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  Crossword Cute Clues -- 2002

Here are the New York Times Cute Clues I liked in the year 2002.  What you see below is what the answer might look like with only one or a few letters filled in, just as it might be if you were working a puzzle.

To enjoy the table below best, resist the temptation to click the answer cell right away.  Instead, wait till you've played with the clue for a while.  To appreciate the answers and their clues from a different perspective, imagine that as the constructor you have a particular answer filled into the grid and you need a clue for it.  If you don't understand why a particular answer makes sense, .

Title holder?  S _ I N _Date:  01-02-2002
Constructor:  Sarah Keller
Wedge in a bottleneck  _ I M _Date:  01-?-2002
Constructor:  Unknown
Scales up?  _ I _ R ADate:  01-10-2002
Constructor:  Alex Vaughn
Detached ends?  _ E E SDate:  01-10-2002
Constructor:  Alex Vaughn
Off-the-wall pastime?  H _ N D _ _ _ LDate:  01-10-2002
Constructor:  Alex Vaughn
Not good at losing  O _ E _ EDate:  01-11-2002
Constructor:  Mark Diehl
Music box?  _ D C _ _ EDate:  01-11-2002
Constructor:  Mark Diehl
Success in the offing?  H _ TDate:  01-12-2002
Constructor:  Brendan Emmet Quigley
Provide an address  _ _ A T EDate:  01-13-2002
Constructor:  Nelson Hardy
Row in a shell?  _ _ A SDate:  01-18-2002
Constructor:  Manny Nosowsky
Piece activists?  _ R ADate:  01-24-2002
Constructor:  Brendan Emmett Quigley
Beetle driver?  S _ T _ N O R K _ LDate:  01-26-2002
Constructor:  Mark Diehl
Butts into  _ E A _ E N _ SDate:  01-27-2002
Constructor:  Patrick Berry
What makes a bloom blossom?  _ S S _ SDate:  01-27-2002
Constructor:  Brendan Emmett Quigley
Terrific.
Harry the hubby  H E _ _ E C _Date:  02-15-2002
Constructor:  Sherry O. Blackard
Point of no return?  E _ TDate:  02-26-2002
Constructor:  Peter Gordon
Neigh-sayer  H O _ _ EDate:  02-28-2002
Constructor:  Greg Staples
Shoe store?  _ _ S T P L A C _Date:  03-01-2002
Constructor:  Manny Nosowsky
Top of the military?  _ E R _ TDate:  03-07-2002
Constructor:  Elizabeth C. Gorski
Has a flat  _ E _ T SDate:  03-10-2002
Constructor:  Nelson Hardy
Person at home  _ M _Date:  03-10-2002
Constructor:  Nelson Hardy
Made young?  _ A T H E _ _ DDate:  03-10-2002
Constructor:  Nelson Hardy
Not stick to the script?  P _ _ N TDate:  03-14-2002
Constructor:  Alan Arbesfeld
Band instrument?  _ _ T C HDate:  03-17-2002
Constructor:  David J. Kahn
Chamber quartet?  _ A L _ SDate:  03-24-2002
Constructor:  Con Pederson
Hula hoop  L _ IDate:  03-27-2002
Constructor:  Sarah Keller
Thinking person's conclusion?  I _ MDate:  03-29-2002
Constructor:  Kevin Hagen
They're given money to waste  H _ T _ E _Date:  03-31-2002
Constructor:  Lynn Lempel
Chow checker  _ E TDate:  04-06-2002
Constructor:  Brendan Emmett Quigley
Chow checker  _ E A S _Date:  04-06-2002
Constructor:  Brendan Emmett Quigley
Almost scores  _ I _ E T E E _ SDate:  04-06-2002
Constructor:  Brendan Emmett Quigley
Support group?  _ R _ SDate:  04-07-2002
Constructor:  Nancy Salomon
Crossword worker  E S _ EDate:  04-10-2002
Constructor:  Gregory Casagrande
This answer appears in crosswords way out of proportion to how often it appears everywhere else put together.
Ones who have issues over issues  E _ _ SDate:  04-12-2002
Constructor:  Manny Nosowsky
Office staffs?  M _ C _ SDate:  04-14-2002
Constructor:  David J. Kahn
Suit material?  T O _ _Date:  04-29 -2002
Constructor:  Elizabeth C. Gorski
Words that leave one in a bind?  _ D ODate:  04-29 -2002
Constructor:  Elizabeth C. Gorski
Ex-lax?  T _ _ TDate:  04-30-2002
Constructor:  John F. Hughes
Put the end first?  _ O _ NDate:  05-01-2002
Constructor:  Steve Jones
They may get quarters downtown  A _ C _ D _ SDate:  ?-2002
