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New York Times, Wednesday, February 27, 2002

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Across : Switch from plastic to paper?
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Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Scrabble average: 1.88 This is puzzle # 57 for Mr. Quigley. Wednesday freshness: 62%
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© 2002, The New York Times2/27/2 ( No. 19,104 )
Across
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Possible title for this puzzle : ATOZ
5
1990-92 French Open winner : SELES
10
Cattle rancher's tool : PROD
14
Long, for short : MAXI
15
Ready to joust : ATILT
16
Ashcroft's predecessor at Justice : RENO
17
Gulf port : ADEN
18
Earl Hines, familiarly : FATHA
19
Promise, e.g. : OLEO
20
Noted celebrity photographer : ANNIELEIBOVITZ
23
Cross letters : INRI
24
Fake drake : DECOY
25
Switch from plastic to paper? : REBAG
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Digital document outputter : IMAGER
32
Abbey Theatre playwright : OCASEY
34
Alive with talk : ALLABUZZ
38
One reggae fan to another : MON
39
Santa ___ : ANITA
41
"Sprechen ___ Deutsch?" : SIE
42
The Rock : ALCATRAZ
45
Broadway producer Liz, Tony winner for "Elephant Man" and "Amadeus" : MCCANN
48
Let off : VENTED
50
Monteverdi opera : ORFEO
51
Hive's head : QUEEN
54
"Alfred" composer : ARNE
56
Ornette Coleman genre : AVANTGARDEJAZZ
62
Dancer's dress : TUTU
63
HCl and others : ACIDS
64
Chicken ___ : KIEV
66
Winglike parts : ALAE
67
Singer Tucker : TANYA
68
French 101 word : ETRE
69
"Doggone it" : RATS
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Provide with funding : ENDOW
71
New Look designer : DIOR
Down
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Doc bloc : AMA
2
"I did it!" : TADA
3
Big bovines : OXEN
4
Showy annuals : ZINNIAS
5
Not so chancy : SAFER
6
Phrase of inclusion : ETALII
7
For dieters : LITE
8
K-12 : ELHI
9
Try : STAB
10
Nugget for Franklin : PROVERB
11
Excavation find : RELIC
12
"Takes ___ know ..." : ONETO
13
Lulu : DOOZY
21
"Where's Daddy?" dramatist : INGE
22
Ancient concert halls : ODEA
25
Alitalia destination : ROMA
26
E.P.A. concern: Abbr. : ECOL
27
Court seat : BANC
29
Indian corn : MAIZE
30
Computer key abbr. : ALT
31
David Bowie genre : GLAM
33
Kitten's plaything : YARN
35
B-2 letters : USAF
36
Fan mag : ZINE
37
Paradoxical Greek : ZENO
40
Basketball coach Holman : NAT
43
Fifth and others : AVENUES
44
Fair spot : TENT
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And, e.g.: Abbr. : CONJ
47
Sounded old : CREAKED
49
Cool cat : DADDYO
51
Oil-rich land : QATAR
52
Throat dangler : UVULA
53
Bother : EATAT
55
Further shorten, maybe : RESAW
57
Box office take : GATE
58
Open ___ of worms : ACAN
59
Melon protector : RIND
60
Tubes on the table : ZITI
61
Goose egg : ZERO
65
Part of a chap. : VER

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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