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New York Times, Tuesday, January 20, 2004

Author:
Eric Berlin
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Across : Nervous twitches
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
436/23/200211/29/20203
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1413521521
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
361.5223969%
Eric Berlin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Berlin. Tuesday freshness: 63%
Notepad: Note: The circled letters will show a "change in the weather."
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A
2
W
3
L
4
L
5
E
6
S
7
S
8
K
9
A
10
R
11
A
12
T
13
S
14
S
H
H
15
A
B
U
T
16
A
M
E
N
R
A
17
H
E
A
18
T
W
A
V
E
19
R
A
S
T
A
S
20
E
A
S
I
L
Y
21
V
22
I
A
23
T
I
C
S
24
S
T
A
L
E
25
B
E
A
T
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B
A
C
K
27
S
28
C
I
29
N
E
A
R
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B
31
O
32
A
33
T
S
H
O
34
W
35
B
A
T
36
O
37
N
38
S
39
E
W
E
R
40
A
L
E
41
N
E
42
E
N
N
E
43
D
E
S
I
44
L
U
45
B
O
L
46
T
D
O
W
N
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L
I
F
48
T
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S
T
R
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B
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O
L
D
F
A
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C
E
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E
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F
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L
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A
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T
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C
A
L
I
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E
G
O
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E
A
T
E
R
Y
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O
R
M
O
62
L
U
63
C
64
O
L
D
S
N
A
P
65
I
R
O
N
E
R
66
O
P
I
E
67
A
B
E
68
F
E
S
S
E
S
69
A
T
A
D
70
S
Y
S
© 2004, The New York Times1/20/4 ( No. 19,796 )
Across
1
Punching tool : AWL
4
Minus : LESS
8
Purity units : KARATS
14
"Quiet down!" : SHH
15
Lie next to : ABUT
16
Supreme Egyptian god : AMENRA
17
Summer weather phenomenon : HEATWAVE
19
Dreadlocks wearers : RASTAS
20
With little effort : EASILY
21
Itinerary word : VIA
23
Nervous twitches : TICS
24
Like an old cigar : STALE
25
Repel, as an attack : BEATBACK
27
25-Down, e.g. : SCI
29
Within view : NEAR
30
Marina event : BOATSHOW
35
Drum majors' props : BATONS
39
Basin accompanier : EWER
40
Coeur d'___, Idaho : ALENE
42
Feminine suffix : ENNE
43
Arnaz and Ball's studio : DESILU
45
Eat quickly : BOLTDOWN
47
Pick up : LIFT
49
Bering, e.g.: Abbr. : STR
50
Dark, heavy type : BOLDFACE
53
A black key : EFLAT
58
Colombian city : CALI
59
Bruised item, maybe : EGO
60
Automat, e.g. : EATERY
61
Ersatz gold : ORMOLU
63
Winter weather phenomenon : COLDSNAP
65
Launderer, at times : IRONER
66
Sheriff Taylor's son : OPIE
67
Former New York City mayor Beame : ABE
68
Admits, with "up" : FESSES
69
Not very much : ATAD
70
Part of CBS: Abbr. : SYS
Down
1
Hibachi residue : ASHES
2
Toast choice : WHEAT
3
Tibet's capital : LHASA
4
Like the Wild West : LAWLESS
5
Popular site for collectors : EBAY
6
Ford Explorer, e.g.: Abbr. : SUV
7
Martin of "Roxanne" : STEVE
8
Martial arts wear : KARATEBELT
9
"I ___ Rock" (1966 hit) : AMA
10
Went back to the top : RESTARTED
11
Bit of silliness : ANTIC
12
CD segment : TRACK
13
Get snippy with : SASS
18
Up to, briefly : TIL
22
Actor Holm : IAN
25
High school subj. : BIOL
26
Ovine utterance : BAA
28
Some prom night drivers : CHAUFFEURS
30
Hospital unit : BED
31
Have markers out : OWE
32
Loser to D.D.E. : AES
33
Lots and lots and lots : TRILLIONS
34
A browser browses it, with "the" : WEB
36
Lennon's lady : ONO
37
Compass heading : NNW
38
Six-yr. term holder : SEN
41
It smells : NOSE
44
Topper : LID
46
Like most tires : TREADED
48
Baseball put-out : TAG
50
Ballet rail : BARRE
51
"Stand and Deliver" star : OLMOS
52
Après-ski drink : COCOA
54
McHenry and Sumter: Abbr. : FTS
55
Olin and Horne : LENAS
56
Sheikdom of song : ARABY
57
Pounds on an Underwood : TYPES
58
Salon creation : COIF
60
Director Kazan : ELIA
62
Jackie Onassis' sister : LEE
64
Make a choice : OPT

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