Constructor:  Dave and Diane Epperson
Retiring groups?  P I T C _ _ _ SDate:  05-11-2002
Constructor:  Mark Diehl
Places of passing interest?  L _ F _ L _ _ E SDate:  05-17-2002
Constructor:  Joe DiPietro
Shot blocker  L _ _ S C _ PDate:  06-07-2002
Constructor:  Manny Nosowsky
Pocket protector?  _ A _ S _ P _ A LDate:  06-15-2002
Constructor:  Trip Payne
One that's ill-prepared?  C _ R _ EDate:  06-15-2002
Constructor:  Trip Payne
Sight-see?  A _ MDate:  06-20-2002
Constructor:  Steve Jones
Manners?  C _ _ WDate:  06-21-2002
Constructor:  Bob Peoples
Side dishes?  _ E _ T W O _ E NDate:  06-30-2002
Constructor:  Joe DiPietro
Sewer line?  T _ R E _ DDate:  07-09-2002
Constructor:  Robert Malinow
Company name tag?  I N _Date:  07-26-2002
Constructor:  Manny Nosowsky
They go back and forth to work  _ _ W SDate:  08-15-2002
Constructor:  Manny Nosowsky
Grace period?  _ M E _Date:  08-25-2002
Constructor:  Randolph Ross
Supporters of the arts  _ A S E _ SDate:  08-25-2002
Constructor:  Randolph Ross
One might go for a spin in it  T _ T _Date:  08-31-2002
Constructor:  Trip Payne
Bookmaker's odds?  R E C _ _ SDate:  09-01-2002
Constructor:  Patrick Berry
Got in on the deal?  A _ _ E DDate:  09-06-2002
Constructor:  Manny Nosowsky
Low-cost oil venue?  _ R _ S _ L _Date:  09-06-2002
Constructor:  Manny Nosowsky
Bred winners?  _ I R E DDate:  09-08-2002
Constructor:  Rich Norris
Wild West outlaw's comeuppance  _ O _ S EDate:  09-08-2002
Constructor:  Rich Norris
Excellent.
Right of passage  _ A S E _ E N _Date:  09-14-2002
Constructor:  Bruce L. Bliven
Mudder's fodder  H A _Date:  09-15-2002
Constructor:  Fred Piscop
Also excellent.
Almost never?  O _ C _Date:  09-26-2002
Constructor:  Manny Nosowsky
Its appeal is in creasing  _ R I _ A M _Date:  09-27-2002
Constructor:  Michael Shteyman
Running mates?  E _ O _ _ R SDate:  09-27-2002
Constructor:  Michael Shteyman
Give bad marks  D E F A _ _Date:  09-29-2002
Constructor:  Randolph Ross
Overnight letter?  _ N _Date:  10-05-2002
Constructor:  Donald E. West
Present day?  _ M A _Date:  10-09-2002
Constructor:  Peter Gordon
Double-decker checker  K _ N _Date:  10-16-2002
Constructor:  Alan Arbesfeld
Screen writing?  _ M A I _Date:  10-20-2002
Constructor:  Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
Big top?  A _ _ ODate:  10-27-2002
Constructor:  Nancy Nicholson Joline
Inner ear?  C _ BDate:  10-31-2002
Constructor:  Dave and Diane Epperson
High and low?  A I _ _ I C _Date:  11-02-2002
Constructor:  Robert H. Wolfe
The pros say it  A _ EDate:  11-03-2002
Constructor:  Patrick Berry
They serve dictators  S T E _ _ SDate:  11-03-2002
Constructor:  Patrick Berry
Poor character analysis?  D _ L S _ _ I _Date:  11-12-2002
Constructor:  Adam Cohen
Come out of the blue?  C _ E E R _ _Date:  11-15-2002
Constructor:  Brendan Emmett Quigley
Far out  I _ A _ O M _Date:  11-16-2002
Constructor:  Leonard Williams
Be on the bottom  S I _Date:  11-16-2002
Constructor:  Leonard Williams
Coming out party?  P A _ _ L E _Date:  11-22-2002
Constructor:  Sherry O. Blackard
Hit man of the Year?  _ E S T O _ F E RDate:  11-24-2002
Constructor:  Nancy Salomon and Lee Glickstein
And see here.
Beaver damn?  _ _ S HDate:  11-29-2002
Constructor:  Patrick Berry
Brief phrase  I _ R EDate:  12-01-2002
Constructor:  David J. Kahn
Smaller than small  M _ C _ ODate:  12-01-2002
Constructor:  David J. Kahn
Cats' dogs  _ A W SDate:  12-08-2002
Constructor:  Peter Gordon
Well-gotten gain?  O _ LDate:  12-13-2002
Constructor:  Bob Peoples
Chase vehicle, briefly?  _ N LDate:  12-13-2002
Constructor:  Bob Peoples
Follower of P in accounting and S in finance  _ N _ LDate:  12-14-2002
Constructor:  David J. Kahn

Crossword Cute Clues -- 2002

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