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New York Times, Wednesday, March 22, 2000

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
32-Across : NATO members
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
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Richard Silvestri

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {BX} This is puzzle # 89 for Mr. Silvestri. Wednesday freshness: 15%
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© 2000, The New York Times3/22/0 ( No. 18,397 )
Across
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It's in a jamb : DOOR
5
Schoolmarmish : PRIM
9
Outback Bowl city : TAMPA
14
To boot : ALSO
15
NBC host : LENO
16
N.B.A. star called "The Shack" : ONEAL
17
Stout ingredient : MALT
18
Regarding : ASTO
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Hardly cutting-edge : STAID
20
Computer business? : EVOCATION
22
Bit of color : TINGE
23
Guitarist Paul : LES
24
Sipping specialist : TASTER
25
Rifle attachment : SCOPE
29
Show place : THIRD
32
NATO members : ALLIES
34
Nature of cyberspace? : EQUALITY
39
Wash out : FADE
40
Center : MIDST
42
Suffix with buck : AROO
43
Combining on the Internet? : EMERGING
45
Risk : HAZARD
47
Synthetic fiber : ARNEL
49
Tetra- plus one : PENTA
50
Say : REMARK
54
Bolivian bear : OSO
56
Chili rating unit? : ALARM
57
What makes people write LOL? : EQUIPPING
63
Christina Applegate sitcom : JESSE
64
Litter's littlest : RUNT
65
Name that rings a bell? : AVON
66
Writer Chekhov : ANTON
67
Manger visitors : MAGI
68
Sitar music : RAGA
69
Doesn't possess : HASNT
70
Gulf of ___, off the coast of Yemen : ADEN
71
Feel sure about : KNOW
Down
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Woman of rank : DAME
2
Haakon's royal successor : OLAV
3
2-Down's capital : OSLO
4
Univ. marchers : ROTC
5
Part of a service : PLATE
6
Put up a fight : RESIST
7
Division word : INTO
8
Phobos, to Mars : MOON
9
Mexicali munchie : TOSTADA
10
Opposition : ANTIS
11
Had in mind : MEANT
12
Satchel in Cooperstown : PAIGE
13
Birch relative : ALDER
21
Sheltered, at sea : ALEE
24
Kind of serum : TRUTH
25
Cracker's target : SAFE
26
Symbol of happiness : CLAM
27
Ye follower : OLDE
28
Place for a shore dinner : PIER
30
Alternative to a fence : HEDGE
31
Binet data : IQS
33
Brat's look : SMIRK
35
Take it easy : LAZE
36
Qum home : IRAN
37
Reason for a suit : TORT
38
Skywalker's mentor : YODA
41
Roadside stop : INN
44
Piece of clothing : GARMENT
46
Each : APOP
48
Lizard's locale? : LOUNGE
50
Indian chief : RAJAH
51
"Maria ___" (old tune) : ELENA
52
Brig's pair : MASTS
53
Gasoline may make it go : ARSON
55
Protest of a sort : SITIN
57
Witty Bombeck : ERMA
58
Campus area : QUAD
59
Picnic spot : PARK
60
Russian Everyman : IVAN
61
Canceled, to NASA : NOGO
62
Nibble away : GNAW

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