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New York Times, Monday, May 21, 2001

Author:
Joan Yanofsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
Like a candidate for hair transplant
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Joan Yanofsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Ms. Yanofsky. Grid flow: 28.6 Monday freshness: 19%
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© 2001, The New York Times5/21/01 ( No. 18,822 )
Across
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Under a stopwatch : TIMED
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Beech or birch : TREE
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Part of a film's credits : CAST
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Move up : ARISE
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Captain's position : HELM
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Aware of : ONTO
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Design with looped string : CATSCRADLE
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Sport ___ (modern vehicles) : UTES
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Top-of-the-chart number : ONE
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Telescope part : LENS
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Gains again, as strength : RENEWS
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Vineyard container : CASK
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Breathe hard : PANT
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Tennis or table tennis : SPORT
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Sweetbrier : WILDROSE
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Like snow : WHITE
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Group at school athletic events : BAND
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Two-masted vessel : YAWL
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"___ We Got Fun?" : AINT
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Obstinate ones : MULES
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Stuff (in) : CRAM
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Word after bump or jump : INTO
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7:5, e.g., at a horse race : ODDS
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Secluded valleys : GLENS
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"Mona Lisa" painter : LEONARDO
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Praises : LAUDS
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Satiate : CLOY
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Nasty remark : BARB
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Fancy floor, maybe : MOSAIC
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Like a candidate for hair transplant : BALD
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Boy : LAD
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Western writer ___ Wister : OWEN
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Duplicate : CARBONCOPY
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Sell : VEND
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Tract : AREA
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Wipe clean : ERASE
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Singer Nelson of 30's-40's film : EDDY
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Acrobats' security : NETS
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Big name in rental trucks : RYDER
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Sandwich that crunches : TACO
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Persian Gulf land : IRAN
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Small amount : MITE
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Road curve : ESS
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Announce : DECLARE
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___-you note : THANK
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Cincinnati team : REDS
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Right-angled extension : ELL
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Stones in crowns : EMERALDS
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Place to golf : COUNTRYCLUB
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Prepay, with "up" : ANTE
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One-dish meal : STEW
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Fling : TOSS
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Siesta : REST
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Football lineman : END
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Carnival treat : COTTONCANDY
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Larches, e.g. : PINES
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Bootblack's job : SHINE
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Varicolored horse : PINTO
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"The Great ___ Pepper" (1975 movie) : WALDO
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Propelled a boat : OARED
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Tchaikovsky ballet characters : SWANS
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They line some old streets : ELMS
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Siren's sound : WAIL
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Pal : BUDDY
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From Rabat : MOROCCAN
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Mathematics writer Martin : GARDNER
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Muhammad ___ : ALI
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"Le Roi d'Ys" composer : LALO
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Rum-soaked cakes : BABAS
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"Get out of my seat!" : MOVE
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Due : OWED
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E-mail option : SEND
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Writer Harte : BRET
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Trunkful : LOAD
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Church nook : APSE
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Salon employee : DYER
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"You ___ here" : ARE
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Boo-hoo : CRY

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