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New York Times, Monday, November 3, 2003

Author:
Marjorie Berg
Editor:
Will Shortz
69-Across : Glue
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97/3/200011/14/20053
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1.573311%
Marjorie Berg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 7 for Ms. Berg. Monday freshness: 27%
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© 2003, The New York Times11/3/3 ( No. 19,718 )
Across
1
Money hoarder : MISER
6
Frosts, as a cake : ICES
10
Notre ___ : DAME
14
Houston ballplayer : ASTRO
15
Former ruler of Iran : SHAH
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Fusses : ADOS
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Poker player's dream : ROYALFLUSH
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Revivalists : NEOS
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Suspicious : LEERY
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Gown fabric : TULLE
22
Faucet : SPIGOT
26
Soup ingredient : NAVYBEAN
28
K.F.C. founder, with "the" : COLONEL
30
King Kong, e.g. : APE
31
Foray : RAID
32
Delete from a disk : ERASE
35
Nutritional abbr. : RDA
38
Out of sorts feeling (and a hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, 49- and 59-Across) : ACASEOFTHEBLUES
42
Prof.'s degree : PHD
43
Opening bets : ANTES
44
Coffee holders : URNS
45
Long-distance inits. : ATT
46
Run : OPERATE
49
Parachutist : SKYDIVER
54
Egg dish : OMELET
55
With nothing added : PLAIN
56
Ping or zing : NOISE
58
Swedish diva Jenny : LIND
59
Makeup applicator : POWDERPUFF
64
"Puppy Love" singer Paul : ANKA
65
Ye ___ Curiosity Shoppe : OLDE
66
Magical wish granter : GENIE
67
Trueheart of the comics : TESS
68
Paths : WAYS
69
Glue : EPOXY
Down
1
Spoil : MAR
2
Prefix with -metric : ISO
3
Sow's pen : STY
4
Pitcher's stat. : ERA
5
Deodorant type : ROLLON
6
___ of Capri : ISLE
7
Butter maker : CHURN
8
Snap course : EASYA
9
"Quiet!" : SHH
10
River in a Strauss waltz : DANUBE
11
Fred's dancing sister : ADELE
12
Money, in slang : MOOLA
13
German industrial city : ESSEN
18
Celebration : FETE
21
Laid-back sort : TYPEB
22
Toss out : SCRAP
23
Simmer, as eggs : POACH
24
Trojan War epic : ILIAD
25
Mount Olympus dwellers : GODS
27
Flower holder : VASE
29
Took off : LEFT
33
Rd. or hwy. : RTE
34
"I get it," humorously : AHSO
35
The "R" of R.F.D. : RURAL
36
Al ___ (not too soft) : DENTE
37
Strong point : ASSET
39
Have dinner at home : EATIN
40
"As advertised ___!" : ONTV
41
Tackle box item : LURE
45
Nike rival : ADIDAS
47
Sit for a photo : POSE
48
Come into view : EMERGE
49
Water balloon sound : SPLAT
50
"A Fish Called Wanda" Oscar winner : KLINE
51
Americans, to Brits : YANKS
52
___ Gay (W.W. II plane) : ENOLA
53
Rambunctious : ROWDY
57
Middle of March : IDES
59
Comic book punch sound : POW
60
Get-up-and-go : PEP
61
Numero ___ : UNO
62
Repair : FIX
63
Hardly macho : FEY

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