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New York Times, Wednesday, February 2, 2000

Author:
Richard Chisholm
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : Beginning of a quip
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Richard Chisholm

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 35 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Chisholm. Wednesday freshness: 4%
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© 2000, The New York Times2/2/0 ( No. 18,348 )
Across
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Medina resident : ARAB
5
Rand McNally blowup : INSET
10
Flappers' hairdos : BOBS
14
Newshawk's asset? : NOSE
15
De ___ (actual) : FACTO
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He sang of Alice : ARLO
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Beginning of a quip : TOERRISHUMANBUT
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Right or fright preceder : STAGE
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Bricklayer's carrier : HOD
22
Gentle slopes : RISES
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View from the Riviera : MER
25
Depends (on) : LEANS
27
Quip, part 2 : ITTAKESA
31
Regis, to Kathie Lee : COHOST
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Dance setting, perhaps : BARN
36
Imposing entrance : PORTAL
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Auditor, briefly : CPA
39
Outback runner : EMU
40
Fla. neighbor : ALA
41
Uneven? : ODD
42
Knock (over) : TIP
43
Jungle swinger : APE
44
Mustang's home : GARAGE
46
Dry as dust : SERE
47
Sportscaster John : MADDEN
49
Quip, part 3 : COMPUTER
51
Emcee's task : INTRO
53
Craving : YEN
54
Bit of broken pottery : SHARD
57
1996 Olympic torch lighter : ALI
59
Adlai's 1956 running mate : ESTES
63
End of the quip : TOREALLYSCREWUP
66
"I'll Be Around" composer Wilder : ALEC
67
Didn't take part, with "out" : OPTED
68
Flag : TIRE
69
Undiluted, at the bar : NEAT
70
Almost perpendicular : SHEER
71
Precable problem : SNOW
Down
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Wee workers : ANTS
2
Dig like a pig : ROOT
3
Out of port : ASEA
4
"Gaslight" Oscar winner, 1944 : BERGMAN
5
"___ were you..." : IFI
6
"Bronx"/"thonx" rhymer : NASH
7
Librarygoer : SCHOLAR
8
Exercise in musical dexterity : ETUDE
9
Tough turkey? : TOM
10
Cast out : BANISH
11
Eyes, in poetry : ORBS
12
Bummed out : BLUE
13
Breathalyzer test flunkers : SOTS
18
Smell something fierce : REEK
19
Noted traitor : ARNOLD
24
Move, as marigolds : REPLANT
26
Plebe's place : ACADEMY
27
Construction girder : IBEAM
28
Gulf city : TAMPA
29
Brought into alignment : TRUED
30
Take wing : SOAR
32
Good-sized combo : OCTET
33
Cathedral topper : SPIRE
34
Diminish gradually : TAPER
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Like some lunch orders : TOGO
40
To-do list : AGENDA
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Priest's assistant : ACOLYTE
46
Romantic sights : SUNSETS
48
Nonstop : DIRECT
50
Source of pressure, maybe : PEER
52
Peace Nobelist Bunche : RALPH
54
Kenton of jazz : STAN
55
Pocket problem : HOLE
56
Neighborhood : AREA
58
Words of understanding : ISEE
60
Castor, to Pollux : TWIN
61
Mark replacer : EURO
62
Gush out : SPEW
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___ Alamos, N.M. : LOS
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Naval off. : CDR

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