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New York Times, Monday, August 12, 2002

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
4-Down : Big hit?
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Peter Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 90 for Mr. Gordon. Monday freshness: 12%
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© 2002, The New York Times8/12/2 ( No. 19,270 )
Across
1
Signs of healing : SCABS
6
File folder parts : TABS
10
___ of Capri : ISLE
14
Apportion : ALLOT
15
Airline that serves only kosher food : ELAL
16
Financial aid criterion : NEED
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"Oh boy!" : GOODY
18
Writer Ephron : NORA
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Lotion ingredient : ALOE
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One whose name can be followed by "Esq.": Abbr. : ATTY
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Good-looking guy : STUDMUFFIN
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Ho-hum : BLAH
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Sis's sib : BRO
26
W.W. II prison camp : STALAG
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China's most populous city : SHANGHAI
34
They replaced francs, marks and pesetas : EUROS
35
Goatee's place : CHIN
36
Hostel : INN
37
Casual clothing item : DRAWSTRINGPANTS
41
Flow back : EBB
42
Business phone button : HOLD
43
Nostalgic song : OLDIE
44
Big game on January 1 : ROSEBOWL
47
Portray : DEPICT
48
Pop's partner : MOM
49
Unwakable state : COMA
50
Easy-park shopping places : STRIPMALLS
55
Dressed : CLAD
59
Neighbor of Afghanistan : IRAN
60
Egyptian queen, for short : CLEO
61
Aunt's little girl : NIECE
62
Vito Corleone's creator : PUZO
63
Yard sale tag : ASIS
64
Silly : INANE
65
Crystal ball gazer : SEER
66
Carrot on a snowman, perhaps : NOSE
67
Card game that's a hint to today's theme : POKER
Down
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It's a long story : SAGA
2
Coagulate : CLOT
3
Plenty : ALOT
4
Big hit? : BODYBLOW
5
Pork place? : STY
6
Final frame for a bowler : TENTH
7
Baseball's Moises : ALOU
8
The ___ of Avon : BARD
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Fast-paced, slangily : SLAMBANG
10
Dazed and confused : INAFOG
11
Prefix with defense and destruct : SELF
12
Fifth-century pope who was sainted : LEOI
13
Adam's apple location? : EDEN
21
Droop : SAG
22
Ornamental vase : URN
24
Young woman : LASS
26
Passover meal : SEDER
27
Sports car engine : TURBO
28
Saudis, e.g. : ARABS
29
Three-card monte assistant : SHILL
30
Rear : HIND
31
Language in New Delhi : HINDI
32
Prank : ANTIC
33
Atlas enlargement : INSET
35
Cornfield bird : CROW
38
Prominent shoe seller : THOMMCAN
39
Limerick, e.g. : POEM
40
"Scent of a Woman" star : ALPACINO
45
Key of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 : EMINOR
46
Fast-tempo jazz : BOP
47
Whoop-de-___ (big parties) : DOS
49
Tight-knit : CLOSE
50
Has a taste of, as wine : SIPS
51
Test choice : TRUE
52
Tear down : RAZE
53
To boot : ALSO
54
Luau necklaces : LEIS
56
Plumbing problem : LEAK
57
Pockmark cause : ACNE
58
Bucks and does : DEER
61
Small bite : NIP

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