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New York Times, Wednesday, January 2, 2002

Author:
Sarah Keller
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Common darning spot
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Sarah Keller

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 10 for Ms. Keller. Wednesday freshness: 23%
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© 2002, The New York Times1/2/2 ( No. 19,048 )
Across
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Balkan capital : SOFIA
6
"Black Beauty" star ___ Freeman : MONA
10
Under the weather : SICK
14
Uniform hue : KHAKI
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K-6: Abbr. : ELEM
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Topology figures : TORI
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Support person : AIDER
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Colorful mount : ROAN
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Mil. truant : AWOL
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Common darning spot : TOE
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Hide boredom, in a way : STIFLEAYAWN
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Part of a boilermaker : SHOT
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Lays out : SPENDS
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Sot's state : STUPOR
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Used a peephole : SPIED
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Hunt like a cave man : THROWASPEAR
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Interview bit: Abbr. : ANS
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Down ___ (Maine) : EAST
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Small island : AIT
38
"Phooey!" : DRAT
39
Child advocacy org. : PTA
40
Make peace : SIGNATREATY
44
Anouk of film : AIMEE
45
Gad about : RAMBLE
46
Wellesley grad : ALUMNA
49
Years and years : EONS
50
They're hidden in 21-, 31- and 40-Across : BITINGPESTS
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"Vamoose!" : GIT
56
Like many fans : AVID
57
Seine sights : ILES
58
Roomy cut : ALINE
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Winks : SECS
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Aloha State bird : NENE
62
Some six-shooters : COLTS
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Q.E.D. part : ERAT
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Breyers rival : EDYS
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Praise : KUDOS
Down
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Three-player game : SKAT
2
Home to Columbus : OHIO
3
Falter at the finish : FADE
4
Likable prez : IKE
5
Blue Angels display : AIRSHOW
6
Reason for a raise : MERIT
7
Former Swedish P.M. Palme : OLOF
8
"Hud" star : NEAL
9
Knock-on-the-noggin consequence : AMNESIA
10
Didn't fold : STAYED
11
Hawkeye : IOWAN
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Three, they say : CROWD
13
Hops driers : KILNS
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___ Bora (Afghan region) : TORA
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Mimic : APER
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"X" may mark it : SPOT
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Put one's foot down : STEP
27
"How about ___?" : THAT
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Celestial bear : URSA
29
Title holder? : SPINE
30
Anti-fur org. : PETA
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Solomonic : SAGE
33
Kaffiyeh wearer : ARAB
34
One of the major leagues: Abbr. : NATL
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Lid swelling : STYE
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F.D.R. and L.B.J., e.g. : DEMS
40
___ Fein : SINN
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"Think of it!" : IMAGINE
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Meadowlands pace : TROT
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Turn upside-down : RANSACK
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In the thick of : AMIDST
46
Bring down : ABASE
47
Onions partner : LIVER
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City near Syracuse : UTICA
49
Slalom paths : ESSES
51
Said "no contest," e.g. : PLED
52
Counting-out bit : EENY
53
Embellish richly : GILD
54
A fan of : INTO
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Tracy's Trueheart : TESS
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Bud's bud : LOU

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