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New York Times, Thursday, October 17, 2002

Author:
Todd McClary
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Across : Papers with poorly reasoned arguments?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1410/3/20003/27/20121
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
10304222
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.637856%
Todd McClary

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. McClary. Thursday freshness: 57%
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© 2002, The New York Times10/17/2 ( No. 19,336 )
Across
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Gossip : CHIN
5
Gossips : GABS
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Geode material : AGATE
14
Place for a comb : HIVE
15
"New Jack City" co-star : ICET
16
Interlaced : WOVEN
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Penny, perhaps : ANTE
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Mirth : GLEE
19
Rack sites : OVENS
20
Casino game that requires thought? : STUDIOUSPOKER
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Parent of Ameritech, Nynex, etc. : MABELL
24
Haikus, e.g. : VERSES
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Boring Hyannis Port figure? : TEDIOUSKENNEDY
31
Less ruddy : ASHIER
32
Pearl Buck heroine : OLAN
33
Prayer starter : OLORD
37
Article in Le Monde : UNE
38
Response to "You won't believe this!" : TRYME
39
Goalie's feat : SAVE
40
Ab exercise : CRUNCH
42
Papers with poorly reasoned arguments? : SPECIOUSSHEETS
47
Ones providing coverage at the Pillsbury Bake-Off? : APRONS
48
Freshen : AIROUT
50
Stock exchange worker who was cheated? : FURIOUSTRADER
54
Hubert's successor : SPIRO
56
"Nerts!" : DRAT
57
Actress Thompson : SADA
58
Where Garth Brooks hails from : TULSA
59
Shrek, e.g. : OGRE
60
They precede automnes : ETES
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Anarchic : UNLED
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Bring up : REAR
63
Place for a phone : DESK
Down
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Gorge : CHASM
2
Suggest : HINTAT
3
Conduit in an I.C.U. : IVTUBE
4
Vital : NEEDED
5
Hired escorts : GIGOLOS
6
Org. involved in the Scopes trial : ACLU
7
14-Across residents : BEES
8
Rung : STEP
9
Disturbed : AWOKEN
10
Person in a mansion : GOVERNOR
11
With reluctance : AVERSELY
12
Perfect beauty, maybe : TEN
13
Rank on the U.S.S. Enterprise: Abbr. : ENS
21
War story : ILIAD
22
Finished : OVER
25
Gouda alternative : EDAM
26
"Auld Lang ___" : SYNE
28
Black ___ (reggae group) : UHURU
29
Kind of headache : SINUS
30
Laments : KEENS
33
Bones, anatomically : OSSA
34
Arctic European : LAPP
35
Not just stuff : OVERFILL
36
Contingency plan : RECOURSE
38
Belonging to others : THEIR
40
"___ fan tutte" : COSI
41
Prate : CHATTER
43
Raid : INROAD
44
Clean, now : ERASED
45
Yet : TODATE
46
Some leathers : SUEDES
49
Britain's Betty ___ Prize (literary award) : TRASK
51
Renuzit target : ODOR
52
Desire : URGE
53
1986 #1 hit for Starship : SARA
54
"Rugrats" dad : STU
55
Many an "Airplane!" gag : PUN

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