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New York Times, Monday, December 1, 2003

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Will Shortz
10-Across : Dog ___ (G.I. identifiers)
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John Greenman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 62 for Mr. Greenman. Monday freshness: 35%
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© 2003, The New York Times12/1/3 ( No. 19,746 )
Across
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Slacken : ABATE
6
Disparaging remark : SLUR
10
Dog ___ (G.I. identifiers) : TAGS
14
Speeder's bane : RADAR
15
Sukiyaki ingredient : TOFU
16
Cain's victim : ABEL
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Actress Verdugo : ELENA
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Shortly : ANON
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Divorce mecca : RENO
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Like doggerel, often : SINGSONG
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Chamber group, maybe : SEPTET
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Make the first moves, in dancing : LEAD
25
Former Italian money : LIRA
26
Dogie catchers : ROPERS
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Game with an onomatopoeic name : PINGPONG
33
Frigid : ICY
34
Company with a once-famous catalog : SEARS
36
Mister in Mexico : SENOR
37
Ripsnorter : LULU
39
Chastise : SCOLD
41
Country music's McEntire : REBA
42
Skip the usual wedding preparations : ELOPE
44
Stagnant : INERT
46
Sitcom alien : ALF
47
Crackpot : DINGDONG
49
Little fjord : ARMLET
51
Went off, as a bell : RANG
52
IV + IV : VIII
53
Grand ___ (island east of Florida) : BAHAMA
56
Film sensation of 1933 : KINGKONG
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Wished undone : RUED
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Remained in bed : LAIN
63
Shortwave, e.g. : RADIO
64
___ Lackawanna Railroad : ERIE
65
Watch at a strip club, maybe : OGLE
66
Confuse : ADDLE
67
Voting district : WARD
68
Hair goops : GELS
69
Red Sea parter : MOSES
Down
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Mars' counterpart : ARES
2
Island near Java : BALI
3
Yemeni port : ADEN
4
What a comb undoes : TANGLE
5
Pencil features : ERASERS
6
Witness-box : STAND
7
Men's jacket size : LONG
8
Martian's craft, for short : UFO
9
Takes to the station house : RUNSIN
10
Roofing base : TARPAPER
11
Help in piracy, e.g. : ABET
12
Heredity carrier : GENE
13
Piggy-bank aperture : SLOT
21
Desert stops : OASES
23
Metric work units : ERGS
25
Stocking material : LISLE
26
Angry, with "up" : RILED
27
Latin eyes : OCULI
28
Aircraft course marker : PYLON
29
Fork tine : PRONG
30
Tatum of Tinseltown : ONEAL
31
Chivalrous : NOBLE
32
Add on, as to a plant : GRAFT
35
Making a hole in one : ACING
38
Moved to first class : UPGRADED
40
Bathtub feature : DRAIN
43
Dutch cheese : EDAM
45
Any three-letter sequence : TRIGRAM
48
Where to find a bump, in a phrase : ONALOG
50
Gilbert & Sullivan work, with "The" : MIKADO
52
Grape holders : VINES
53
Beer or ale : BREW
54
Mystique : AURA
55
Estate receiver : HEIR
56
"A View to a ___" (Bond film) : KILL
57
Chances : ODDS
58
Cairo's waterway : NILE
59
Travels : GOES
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A dog's ___ (long spell) : AGE

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