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New York Times, Friday, April 4, 2008

Author:
David Quarfoot
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Across : Ranger rival
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
416/18/200412/4/20147
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
21.6129085%
David Quarfoot

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {BCWXY} This is puzzle # 26 for Mr. Quarfoot. Friday freshness: 61%
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© 2008, The New York Times4/4/8 ( No. 21,332 )
Across
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Abstainer's order : ADAMSALE
9
Ranger rival : DEVIL
14
Linden : LIMETREE
15
Like some cubs : URSINE
16
Accidental in the key of B or E : DNATURAL
17
Olympic event since 1988 : SUPERG
18
Call letters? : ATT
19
Retreats : DENS
20
Three-ingredient treats : SMORES
21
Producer/director ___ MacNaughton of Monty Python : IAN
22
Peck parts: Abbr. : QTS
23
Beethoven's "Pastoral" Symphony is in it : FMAJOR
27
Noted centenarian of 2000, familiarly : QUEENMUM
32
Chocolate snacks : ROLOS
33
Parent's ruse to hush noisy kids : QUIETGAME
34
Job preceder: Abbr. : ESTH
35
Silence : QUELL
36
Silk Road locale : ASIA
37
Burger replacement : REHNQUIST
39
Key : VITAL
40
One way to wax : ELOQUENT
41
Stands in line at an airport? : KIOSKS
42
Member of an "ooky" sitcom family : ITT
43
Take in tentatively : SIP
44
Dash : PIZAZZ
48
Betray horror : GASP
49
Yamaha product, briefly : ATV
52
Title woman of a film that won the 1985 Camera d'Or : ORIANA
53
Dodger's dread? : IRSAUDIT
55
Do borderline work? : PATROL
56
Sleuth who "looked rather pleasantly like a blond satan" : SAMSPADE
57
Small pieces : SNIPS
58
Spellbinding "Batman" villainess played by Joan Collins : THESIREN
Down
1
Tynan player in "The Seduction of Joe Tynan" : ALDA
2
Force : DINT
3
End of a loving trio : AMAT
4
Huddled (with) : MET
5
Places to make tracks : STUDIOS
6
Unfulfilled duty : ARREAR
7
Rimes with "Blue" : LEANN
8
Catch in pots : EELS
9
Band ensemble : DRUMSET
10
1969 and 1974 Hart Trophy winner, familiarly : ESPO
11
Number between drei and funf : VIER
12
About : INRE
13
Staying power : LEGS
15
Largest tenant of Pittsburgh's tallest skyscraper : USSTEEL
22
It often gets down : QUILT
23
Réunion reunion attendee : FRERE
24
German wine region : MOSEL
25
Poetic conjunction : ALTHO
26
2002 Denzel Washington drama : JOHNQ
27
Pursuit : QUEST
28
Contemporary of Agatha and Erle : NGAIO
29
Pair from a deck, maybe : MASTS
30
Literally, "women's boat" : UMIAK
31
Board : MEALS
33
Rare delivery : QUINT
35
Guatemala's national bird : QUETZAL
38
"Mmmm ... Toasty!" sloganeer : QUIZNOS
39
It might get you backstage : VIPPASS
41
Pecking order? : KISSME
43
Miles of film : SARAH
44
Old man : POPS
45
Modern home of ancient Medes : IRAN
46
Feeding tubes? : ZITI
47
Powerful D.C. lobby : AARP
48
Meat : GIST
49
When the Feast of Lots is observed : ADAR
50
Periodic riser : TIDE
51
Powerful engine : VTEN
54
News inits. : UPI

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