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New York Times, Monday, March 11, 2002

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
49-Down : Spheres
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Peter Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQW} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 82 for Mr. Gordon. Monday freshness: 10%
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Z
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U
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G
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© 2002, The New York Times3/11/2 ( No. 19,116 )
Across
1
Sixth Greek letter : ZETA
5
Short hit, in baseball : BUNT
9
Specialized vocabulary : ARGOT
14
Tennis great Lendl : IVAN
15
"___ bitten, twice shy" : ONCE
16
Crystal-lined stone : GEODE
17
Barbershop call : NEXT
18
Place for "junk" : STORAGEBIN
20
Emergency situation that an Egyptian goddess experiences? : CRISISISISISIN
22
Spell-off : BEE
23
Golf ball peg : TEE
24
Down's opposite : ACROSS
28
___ and aahs : OOHS
30
Head-butt : RAM
33
Three-wheeler : TRIKE
34
Thin wedge of wood : SHIM
35
Stew holders : POTS
36
Fruit that grandma dubbed? : BANANANANANAMED
39
Rooney of "60 Minutes" : ANDY
40
Place to stroll : PARK
41
Refrain in "Old MacDonald" : EIEIO
42
Magic 8-Ball answer : YES
43
Sherlock Holmes prop : PIPE
44
Beauty parlors : SALONS
45
"Thar ___ blows!" : SHE
46
Permit : LET
47
Ornate clone of designer Chanel? : ROCOCOCOCOCOPY
55
Big political contest : SENATERACE
56
Buckeye's home : OHIO
57
Foreword, for short : INTRO
58
Slender nail : BRAD
59
Child with no siblings : ONLY
60
Parts of houses and mouths : ROOFS
61
Shopper stopper : SALE
62
___ pony : POLO
Down
1
Metal in brass : ZINC
2
"... happily ___ after" : EVER
3
Way around town : TAXI
4
Aardvark's fare : ANTS
5
Supervisors : BOSSES
6
Loosen, as laces : UNTIE
7
Sgts. and cpls. : NCOS
8
Actress Hatcher : TERI
9
Texas A&M's team : AGGIES
10
Baseball great Pee Wee : REESE
11
Mongolian desert : GOBI
12
Scandinavian god : ODIN
13
Royal flush card : TEN
19
Breathing woe : ASTHMA
21
"A Doll's House" playwright : IBSEN
24
Unable to flee : ATBAY
25
Origami bird : CRANE
26
Orange covers : RINDS
27
Approve : OKAY
28
Chicago airport : OHARE
29
Sound in "Old MacDonald" : OINK
30
One of Shakespeare's "star-crossed lovers" : ROMEO
31
Didn't go out to a restaurant : ATEIN
32
Forerunner of Windows : MSDOS
34
Rice Krispies sound : SNAP
35
Bucket : PAIL
37
Each : APIECE
38
"Cool!" : NEATO
43
Wedding album contents : PHOTOS
44
Withdraw (from) : SECEDE
45
Winter wear : SCARF
46
Making all stops : LOCAL
47
Nevada city : RENO
48
"I'm ___ you!" : ONTO
49
Spheres : ORBS
50
Singer Irene : CARA
51
Condo's cousin : COOP
52
Speed skater Apolo Anton ___ : OHNO
53
Tablet : PILL
54
It has its ups and downs : YOYO
55
Knight's title : SIR

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