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New York Times, Monday, November 29, 1999

Author:
Richard Chisholm
Editor:
Will Shortz
41-Across : Empress to Napoleon III
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Richard Chisholm

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 39 Missing: {QX} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Chisholm. Monday freshness: 10%
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© 1999, The New York Times11/29/99 ( No. 18,283 )
Across
1
Nuisance : PEST
5
Play segments : ACTS
9
First name of six U.S. presidents : JAMES
14
Lotion ingredient : ALOE
15
Campbell's product : SOUP
16
"Don Giovanni," for example : OPERA
17
One of Columbus's fleet : NINA
18
Mannheim Mr. : HERR
19
Lawn sprinkler output : SPRAY
20
Breakfast course #1 : TOASTEDBAGEL
23
Scatter : STREW
24
4%, say, on a bank acct. : INT
25
At a distance : AFAR
29
Breakfast course #2 : ORANGEJUICE
33
Fellow : CHAP
37
Order at the Pig & Whistle : ALE
38
Ornament : ADORN
39
___ stone (hieroglyphics key) : ROSETTA
41
Empress to Napoleon III : EUGENIE
43
Also known as : ALIAS
44
Frequently, in poetry : OFT
45
Florida's Miami-___ County : DADE
46
Breakfast course #3 : BLACKCOFFEE
50
"Auld Lang ___" : SYNE
51
Terrier's cry : ARF
52
Siesta taker : DOZER
57
Breakfast course #4 : TODAYSPUZZLE
61
Authenticated : VALID
64
Occasions to serve crumpets : TEAS
65
Elevator pioneer : OTIS
66
F.B.I. datum : CRIME
67
Corn units : EARS
68
Observe : NOTE
69
Less green : RIPER
70
"Phooey!" : DRAT
71
Fencing sword : EPEE
Down
1
One-third of a three-piece suit : PANTS
2
Poet T. S. ___ : ELIOT
3
Antisub device : SONAR
4
Make fun of : TEASE
5
'75 Wimbledon champ : ASHE
6
Like most colleges today : COED
7
Power station equipment : TURBINE
8
Leaped : SPRANG
9
"No way, ___!" : JOSE
10
Acclaimed : APPLAUDED
11
French sea : MER
12
Old NOW cause : ERA
13
Recite : SAY
21
Lowest VHF channel : TWO
22
Communications conglomerate : GTE
26
'90s singer Apple : FIONA
27
Sharp-tasting : ACRID
28
Actress Zellweger of "Jerry Maguire" : RENEE
30
Squealer : RAT
31
Fla. neighbor : ALA
32
English sports car, for short : JAG
33
Curmudgeons : CRABS
34
Christmas greenery : HOLLY
35
___ flu : ASIAN
36
Postwar period : PEACETIME
40
"For shame!" : TSK
41
Gee preceder : EFF
42
Southwest Indian : UTE
44
Bad season, perhaps : OFFYEAR
47
Bounder : CAD
48
Speechified : ORATED
49
Web site address ending : EDU
53
Composition of an endangered layer : OZONE
54
"Legs" rock trio : ZZTOP
55
Choice : ELITE
56
Watch again : RESEE
58
Frankfurt's river : ODER
59
Poet Teasdale : SARA
60
"Hey, there!" : PSST
61
Home film player : VCR
62
Jackie's second : ARI
63
A boxer might have a fat one : LIP

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