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New York Times, Monday, November 18, 2002

Author:
Nancy Salomon and Gail Grabowski
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Down : Some payments are made thus
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
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3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1311/18/20027/8/20144
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0580000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.573411%
Gail Grabowski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQV} This is puzzle # 97 for Ms. Salomon. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Grabowski. Monday freshness: 59%
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© 2002, The New York Times11/18/2 ( No. 19,368 )
Across
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Simple adding devices : ABACI
6
Starring role in a Menotti opera : AMAHL
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Stake money (on) : BET
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Subaru Impreza, e.g. : SEDAN
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Song from the past : OLDIE
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Smeltery input : ORE
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Surf serving #1 : SEASCALLOPS
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Sales at a box office, slangily : TIX
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Sex ___ : APPEAL
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Sixth sense : ESP
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Symbol in proofreading : STET
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Salt Lake City zone: Abbr. : MST
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Sink, as the sun : SET
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Sign ___ (accept, as a program) : ONTO
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Surf serving #2 : SHRIMPSCAMPI
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Screenwriter/novelist Roald : DAHL
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Switchboard worker: Abbr. : OPER
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Setting of a fire maliciously : ARSON
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Stage name : ALIAS
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Solemn wedding words : IDO
41
Sort of way to run : AMUCK
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Sundance Kid's partner, ___ Cassidy : BUTCH
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Six o'clock broadcast : NEWS
45
Sgts. and lts. get mail at them : APOS
46
Surf serving #3 : SMOKEDSALMON
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Start over : REDO
50
Salvador lead-in : SAN
51
Sounds of disappointment : AWS
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Song of praise : HYMN
56
Sorority letter : CHI
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Serious fan : ZEALOT
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"So ___!" ("Me, too!") : AMI
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Surf serving #4 : STUFFEDSOLE
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Show hosts, for short : MCS
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Steed : HORSE
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Social blunder : GAFFE
67
Some advanced degs. : MAS
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Synthetic fiber : ORLON
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Step into : ENTER
Down
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State in NE India : ASSAM
2
Sonar sounds : BEEPS
3
Suit to the circumstances : ADAPT
4
Steve ___, founder of 6-Down : CASE
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Some payments are made thus : INCASH
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See 4-Down : AOL
7
Srta., in France : MLLE
8
Stirs : ADOS
9
Sizable zoo animals : HIPPOS
10
Strasbourg article : LES
11
Saying before a big drink : BOTTOMSUP
12
Sandusky's lake : ERIE
13
Student's book : TEXT
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Stylish Oldsmobile : ALERO
22
Sci-fi film of 1984 : STARMAN
25
Some easy baskets : TIPINS
27
Sports org. with a March tourney : NCAA
28
Slow down : SLACKEN
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Sorceress of myth : MEDEA
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Searches for prey : PROWLS
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Slightly, in music : POCO
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Signs, as a contract : INKS
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Smidgens, as of cream : DABS
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School grad : ALUM
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Scattershot : HITORMISS
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Storage building : SHED
44
Smog relative : SMAZE
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Strangelove or Kildare : DOCTOR
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Stressed out : ONEDGE
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Skyward : ALOFT
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Stout detective Nero ___ : WOLFE
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Stay (clear of) : STEER
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Soccer star Mia : HAMM
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Swimming pool site, for short : YMCA
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Sling : HURL
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Supposing that : IFSO
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Straight ___ arrow : ASAN
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Schedule abbr. for cable viewers : SHO
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Swamp : FEN

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