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New York Times, Monday, February 14, 2005

Author:
Janet R. Bender
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Across : One of the three H's in a summer weather forecast
TotalDebutLatest
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Janet R. Bender

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 22 for Ms. Bender. Monday freshness: 62%
1
F
2
E
3
T
4
E
5
A
6
F
7
A
8
R
9
D
10
A
11
C
12
H
13
A
14
A
C
R
E
15
N
A
S
A
16
E
T
H
A
N
17
T
H
E
G
18
O
O
D
S
H
19
E
P
H
E
R
D
20
S
O
X
21
D
I
E
T
22
Q
U
O
T
E
S
23
V
E
N
D
24
C
U
T
S
25
P
26
A
27
L
E
S
T
28
G
R
A
Y
29
C
30
H
31
E
32
A
C
E
R
S
33
U
R
A
L
34
W
H
O
A
35
T
H
E
B
A
36
D
N
E
W
S
37
B
E
A
R
S
38
T
E
C
S
39
R
I
A
L
40
L
E
O
N
E
41
I
S
H
42
M
I
T
T
43
L
A
P
S
E
D
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P
A
V
E
45
H
A
Z
Y
46
O
47
C
48
T
A
N
E
49
J
U
T
E
50
I
51
C
52
K
53
T
H
E
U
G
L
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Y
A
M
E
R
55
I
C
A
N
56
T
E
R
S
E
57
A
V
O
N
58
D
O
M
O
59
O
W
N
E
R
60
M
A
R
T
61
A
N
E
W
© 2005, The New York Times2/14/5 ( No. 20,187 )
Across
1
Lavish entertainment : FETE
5
At a distance : AFAR
9
Russian country house : DACHA
14
Realtor's unit : ACRE
15
Exploration org. : NASA
16
Actor Hawke : ETHAN
17
Title for Jesus : THEGOODSHEPHERD
20
Chi-town team : SOX
21
Slimmer's regimen : DIET
22
Contents of Bartlett's : QUOTES
23
Peddle : VEND
24
Mows : CUTS
25
Lightest-colored : PALEST
28
Pre-dye hair shade, often : GRAY
29
Revolutionary Guevara : CHE
32
Champion tennis servers : ACERS
33
Russia's ___ Mountains : URAL
34
"Slow down!" : WHOA
35
1976 Walter Matthau/Tatum O'Neal movie : THEBADNEWSBEARS
38
Private investigators, for short : TECS
39
Iranian money : RIAL
40
Africa's Sierra ___ : LEONE
41
Suffix with book or freak : ISH
42
Baseball glove : MITT
43
Expired : LAPSED
44
Smooth, as a drive : PAVE
45
One of the three H's in a summer weather forecast : HAZY
46
Gas rating number : OCTANE
49
Coarse fiber : JUTE
50
"Ugh!" : ICK
53
1958 best seller by William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick : THEUGLYAMERICAN
56
Concise : TERSE
57
Shakespeare's stream : AVON
58
Major-___ (bigwig) : DOMO
59
Name on a deed : OWNER
60
Store : MART
61
One more time : ANEW
Down
1
Chief parts of adipose tissue : FATS
2
Sound in a long hallway : ECHO
3
Big-mouthed carnivorous dinosaur, for short : TREX
4
Hosp. brain readout : EEG
5
Make sacred : ANOINT
6
No longer bright : FADED
7
Aide: Abbr. : ASST
8
The old college cheer : RAH
9
Second-in-command : DEPUTY
10
One of the Three Musketeers : ATHOS
11
Atkins of country music : CHET
12
Big-eared hopper : HARE
13
"No ifs, ___ or buts" : ANDS
18
Texas oil city : ODESSA
19
Is, in math : EQUALS
23
Predicate parts : VERBS
24
Words moving along the bottom of a TV screen : CRAWL
25
Singer Page : PATTI
26
Suffers after overexercise : ACHES
27
Bloodsucker : LEECH
28
Terrific : GREAT
29
Total confusion : CHAOS
30
Singer Lena or Marilyn : HORNE
31
Relaxed : EASED
33
Come together : UNITE
34
Tearful : WEEPY
36
Twaddle : DRIVEL
37
Sports jacket : BLAZER
42
Christmas display sight : MANGER
43
Underlying : LATENT
44
Temporary halt : PAUSE
45
Comedy : HUMOR
46
Director Preminger : OTTO
47
Prepare to swallow : CHEW
48
Beach bird : TERN
49
Coffee, slangily : JAVA
50
Universally known figure : ICON
51
Arrived : CAME
52
"Well, what do you ___?!" : KNOW
54
Thanksgiving side dish : YAM
55
Boise's home: Abbr. : IDA

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