORE
26
"Love Story" author : SEGAL
28
Outlying community : EXURB
30
Words after bend or lend : ANEAR
31
Cel mates? : TOONS
33
Widebody, e.g. : JET
35
___ Smith's pies : MRS
37
Haarlem painter Frans : HALS
38
Start-up costs : OUTLAY
40
Shooter pellet : PEA
41
Easily provoked : BRISTLY
43
A fifth of MMMX : DCII
44
Medicine show purchase : ELIXIR
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Parson's estate : MANSE
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Actress Woodard : ALFRE
50
Impresses : AWES
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Long Island Railroad stop : SHEA
52
Opera persona : DIVA
53
England's Great ___ River : OUSE
54
Plump songbird : WREN
56
E.R. workers : MDS
57
"Hold on a ___" : SEC

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