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New York Times, Monday, November 28, 2005

Author:
Kevan Choset
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Across : Revolution time?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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Kevan Choset

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FQWX} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Choset. Monday freshness: 76%
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© 2005, The New York Times11/28/5 ( No. 20,474 )
Across
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Take hold of : GRASP
6
Anatomical pouches : SACS
10
"___ Excited" (Pointer Sisters hit) : IMSO
14
Severity : RIGOR
15
Melville novel : OMOO
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Alcove : NOOK
17
First president born outside the original 13 colonies : ABELINCOLN
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Easy tennis shots : LOBS
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Retirees, often : SENIORCITIZENS
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A Chaplin : SYD
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Norma ___, Sally Field Oscar-winning role : RAE
24
Mentally sharp : ASTUTE
26
Revolution time? : YEAR
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Ewe's mate : RAM
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Often ___ : ASNOT
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Long time : EON
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Airhead : DITZ
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April 15 org. : IRS
38
B team : JUNIORVARSITY
42
Driveway covering : TAR
43
Leslie Caron title role : LILI
44
Fleming who created 007 : IAN
45
Shaquille of the N.B.A. : ONEAL
47
Kind of camera: Abbr. : SLR
49
Catch sight of : ESPY
53
Kind of acid : NITRIC
55
Yellowstone Park animal : ELK
58
"Mazel ___!" : TOV
59
They're neither nobility nor clergy : THETHIRDESTATE
63
Horse's hue : ROAN
64
Bad way to be held by a judge : INCONTEMPT
65
007 foe : DRNO
66
Scheme : PLAN
67
Suffered defeat, slangily : ATEIT
68
"I'd hate to break up ___" : ASET
69
MS. enclosure : SASE
70
Zellweger of "Bridget Jones's Diary" : RENEE
Down
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Lawnlike : GRASSY
2
Hearty steak : RIBEYE
3
List for a meeting : AGENDA
4
Songs for one : SOLI
5
Before, with "to" : PRIOR
6
World Cup sport : SOCCER
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Mine, in France : AMOI
8
Stallion, once : COLT
9
Actress Braga : SONIA
10
Coast features : INLETS
11
Frank Zappa's daughter : MOONUNIT
12
Sympathy-arousing excuse : SOBSTORY
13
Approves : OKS
18
Gun lovers' org. : NRA
21
One of the Gabors : ZSAZSA
25
S.A.T. company : ETS
27
Stimpy's pal on TV : REN
29
Aleve competitor : ADVIL
30
"Mamma ___!" : MIA
33
Like some old-fashioned lamps : OILLIT
34
"___ won't!" : NOI
36
Prefix with angle : TRI
38
Mop wielders : JANITORS
39
Foam material : URETHANE
40
"Treasure Island" author's inits. : RLS
41
Suffix with labyrinth : INE
42
Bridge weight unit : TON
46
Retort to "Am too!" : ARENOT
48
Decorated anew : REDONE
50
Place for pollen : STAMEN
51
Entree with a crust : POTPIE
52
Actress Mimieux : YVETTE
54
Poker pieces : CHIPS
56
Actor Cariou : LEN
57
Relatively cool sun : KSTAR
60
"To Live and Die ___" : INLA
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Certain TV's : RCAS
62
French head : TETE
63
Nutritionist's fig. : RDA

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