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LONG I-LAND

New York Times, Sunday, May 4, 2003

Author:
Tyler Hinman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Chart showing amounts spent working extra hours?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
227/4/20003/31/20115
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2163334
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11.6047%
Tyler Hinman

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 82 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Hinman. Sunday freshness: 23%
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© 2003, The New York Times5/4/03 ( No. 19,535 )
Across
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Interlocked : WOVEN
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Place with TV screens: Abbr. : OTB
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Mayberry boy : OPIE
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Skeptic's target, for short : ESP
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Click or clack : NOISE
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Delusional one : PARANOIAC
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Caused : LEDTO
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Dismissive words to a wistful person? : WHATEVERYOUSIGH
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Like some colonies : APIAN
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He gave an eye for wisdom : ODIN
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Racing's Unsers : ALS
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Attempt at soup and a sandwich? : LUNCHTRY
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"'Scuse me?" : BEGPARDON
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Leading : PREMIER
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"I ___ you one" : OWE
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Mall retailer, with "The" : GAP
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Classical meeting place : STOA
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Photography equipment : STROBES
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Kind of theory : PET
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Campaign against drug use? : HITTHEHIGH
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Concerning : ANENT
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Tank contents : PROPANE
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Let go : AXE
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Attack : SETAT
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Hwy. helpers : AAA
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Mutton product : SUET
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Powerful arm : UZI
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On the way out : LAMEDUCK
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Short fuse : TESTINESS
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Gesturer : MIME
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Major ending : ETTE
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Not bright : SLOW
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Chart showing amounts spent working extra hours? : OVERTIMEPIE
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Get wrong : MISS
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Game with car tokens : LIFE
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Inlets : RIAS
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Snorkeling locale : CORALREEF
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One sticking his nose in things : ANTEATER
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Not funny anymore : OLD
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Data transmission rate : BAUD
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Math degree : NTH
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Targets of swats : PESTS
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"Fresh Prince of Bel Air" co-star Tatyana ___ : ALI
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African adventurer : STANLEY
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Get ready : TEEUP
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Be sympathetically nosy? : HOPEANDPRY
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24 horas : DIA
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Fox's trait : SLYNESS
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Undue : RASH
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MIV halved : DII
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Something to believe in : ISM
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Some volcanic rocks : BASALTS
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Accounting figure : NETASSETS
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Hell's Kitchen product? : DEVILRYE
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Record industry inits. : BMI
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Went like the dickens : FLEW
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Bond, for one : AGENT
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Playoff boon for the 49ers? : SANFRANCISCOBYE
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Huge, in slang : MONDO
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Annually : ONCEAYEAR
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Milk-Bone biscuit, e.g. : TREAT
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Guinness suffix : EST
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In the earth, now : SOWN
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___-Thérèse : STE
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"Ciao" : SEEYA
Down
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Vane dir. : WNW
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Stunned response : OOH
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Through : VIA
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Bar : ESTOP
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"___ ride?" : NEEDA
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When a team doesn't play : OPENDATE
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Bluejacket : TAR
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Scopes prosecutor : BRYAN
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Burden : ONUS
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+: Abbr. : POS
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"Halloween ___" : III
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Philly pro : EAGLE
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Make shorter, say : EDIT
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* : STAR
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Pay (up) : PONY
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Partner in a big 2001 merger : AOL
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People to hang out with : CHUMS
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Tear : LACERATE
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"Sleepless in Seattle" writer/director : EPHRON
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Like some olive oil : VIRGIN
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It may be picked : NIT
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Hale-___ comet : BOPP
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Frequent still-life subjects : EWERS
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Leave a neighborhood gym? : GETOUTOFTHEY
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Go (for) : OPT
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Dish eaten with the fingers : POI
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Janitor's supply : RAGS
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Violating Title IX provisions : SEXIST
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French beverage : THE
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Attractive casino item? : BEAUTIFULDIE
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Passes : ENACTS
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They may be high : STAKES
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Jobs, metaphorically : HATS
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Fraternity men, stereotypically : HAZERS
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Rooftop feature, perhaps : HELIPAD
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For kids : PEEWEE
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Indian tongue : TAMIL
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Arabian bigwig: Var. : AMEER
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Find : UNEARTH
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Abase : DEMEAN
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Rich treat : TORTE
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Prestigious institutions : IVIES
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As written : SIC
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Wand wielder : MERLIN
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Italicizes : SLANTS
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Horizontal door piece : LINTEL
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Dough : MOOLAH
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Modern marketplace : EBAY
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Beseech : APPEALTO
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Voltaire, religiously : DEIST
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Color, so to speak : SORT
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Two-time loser to 90-Down : AES
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Person with a temper : SPITFIRE
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Mettle testers : TRIALS
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Dish that's often mashed : YAMS
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Set free : UNBIND
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Dance step : PAS
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Two-time winner over 82-Down : DDE
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Inits. on bygone maps : SSR
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What the boss has : SAYSO
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Counts (on) : LEANS
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Cents figures in many prices : NINES
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Divisions : SECTS
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Bore witness (to) : SWORE
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Actress Maggie Smith, e.g. : DAME
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They might clash : EGOS
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Scream for a while : VENT
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Breakfast staple : BRAN
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When to celebrate Armed Forces Day : MAY
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Milit. figure : NCO
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Description for the Marines : FEW
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Cool ___ : CAT
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Quaint get-together : BEE
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"Huzzah!" : YAY
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H : ETA

Answer summary: 12 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.

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