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New York Times, Monday, January 22, 2001

Author:
Nancy Kavanaugh
Editor:
Will Shortz
18-Across : Great tempter
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Nancy Kavanaugh

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 6 for Ms. Kavanaugh. Monday freshness: 32%
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© 2001, The New York Times1/22/1 ( No. 18,703 )
Across
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Helper: Abbr. : ASST
5
Hall-of-Fame pitcher Ryan : NOLAN
10
Light greenish-blue : AQUA
14
Considerably : MUCH
15
Swiftly : APACE
16
Spin : TURN
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Jacob's twin : ESAU
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Great tempter : DEVIL
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Mailed : SENT
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Not just a fib : BALDFACEDLIE
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Linda Ellerbee's "___ It Goes" : ANDSO
24
Embarrassingly stuck : INAJAM
28
Winter Olympics vehicle : BOBSLED
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Suffix with schnozz : OLA
34
Surrounded by : AMID
38
"Lovely" Beatles girl : RITA
39
Like some classical columns : IONIC
41
Cried one's eyes out : BAWLEDLIKEABABY
44
___ de Guerre (French military award) : CROIX
45
Nerd : GEEK
46
Egyptian fertility goddess : ISIS
47
Clamor : DIN
48
Long locks : TRESSES
51
Complete : ENTIRE
53
Fairy tale monsters : OGRES
58
Pugilist's weapon : BALLEDUPFIST
63
Kiss : BUSS
66
Tiny quantities : IOTAS
67
Running behind : LATE
68
Memo starter : INRE
69
Bathroom item : SCALE
70
Molecule component : ATOM
71
Temple area of Jerusalem : ZION
72
Problems with theories : HOLES
73
Spigots : TAPS
Down
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One-celled blob : AMEBA
2
"Black-eyed" girl : SUSAN
3
Burn : SCALD
4
Heavy footsteps : THUDS
5
Zippo : NADA
6
Grp. that has energy users over a barrel? : OPEC
7
Wash : LAVE
8
Amino ___ : ACID
9
___ Fox, 1959 American League M.V.P. : NELLIE
10
Perplexed : ATSEA
11
"___ pasa?" : QUE
12
Large coffee maker : URN
13
Pantry raider : ANT
21
Watch chain : FOB
22
Gandhi's land : INDIA
25
Microbiologist Salk : JONAS
26
Cover story? : ALIBI
27
Thanksgiving parade producer : MACYS
29
Run-of-the-mill: Abbr. : ORD
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Absolute nonsense : BILGE
31
Places for muckety-mucks? : STIES
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Dams make them : LAKES
34
Start of kindergarten learning : ABCDE
35
County north of San Francisco : MARIN
36
"___ say a word" : IWONT
37
551, to Caesar : DLI
40
Kimono sash : OBI
42
Bit player : EXTRA
43
Barely make, with "out" : EKE
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Hot dog topper : RELISH
50
Drench : SOP
52
Playwright Henrik : IBSEN
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Chopin's Polonaise No. 16 in ___ : GFLAT
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Lasso : RIATA
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Hinder, legally : ESTOP
57
Flower holders? : STEMS
59
Plumb crazy : LOCO
60
List-ending abbr. : ETAL
61
Broad valley : DALE
62
Employs : USES
63
Show ___ : BIZ
64
Prefix with sex : UNI
65
Theater sign : SRO

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