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NY Times, Sat, Jun 21, 2003

Author: Dana Motley / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.51, Missing: { F G J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.44)
Open squares: 80, Cheater squares: 2, Freshness Factor™: 63.7, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 20 of 29 for Ms. Motley — solos: 29, collaborations: 0, Sundays: 2

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© 2003, The New York Times
Across Down
1. "Count ___" : MEIN
5. Wrapping material : SARAN
10. They're trident-shaped : PSIS
14. 13, for Al : ATNO
15. It may be blind in Italy : AMORE
16. Capital of Rhône : LYON
17. Picker-uppers : CHOPSTICKS
19. Decem ___ (Latin decade) : ANNI
20. Make bubbly, in a way : AERATE
21. One playing with a ball of yarn, perhaps : KITTYCAT
23. Long-held record? : OLDIE
24. It recounts Dido's suicide : AENEID
25. Not totally : INPART
27. Supposed evil averter : AMULET
31. "The tongue of the mind": Cervantes : PEN
33. They're married in Mex. : SRAS
34. Filing stuff : EMERY
35. Trattoria reference : ITALIANCOOKBOOK
39. Exit lines : TATAS
40. Requiem Mass word : IRAE
41. "A Dream Within a Dream" writer : POE
42. Some Native Americans : ALEUTS
44. Prefix with bacteria : ENTERO
46. San Joaquin Valley city : DELANO
48. Dime novels : PULPS
51. Leave : CLEAROUT
54. Hawk : PEDDLE
55. It may be heard before an accident : HORN
56. First created : PRIMORDIAL
58. Due process defender: Abbr. : ACLU
59. Oil supporter : EASEL
60. A as in Aachen : EINE
61. "A Dream Within a Dream," e.g. : POEM
62. Begin : SETTO
63. Hearty entree : RIBS
 1. Former Portuguese colony : MACAO
2. Jazz singer ___ Ennis : ETHEL
3. Excessive : INORDINATE
4. What pie-eyed people feel? : NOPAIN
5. Render replete : SATE
6. Who or where follower : AMI
7. Brainiac : ROCKETSCIENTIST
8. "Catch-22" star : ARKIN
9. Instant drink : NESTEA
10. Know nothing, so to speak : PLAYDUMB
11. Harmony, briefly : SYNC
12. Member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference : IONA
13. Pet : SNIT
18. Fairy tale meanie : STEPSISTER
22. Heat requirement : TIMEKEEPER
24. Whence Flaherty's man : ARAN
26. Rome's ___ Pacis : ARA
28. King of Belgium, 1934-51 : LEOPOLDIII
29. Suffix with jack : EROO
30. Nipper : TYKE
31. Kind of sandwich : PITA
32. Card catalog abbr. : ETAL
36. Tincture of opium : LAUDANUM
37. Whether ___ : ORNO
38. Meal source : OAT
43. Pitches : SLOPES
45. Steering aid : RUDDER
47. Mediums may see them : AURAE
49. Second course? : PLANB
50. Two-time U.S. Open winner : SELES
51. Old boy : CHAP
52. Crackers : LOCO
53. Halliburton of the Halliburton Company : ERLE
54. Pull-on : POLO
57. Huddled : MET
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