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New York Times, Wednesday, January 14, 2004

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
65-Across : Boring way to learn
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Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 98 for Mr. Piscop. Wednesday freshness: 16%
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© 2004, The New York Times1/14/4 ( No. 19,790 )
Across
1
Like a Thanksgiving turkey : PLUMP
6
Some of this and some of that : STEW
10
Met star : DIVA
14
Boarding areas : GATES
15
Commotion : TODO
16
Lena of "Chocolat" : OLIN
17
Friendship : AMITY
18
Descartes's "therefore" : ERGO
19
Hurl an insult at : ZING
20
Truce after a fistfight? : BLACKEYEDPEACE
23
Short flight : HOP
24
Smoothing tool : SANDER
25
Court cutup : JESTER
29
Terrier type : SKYE
31
Site for cyberbidders : EBAY
32
Point after deuce : ADIN
34
Intensified, as sound : AMPED
39
On the outs with a relative? : DOWNONONESNIECE
42
___ tube : INNER
43
Tallow source : SUET
44
Nut job : LOON
45
Cool treats : ICES
47
Leaving no remainder : EVENLY
49
Caterer's heater : STERNO
53
Dundee denial : NAE
54
Genetic engineer's observation about his pet? : MYDOGHASFLEECE
60
Designer Gucci : ALDO
61
Villain's work : EVIL
62
Islamic holy war : JIHAD
64
Pull (in) : REIN
65
Boring way to learn : ROTE
66
Come to mind : ARISE
67
Arboretum sight : TREE
68
Ornamental vessel : EWER
69
Title role for Streisand : YENTL
Down
1
Links org. : PGA
2
Souvlaki meat : LAMB
3
Gas, e.g.: Abbr. : UTIL
4
Intro to physics? : META
5
It contains the id : PSYCHE
6
Tough to climb, perhaps : STEEP
7
Whig's rival : TORY
8
Add a fringe to : EDGE
9
Suggestive of a forest : WOODSY
10
Egg purchase : DOZEN
11
Tale of Troy : ILIAD
12
Coach Lombardi : VINCE
13
Rile up : ANGER
21
Imam's book : KORAN
22
Song of praise : PAEAN
25
"Star Wars" warrior : JEDI
26
Black, poetically : EBON
27
Cut, as a log : SAWN
28
Newcastle's river : TYNE
29
Skull cavity : SINUS
30
Where pants may be worn : KNEE
33
Two caplets, say : DOSE
35
Distance not run in the Olympics : MILE
36
Working stiff : PEON
37
Tree hugger's subj. : ECOL
38
Declare untrue : DENY
40
Circular gasket : ORING
41
Super bargain : STEAL
46
Stick together : COHERE
48
MTV figure : VEEJAY
49
Like some bombs : SMART
50
Tippecanoe's mate : TYLER
51
Vaudeville's ___ Foy and the Seven Little Foys : EDDIE
52
TV exec Arledge : ROONE
53
N.Y. Jet or Phila. Eagle : NFLER
55
Admit openly : AVOW
56
Place to build : SITE
57
Home for the Murphys and O'Connors : EIRE
58
Gossip : CHIN
59
Biblical star locale, with "the" : EAST
63
Actor Benicio ___ Toro : DEL

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3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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