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New York Times, Wednesday, May 17, 2000

Author:
Michael S. Maurer
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Across : Madams
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1.5568637%
Michael S. Maurer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQZ} Spans: 3 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Maurer. Wednesday freshness: 16%
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© 2000, The New York Times5/17/0 ( No. 18,453 )
Across
1
Madams : BAWDS
6
Pro or con : SIDE
10
Bayonet : STAB
14
Nearly : ABOUT
15
___-friendly : USER
16
Contents of some cones : LAVA
17
Western director Sergio : LEONE
18
Napoleon exile site : ELBA
19
W.W. II enemy : AXIS
20
Start of a quip : ITSBETTERTOGIVE
23
Bibliographic suffix : ANA
24
Item in a poker pot : IOU
25
Naturalist John : MUIR
28
Kit ___ (Hershey bars) : KATS
31
Language of Sri Lanka : TAMIL
36
Rest stop : INN
37
Dickens's Mr. Pecksniff : SETH
38
Magnet alloy : ALNICO
39
Middle of the quip : THANTOLENDANDIT
42
Alley name : TINPAN
43
"Got milk?" request? : MEOW
44
Wildebeest : GNU
45
Kind of whale : SPERM
46
Really cry : BAWL
47
Is a mendicant : BEGS
48
Dish of roasted roots : POI
50
Grand ___ National Historic Park : PRE
52
End of the quip : COSTSYOUTHESAME
61
Empowered : ABLE
62
Leave one's mark? : ETCH
63
Hot or cold drink : CIDER
64
Brand, in a way : SEAR
65
Nettle : RILE
66
Viper : ADDER
67
"My Faith Looks Up to Thee," e.g. : HYMN
68
Computer picture : SCAN
69
Creatures with six or more legs, usually : PESTS
Down
1
Java neighbor : BALI
2
Be an accessory to : ABET
3
Courts : WOOS
4
Scene of an Oliver Cromwell triumph : DUNBAR
5
"Merry Company" artist : STEEN
6
Tallow source : SUET
7
18-Across or 1-Down, e.g. : ISLE
8
Waste : DEBRIS
9
Muse of love poetry : ERATO
10
Waste : SLAG
11
Fare catch? : TAXI
12
Tel ___ : AVIV
13
Item often stolen yet left where it is : BASE
21
Assume, as a task : TAKEON
22
One who's wanted : OUTLAW
25
Hands, slangily : MITTS
26
Out of it : UNHIP
27
Pointless : INANE
29
1995 World Series champs: Abbr. : ATL
30
Recurring melody : THEMA
32
Cape ___, Mass. : ANN
33
Winged nuisance : MIDGE
34
Tasty decoration : ICING
35
Classic Formula One car : LOTUS
37
Collecting field : STAMPS
38
Basketball coach Rupp : ADOLPH
40
"All Things Considered" broadcaster : NPR
41
21st-century : NEW
46
Pertaining to life : BIOTIC
47
Next to : BESIDE
49
Some court hearings : OYERS
51
Summary : RECAP
52
Long green : CASH
53
Comply : OBEY
54
Sharp personal criticism : SLAM
55
Graceful bird : TERN
56
Pac Ten team : UCLA
57
Next : THEN
58
Puts 2 and 2 together : ADDS
59
Encounter : MEET
60
Puts 2 and 2 together to make 3 : ERRS

Answer summary:
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