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New York Times, Wednesday, March 14, 2001

Author:
Greg Staples
Editor:
Will Shortz
68-Across : Dig (into)
TotalDebutLatest
257/4/19997/22/2004
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
42111700
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5210227%
Greg Staples

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JKQXYZ} This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Staples. Wednesday freshness: 2%
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© 2001, The New York Times3/14/1 ( No. 18,754 )
Across
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Pilgrim's destination : MECCA
6
Passing yardage, e.g. : STAT
10
Like many a cellar : DAMP
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___ squash : ACORN
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Alice's chronicler : ARLO
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Three-ply snack : OREO
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Mauritius, once? : DODODOMAIN
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Tackle : GEAR
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From scratch : ANEW
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Muumuu go-with : LEI
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Point of view : SLANT
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Like black humor : MORBID
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Take the silver : PLACE
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St. Francis, e.g.? : ASSISISIGNOR
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First Super Bowl M.V.P. : STARR
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Casual attire : DENIM
37
Outback runner : EMU
38
Frame filler : ART
39
Enzyme suffix : ASE
41
Mai ___ : TAI
42
Prefix with night or day : MID
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Pose : SIT
44
French story : ETAGE
46
Gov't security : TNOTE
48
Waikiki wingding? : HONOLULULUAU
51
Gargle, e.g. : RINSE
52
Free-for-all : FRACAS
56
Big brass : TUBAS
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B.O. sign : SRO
61
Scrubbed mission : NOGO
62
Crude bunch? : OPEC
63
Passable party? : SOSOSOCIAL
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Part of a hat trick : GOAL
67
Bellicose deity : ARES
68
Dig (into) : DELVE
69
It's a starter : ANTE
70
Give up : CEDE
71
Over 10% of the dictionary : ESSES
Down
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Bawdyhouse figure : MADAM
2
Low-budget prefix : ECONO
3
Hacker, maybe : CODER
4
Prier's need : CROWBAR
5
"Go on ..." : AND
6
What "tauto-" means : SAME
7
Gad about : TRAIPSE
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Ryan's "Love Story" co-star : ALI
9
Whole lot : TON
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Duffer's challenge : DOGLEG
11
Gazetteer datum : AREA
12
Penny-pinching : MEAN
13
Left at sea : PORT
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Auto pioneer : OLDS
22
Curved sword : SCIMITAR
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Sharon and others : ISRAELIS
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Door frame part : LINTEL
27
Home to most Turks : ASIA
29
High standards : IDEALS
30
Verne mariner : NEMO
31
Strike out : OMIT
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Hardly genteel : RUDE
33
Cummerbund : SASH
34
Beethoven's "Archduke ___" : TRIO
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Envelope abbr. : ATTN
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Bowl over : STUN
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Took a shot : GUESSED
47
Subtle differences : NUANCES
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All-seeing one : ORACLE
50
Roswell sightings : UFOS
53
Prepares to strike : COILS
54
Source of sisal hemp : AGAVE
55
Cobbler's stock : SOLES
56
Forum wear : TOGA
57
Familiar with : UPON
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Ready for the sack : BEAT
60
Wine choice : ROSE
63
Defense org. until 1992 : SAC
64
Pay dirt : ORE
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Lyrical lines : ODE

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