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New York Times, Monday, April 16, 2007

Author:
Randall J. Hartman
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Across : Sword handle
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Randall J. Hartman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQUX} This is puzzle # 57 for Mr. Hartman. Monday freshness: 28%
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© 2007, The New York Times4/16/7 ( No. 20,978 )
Across
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Gadabout : ROVER
6
Dads' counterpart : MOMS
10
Disconcert : FAZE
14
January, in Juárez : ENERO
15
Jai ___ : ALAI
16
Desertlike : ARID
17
Like folks cared for by former congressman Bob? : BARRTENDED
19
Telephone sound : RING
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Whichever : ANY
21
Book after Joel : AMOS
22
Infuriate : ENRAGE
24
Use a swizzle stick : STIR
25
Street urchin : WAIF
26
Pollux's twin : CASTOR
29
Man of steel? : CARNEGIE
33
Wedding site : ALTAR
34
Quick job in a barbershop : TRIM
35
Short-term worker : TEMP
36
Max of "The Beverly Hillbillies" : BAER
37
"___ enough!" : THATS
38
Part of a judge's workload : CASE
39
Gen. Bradley : OMAR
40
Sports "zebras" : REFS
41
Little Pigs' count : THREE
42
Boy genius of juvenile fiction : TOMSWIFT
44
Holders of pirate treasures : CHESTS
45
Sword handle : HAFT
46
Not single-sex, as a school : COED
47
Naval affirmative : AYEAYE
50
Complete flop : BOMB
51
"Steady as ___ goes" : SHE
54
Angel's instrument : HARP
55
Like funds gathered by singer Vikki? : CARRPOOLED
58
Writer Wiesel : ELIE
59
Math class, in brief : TRIG
60
Trap : SNARE
61
Patch up : MEND
62
When Romeo meets Juliet : ACTI
63
Dwarfs' count : SEVEN
Down
1
McEntire of country and western : REBA
2
___ even keel : ONAN
3
Extremely : VERY
4
Do something boneheaded : ERR
5
The spit in a spit roast, e.g. : ROTATOR
6
Country estate : MANOR
7
Bygone G.M. make : OLDS
8
Screen siren West : MAE
9
Pistols and such : SIDEARMS
10
Like a ball retrieved by actor Jamie? : FARRFETCHED
11
Diva's delivery : ARIA
12
Get but good : ZING
13
Upper hand : EDGE
18
Kuwaiti leader : EMIR
23
"Delta of Venus" writer Anaïs : NIN
24
Like clay molded by drummer Ringo? : STARRSHAPED
25
Does a garçon's job : WAITS
26
Explorer Sebastian : CABOT
27
Texas battle site of 1836 : ALAMO
28
Geyser's emission : STEAM
29
Knitting or beadwork : CRAFT
30
First, second, third and reverse : GEARS
31
"No more, thanks" : IMSET
32
Sporting blades : EPEES
34
Larceny : THEFT
37
Racetrack bet : TRIFECTA
41
Springsteen, to fans : THEBOSS
43
Modus operandi : WAY
44
Freebie : COMP
46
Welsh dog : CORGI
47
"Uh ... excuse me" : AHEM
48
Ivy League school : YALE
49
Land of leprechauns : ERIN
50
Londoner or Liverpudlian, e.g. : BRIT
51
Eastern European : SLAV
52
"Kilroy was ___" : HERE
53
Genesis garden : EDEN
56
Path of a javelin : ARC
57
White Monopoly bill : ONE

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3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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