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New York Times, Tuesday, October 7, 2003

Author:
Steve Jones
Editor:
Will Shortz
56-Across : Produce hurriedly, with "out"
TotalDebutLatest
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Steve Jones

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {XZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Jones. Tuesday freshness: 39%
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© 2003, The New York Times10/7/3 ( No. 19,691 )
Across
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Editor's overruling : STET
5
Oddball : FLAKE
10
Antifur org. : PETA
14
"St. Elmo's Fire" singer John : PARR
15
Admit : LETIN
16
North Carolina school : ELON
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Pac-10 team : UCLA
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Played charades : ACTED
19
Vessel that's poled : RAFT
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Is like a stumped puzzle solver? : DOESNTHAVEACLUE
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Golf unit : HOLE
24
Eyeshadow shade : ASH
25
Voluble : CHATTY
28
Morning cupful, slangily : JAVA
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Lennon's lady : ONO
33
Green beans : LIMAS
34
Disney's "___ & Stitch" : LILO
35
Cowboy boot attachment : SPUR
36
Like a stumped puzzle solver? : ATALOSSFORWORDS
39
Cologne scent : MUSK
40
Parisian hangout : CAFE
41
Old enough : OFAGE
42
Second letter addendum: Abbr. : PPS
43
Compassion : PITY
44
"Psycho" figure : MOTHER
45
Headmaster's title : SIR
46
Hatchling's sound : PEEP
47
Where a stumped puzzle solver goes? : BACKTOSQUAREONE
55
Feel sympathy (for) : ACHE
56
Produce hurriedly, with "out" : CHURN
57
Scott in a noted court case : DRED
58
Picnic dish : SLAW
59
Halt : CEASE
60
Piedmont province : ASTI
61
Brewski : SUDS
62
Less predictable : ODDER
63
Leave behind : LOSE
Down
1
Starchy veggie : SPUD
2
Edible shell : TACO
3
___ Stanley Gardner : ERLE
4
Insults and such from athletes : TRASHTALK
5
Point-blank : FLATLY
6
Milk for un bebé : LECHE
7
"___ boy!" : ATTA
8
City on the Dneiper : KIEV
9
Undertaking : ENDEAVOR
10
Vantage point : PERCH
11
Airline launched in 1948 : ELAL
12
Meat substitute : TOFU
13
Kitty starter : ANTE
21
"Wrong!" : NOTSO
22
Simile words : ASA
25
Jumper cable's end : CLAMP
26
Touch for funds : HITUP
27
Build up : AMASS
28
Instant : JIFFY
29
Burn remedy : ALOE
30
Colleague of Dr. Phil : OPRAH
31
Prod gently : NUDGE
32
Canadian skater Brian : ORSER
34
Future J.D.'s hurdle : LSAT
35
Play down, as an issue : SOFTPEDAL
37
Volkswagen named for a desert wind : SCIROCCO
38
Gentleman caller, e.g. : WOOER
43
Fruit center : PIT
44
Less kind : MEANER
45
Depicts distortedly : SKEWS
46
Race winnings : PURSE
47
McCartney's instrument : BASS
48
Bill of Rights defender: Abbr. : ACLU
49
Neighbor of Niger : CHAD
50
Outbuilding : SHED
51
Campus hangout : QUAD
52
Roughly : ORSO
53
Butterfly catchers' needs : NETS
54
Falco of "The Sopranos" : EDIE

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