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New York Times, Saturday, June 15, 2002

Author:
Trip Payne
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Across : "Gotcha"
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
464/10/19948/3/20211
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1034463133
RebusCircleScrabblePGramFresh
421.53160%
Trip Payne

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 28 Missing: {HJKQZ} Spans: 3 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. Payne. Saturday freshness: 23%
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© 2002, The New York Times6/15/2 ( No. 19,212 )
Across
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Questionnaire option, often : MALE
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"E.T." actress : DEEWALLACE
15
Blue shade : ANIL
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Jurassic genus whose name means, literally, "different lizard" : ALLOSAURUS
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They're simple to express : RATIONALNUMBERS
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Noisy transportation : SST
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"___ there!" : PUTIT
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Start of a nursery rhyme : PEASE
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Versatile vehicle : UTE
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Man's nickname that is German for "level" : EBEN
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Heads : BOSSES
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Cowpoke : PARDNER
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Favoring : PRO
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"Gotcha" : ISEE
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Favoring : GOINGFOR
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Standby fliers? : AIRFORCERESERVE
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Parents pass it on : LASTNAME
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Face up to : MEET
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Thimble Theatre name : OYL
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Piece of art : TESSERA
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Is overwhelmed : DROWNS
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Something to read for : PART
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2001 biopic : ALI
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Caught, in a way : ROPED
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Wavelike pattern : MOIRE
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Friday preceder : GAL
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Southern Comfort concoctions : ALABAMASLAMMERS
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Balzac hero : PEREGORIOT
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"Young Frankenstein" woman : INGA
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News announcement : EXTRAEXTRA
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Order on margin? : STET
Down
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Pocket protector? : MARSUPIAL
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Daughter of Nicholas : ANASTASIA
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Slobs : LITTERERS
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Descendant of Aaron, in the Bible : ELI
5
Strauss subject : DANUBE
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One might give you a lift : ELATER
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Mystery novelist Stanley : ELLIN
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Refuses : WONT
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Pac 10 school, for short : ASU
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Aristophanes plays, e.g. : LAMPOONS
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Mechanics' jobs : LUBES
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Spots : AREAS
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One that's ill-prepared? : CURSE
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Grand Prix maneuvers : ESSES
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Dentist's order : OPEN
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It could run over a plate : BRIE
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Dexterous : DEFT
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___ favor : POR
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Head-scratcher's comment : GEE
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Masterpieces : GEMS
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One who can go anywhere : FREEAGENT
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Supersized : OVERLARGE
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Costs : RETAILSAT
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Seneca dialect : ONONDAGA
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They can be caught on the beach : RAYS
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Year in Edred's reign : CML
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Pin holder : TAILOR
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Proofer's bane : ERRATA
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Half note feature : STEM
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Festoon : DRAPE
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Its logo is a five-pronged crown : ROLEX
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Outgrowth of geometrical abstraction : OPART
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Unit of magnetic flux : WEBER
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Put forth : POSIT
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Manifesto writer : MARX
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"Calvin and Hobbes" bully : MOE
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Badly, at first : MIS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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