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New York Times, Wednesday, March 10, 2004

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
43-Across : Russian alternative
TotalDebutLatest
1821/12/197810/27/2024
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
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Richard Silvestri

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {Q} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 122 for Mr. Silvestri. Wednesday freshness: 1%
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P
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A
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D
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F
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W
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N
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© 2004, The New York Times3/10/4 ( No. 19,846 )
Across
1
Crash site : PAD
4
Babe in the woods : FAWN
8
Black rock : BASALT
14
Language suffix : ESE
15
"Would ___ to you?" : ILIE
16
Alchemist's concoction : ELIXIR
17
Apiece, at Wimbledon : ALL
18
Jungle woman : JANE
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With subtlety : FINELY
20
Wedding man lookin' at the newspaper? : READINGROOM
23
Late-night host : LENO
24
Tripe : RUBBISH
29
Surgeon's request : SPONGE
32
Spill material : OIL
33
Man, for one : ISLE
34
Gasket : ORING
36
Sacred spot : ALTAR
37
Durable piece of boxin' equipment? : EVERLASTINGLOVE
42
Rubbernecked : GAPED
43
Russian alternative : RANCH
44
Largest of seven : ASIA
45
Commencement wear : CAP
46
Mix movies : OATERS
51
Name trump, in bridge : DECLARE
53
Jai ___ : ALAI
54
Result of a silo tippin' over? : FALLINGRAIN
59
Nimble : ADROIT
63
Fit for service : ONEA
64
Newspaper supply : INK
65
Batten down : SECURE
66
The gamut : ATOZ
67
Genealogy word : NEE
68
Warming device : HEATER
69
Not a lick : NONE
70
Muff : ERR
Down
1
Choker components : PEARLS
2
Slumbering : ASLEEP
3
Presidential middle name : DELANO
4
Where Suva is : FIJI
5
Presidential middle name : ALAN
6
White House section : WING
7
Poetic adverb : NEER
8
Soil : BEFOUL
9
Out on ___ : ALIMB
10
Mortal thing : SIN
11
What Carry Nation carried : AXE
12
Diamond ___ : LIL
13
Take a shot at : TRY
21
Slip on : DON
22
Ancestry : ORIGIN
25
Check : BILL
26
Analogy phrase : ISTO
27
Montenegro native : SLAV
28
"Take this!" : HERE
30
Olympian's quest : GOLD
31
Years of note : ERA
32
Ready for use : ONTAP
35
David, "the sweet psalmist of ___" : ISRAEL
36
Turkish title : AGHA
37
Old oath : EGAD
38
Carnation container : VASE
39
Grist for DeMille? : EPIC
40
MTV's "___ World" : REAL
41
Lt. saluter : NCO
45
Copernicus, for one : CRATER
47
Pit contents : TAR
48
Marilu Henner's "Taxi" role : ELAINE
49
Best Actress of 1936 and 1937 : RAINER
50
Tackle box item : SINKER
52
All lit up : AFIRE
55
Help for some students : LOAN
56
Concerned with : INTO
57
Light stuff : NEON
58
Use a crystal ball : GAZE
59
Camel's end? : ASH
60
River to Solway Firth : DEE
61
Company with a dog logo : RCA
62
Call at first : OUT

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