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New York Times, Tuesday, October 8, 2002

Author:
Sherry O. Blackard
Editor:
Will Shortz
29-Across : Tweak
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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ScrabblePGramFresh
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Sherry O. Blackard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 19 for Ms. Blackard. Tuesday freshness: 51%
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© 2002, The New York Times10/8/2 ( No. 19,327 )
Across
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Hardly high-class : TACKY
6
Tiny tribesman : PYGMY
11
Medicine givers, for short : RNS
14
Stan's partner in comedy : OLLIE
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Ham's need : RADIO
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Feed bag tidbit : OAT
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Callisto and Europa, to Jupiter : MOONS
18
Borneo critter : ORANG
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Alcott of women's golf : AMY
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"What's up, Doc?" speaker : BUGSBUNNY
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The Dow, e.g. : INDEX
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Remote button : MUTE
25
Building beam : IBAR
26
Take turns : ROTATE
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Tweak : FINETUNE
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"Laugh-In" actress : HAWN
34
Plants : FLORA
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Cambodia's Lon ___ : NOL
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Mamie's man : IKE
37
Less ornate : PLAINER
39
Brokaw's network : NBC
40
Born, in bios : NEE
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Bizarre : OUTRE
42
Sandwich shop : DELI
43
Completely accurate : ONTARGET
45
Tied fast : MOORED
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Shoots the breeze : YAKS
48
Return for a buck? : BANG
49
Cornered : ATBAY
51
"Sufferin' succotash!" speaker : SYLVESTER
56
Phi follower : CHI
57
Fly-catching bird : PEWEE
59
Oarlock : THOLE
60
Cigarette ingredient : TAR
61
Brain waves : IDEAS
62
Sent flowers to, say : WOOED
63
Norm: Abbr. : STD
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20 Questions turn : GUESS
65
Held the deed to : OWNED
Down
1
Egyptian pyramid, e.g. : TOMB
2
Moises of baseball : ALOU
3
Drano target : CLOG
4
Father or brother : KINSMAN
5
"Agreed. However ..." : YESBUT
6
Lying facedown : PRONE
7
Tall tale : YARN
8
Aussie greeting : GDAY
9
Degree div. : MIN
10
"I'm smarter than the average ..." speaker : YOGIBEAR
11
"Beep, beep!" speaker : ROADRUNNER
12
With 50- and 53-Down, apt title for this puzzle : NAME
13
Charon's river : STYX
21
Sport ___ (modern vehicle) : UTE
23
___ King Cole : NAT
25
Memo phrase : INRE
26
African charger : RHINO
27
Like some old buckets : OAKEN
28
"I tawt I taw a puddy tat!" speaker : TWEETYBIRD
29
Bat one's eyelashes, say : FLIRT
30
Actress Skye : IONE
31
High-minded : NOBLE
32
Heston epic : ELCID
34
Lot in life : FATE
37
"Th-th-th-that's all, folks!" speaker : PORKYPIG
38
Schleps : LUGS
42
Where a boxer might be champion : DOGSHOW
44
Directions-giving org. : AAA
45
Dallas hoopster, briefly : MAV
46
Pug's combo : ONETWO
48
Grace word : BLESS
49
Play makers? : ACTS
50
See 12-Down : THAT
51
Popeye's ___'pea : SWEE
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Those for : YEAS
53
See 12-Down : TOON
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Robt. ___ : ELEE
55
Funny Foxx : REDD
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College Web site suffix : EDU

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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