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New York Times, Thursday, January 20, 2000

Author:
Jeremy Thomas Paine
Editor:
Will Shortz
52-Across : Isn't inert
TotalDebutLatest
65/10/19953/11/2004
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Jeremy Thomas Paine

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Paine. Thursday freshness: 6%
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© 2000, The New York Times1/20/0 ( No. 18,335 )
Across
1
Roguish : ARCH
5
Has chits out : OWES
9
Less than right? : ACUTE
14
Concerto features : SOLI
15
Get ready to fly : TAXI
16
More sound : WISER
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Speller's phrase : ASIN
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Svelte : TRIM
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Where the action is : ARENA
20
Eastern flycatcher : PHOEBE
22
Debaters' need : TOPIC
24
Big ___, Calif. : SUR
25
Seven, e.g. : NATURAL
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Some protests : FASTS
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An itemized deduction : DUES
34
Same, by the Seine : MEME
35
"Take ___ the Limit" : ITTO
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Turns state's evidence : SINGS
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Marquee filler : NEON
38
Jazzman Getz : STAN
39
Pamplona parent : PADRE
40
Chug-___ : ALUG
41
Ticket : CITE
42
Arab leader : EMEER
43
Let off steam : VENT
44
A Baldwin : ALEC
45
Heart of a Baldwin : CORE
46
D or EEE : WIDTH
47
Wool fat : LANOLIN
49
Dyslexic's deity? : DOG
50
Sign of neglect : WEEDS
52
Isn't inert : REACTS
56
Neighbor of Curaçao : ARUBA
59
Saharan land : MALI
61
He had a hammer : THOR
62
Gardner created him : MASON
63
Writer Turgenev : IVAN
64
Hawkeyes' home : IOWA
65
Influences : SWAYS
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It may be stuck out : NECK
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Confesses, with "up" : OWNS
Down
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Order request : ASAP
2
___ Hashana : ROSH
3
Saatchi & Saatchi award : CLIO
4
Headless horseman? : HINESTONECOWBOY
5
Brown fur : OTTER
6
Former Cabinet department : WAR
7
Way out : EXIT
8
Heartless villain? : SIMONEGREE
9
Expect : AWAIT
10
Endless journey? : CIRCUMNAVIGATIO
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Milk, in a way : USE
12
Half a score : TEN
13
Prohibition ___ : ERA
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Shuttle, perhaps : BUS
23
QB, at times : PASSER
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Staggered : REELED
27
Total, say : AMOUNT
28
Derby victory margin : LENGTH
29
Kind of year : FISCAL
30
Fifth-century scourge : ATTILA
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___ Island, N.Y. : STATEN
32
Bottomless pit? : DIAMONDMIN
33
Prefix with line or mine : UNDER
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Coins : SPECIE
46
Anguish : WOE
48
Lists : LEANS
49
Manhattan, for one : DRINK
51
Set aside : SAVE
53
Grub : CHOW
54
Hamlet's cousin : TOWN
55
Mmes., in Madrid : SRAS
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Some rush-hour periods: Abbr. : AMS
57
Wet behind the ears : RAW
58
Cable network : USA
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Fond du ___, Wis. : LAC

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