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NY Times, Tue, Feb 04, 2003

Author: Elizabeth C. Gorski / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.55)
Open squares: 71, Cheater squares: 0, Freshness Factor™: 57.9, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 101 of 172 for Ms. Gorski — solos: 172, collaborations: 0, Sundays: 47

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© 2003, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Punishment for a child, maybe : NOTV
5. Ill-gotten gains : SWAG
9. "The Lord of the Rings" figure : DWARF
14. Notion : IDEA
15. Bandleader Puente : TITO
16. Land colonized by ancient Greeks : IONIA
17. Hoops contests since '38 : NITS
18. "What's gotten ___ you?" : INTO
19. Zeal : ARDOR
20. "Just a moment ..." : ONESECONDPLEASE
23. Pumps for info : ASKS
24. Sparkler : GEM
25. Peter Graves's role on "Mission: Impossible" : PHELPS
28. It may be framed : ART
29. Zealous : AVID
33. "You've got mail" co. : AOL
34. Martini's partner : ROSSI
36. Reason for not apologizing : PRIDE
37. Some training for a football team : TWOMINUTEDRILLS
40. 100 bucks : CSPOT
41. Kind of checking : NOFEE
42. Albanian money : LEK
43. Did groundwork? : HOED
44. Ukr., once : SSR
45. Uses finger paints, say : SMEARS
47. Homer Simpson outburst : DOH
48. Battery liquid : ACID
49. Minivacation : THREEDAYWEEKEND
57. Existence : BEING
58. Figure in academia : DEAN
59. Anita who sang "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine" : ODAY
60. Range maker : AMANA
61. Oklahoma city : ENID
62. French film : CINE
63. Angers : RILES
64. Jet set jets : SSTS
65. Brain's site : HEAD
 1. Spanish child : NINO
2. Norse deity : ODIN
3. French for 65-Across : TETE
4. Land user of yore : VASSAL
5. Affixes with glue : STICKSON
6. Skid row types : WINOS
7. Abbr. at the top of a memo : ATTN
8. "Oh!" : GOODGRIEF
9. What to do "for murder" in a Hitchcock film : DIALM
10. Had on : WORE
11. Time ___ half : ANDA
12. Mexican rivers : RIOS
13. Subway purchase : FARE
21. Verve : ESPRIT
22. Penthouse centerfold : PET
25. Nicotine ___ : PATCH
26. "In what way?" : HOWSO
27. Bond on the run? : ELOPE
28. John Jacob ___ : ASTOR
29. White House spokesman Fleischer : ARI
30. Home in Rome : VILLA
31. Loafer : IDLER
32. Office stations : DESKS
35. Parasols : SUNSHADES
36. Early arrival, shortly: Var. : PREMIE
38. Cool, 60's-style : MOD
39. Falls : DESCENDS
44. Ground cover : SOD
46. Big Apple mayor who asked "How'm I doin'?" : EDKOCH
47. "At the Milliner's" painter : DEGAS
48. Expect : AWAIT
49. Ski lift : TBAR
50. Prefix with sphere : HEMI
51. Tabriz money : RIAL
52. Feminizing suffix : ENNE
53. Cravings : YENS
54. Falco of "The Sopranos" : EDIE
55. Zola novel : NANA
56. Like Easter eggs : DYED
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