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New York Times, Monday, May 16, 2005

Author:
Marc J. Gameroff
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Across : Substitute for a jittery pilot?
TotalDebut
15/16/2005
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.69313%
Marc J. Gameroff

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 3 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Gameroff. Monday freshness: 41%
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T
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A
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© 2005, The New York Times5/16/5 ( No. 20,278 )
Across
1
"Tubby" musical instrument : TUBA
5
What a soldier goes out on : PATROL
11
Hit on the head : BOP
14
On : ATOP
15
Printed mistakes : ERRATA
16
Suffix with chlor- : IDE
17
Dr. Zhivago's love : LARA
18
April to October, for baseball : SEASON
19
Understood : GOT
20
Inquire about the leaving time? : CHECKONCHECKOUT
23
"___ Rebel" (1962 #1 hit) : HESA
24
Way in : ENTRY
25
Comfortable to stay in : HOMEY
28
"The Republic" writer : PLATO
31
Perfect tennis serve : ACE
32
Actress Brennan : EILEEN
35
Ingenuity : WITS
39
Endure a comedy routine? : STANDFORSTANDUP
42
Sport with mallets : POLO
43
Dinosaur remnant : FOSSIL
44
It's dialed before a long-distance number : ONE
45
Stew seasoning : THYME
47
Earl in Shakespearean England : ESSEX
49
Texas shrine, with "the" : ALAMO
52
The "A" of I.R.A.: Abbr. : ACCT
54
Substitute for a jittery pilot? : TAKEOVERTAKEOFF
61
"It's c-c-cold!" : BRR
62
More diminutive : TINIER
63
Worsted fabric : WOOL
64
In the past : AGO
65
Draw out : ELICIT
66
Book before Nehemiah : EZRA
67
Hankering : YEN
68
Like rooms on TV's "Trading Spaces" : REDONE
69
Shallow's opposite : DEEP
Down
1
Fine powder : TALC
2
One of the Four Corners states : UTAH
3
Make yawn : BORE
4
Military helicopter named for an Indian tribe : APACHE
5
Mexican coins : PESOS
6
Stadium : ARENA
7
___ II (razor brand) : TRAC
8
Hotheaded : RASH
9
Siouan tribe : OTOE
10
Surgeon's tool : LANCET
11
Intolerant person : BIGOT
12
Scent, in England : ODOUR
13
Small-minded : PETTY
21
Excited, with "up" : KEYED
22
Widely recognized : KNOWN
25
Padlock holder : HASP
26
Eight: Prefix : OCTO
27
Breakfast, lunch or dinner : MEAL
28
Intrinsically : PERSE
29
Minus : LESS
30
Pro's opposite : ANTI
33
Uncertain : IFFY
34
Weaving machine : LOOM
36
Wedding vows : IDOS
37
Melody : TUNE
38
X-ray ___ (kids' goggles) : SPEX
40
"I'm innocent!" : NOTME
41
Smart ___ (wise guy) : ALECK
46
Owl, by nature : HOOTER
48
More than tipsy : STEWED
49
Cornered : ATBAY
50
The "L" of XXL : LARGE
51
Ohio city : AKRON
52
Dined at home : ATEIN
53
À la ___ (way to order) : CARTE
55
Loathsome : VILE
56
Lady of Arthurian romance : ENID
57
Puerto ___ : RICO
58
Stuff that seeps : OOZE
59
Golfer's shout : FORE
60
Noisy to-do : FLAP

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