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New York Times, Tuesday, April 9, 2002

Author:
Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
Editor:
Will Shortz
60-Across : It's the geologist's fault
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabblePGramFresh
1521.58132%
Nancy Salomon
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
11612/29/199311/26/200845
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
2015151219278
RebusScrabbleFresh
71.5246%
Harvey Estes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QX} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 85 for Ms. Salomon. This is puzzle # 65 for Mr. Estes. Tuesday freshness: 73%
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© 2002, The New York Times4/9/2 ( No. 19,145 )
Across
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Impertinent talk : SASS
5
Shopaholic's binge : SPREE
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Pond organism : ALGA
14
Taxing trip : TREK
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Popular golf event : PROAM
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Satiric Sahl : MORT
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Comrade in arms : ALLY
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Shred : RIPUP
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Frankenstein's assistant : IGOR
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Source of sudden wealth : GOLDMINE
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Dracula portrayer, 1931 : LUGOSI
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"___ a traveler from an antique land": "Ozymandias" : IMET
25
Source of sudden wealth : BONANZA
26
Exceed : GOOVER
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Central American Indians : MAYAS
30
Green Gables girl : ANNE
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Peter, pumpkinwise : EATER
32
Watchdog's warning : GRR
35
Possible title for this puzzle : YOUREINTHEMONEY
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Hosp. sections : ERS
40
Itsy-bitsy biters : GNATS
41
"___ Was a Rollin' Stone" : PAPA
42
Lip-___ (fakes singing) : SYNCS
43
Made use of : DREWON
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Source of sudden wealth : JACKPOT
48
Drops from the sky : RAIN
49
Newsman Peter : ARNETT
50
Source of sudden wealth : WINDFALL
54
Feline line : MEOW
55
Wrinkle removers : IRONS
57
"Mm-hmm" : ISEE
58
___ noire : BETE
59
Tropical fruit : MANGO
60
It's the geologist's fault : RIFT
61
Musher's transport : SLED
62
Incite : EGGON
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Young newts : EFTS
Down
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All-male : STAG
2
Folk singer Guthrie : ARLO
3
Pitch : SELL
4
High jumper? : SKYDIVER
5
Relatively agile : SPRIER
6
Word processor command : PRINT
7
Hitchcock film : ROPE
8
Vichy water : EAU
9
One on the payroll : EMPLOYEE
10
Guadalajara girlfriends : AMIGAS
11
Access the Web : LOGON
12
100th of a zloty : GROSZ
13
Skylit lobbies : ATRIA
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Marseille Mrs. : MME
23
Take a revolver from : UNARM
25
Bubbling waters : BATHS
26
Marvin of Motown : GAYE
27
___ about (roughly) : ONOR
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Burden : ONUS
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Damon and Lauer : MATTS
31
Put on the books : ENACT
32
Nibble away : GNAW
33
Seized vehicle : REPO
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"Saving Private ___" : RYAN
36
Pharaoh's land : EGYPT
37
Lickety-split : INNOTIME
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"Shoot!" : OPENFIRE
42
Distorted : SKEWED
43
"Cheers" star : DANSON
44
Purge : RID
45
Doorway sides : JAMBS
46
Staggering : AREEL
47
100 smackers : CNOTE
48
Fab Four drummer : RINGO
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"The World of Suzie ___" (1960 movie) : WONG
51
"Like, no way!" : ASIF
52
Took a powder : LEFT
53
Polite response to an invitation : LETS
56
Unprestigious paper : RAG

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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