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New York Times, Monday, May 30, 2005

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Will Shortz
34-Across : Sharp turn
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
10212/9/19793/19/20242
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
673172130
CircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
91.61331220%
Lynn Lempel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 9 for Ms. Lempel. Monday freshness: 52%
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© 2005, The New York Times5/30/5 ( No. 20,292 )
Across
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Chasm : ABYSS
6
Grassy clump : SOD
9
Pond organism : ALGA
13
Provide comfort to : SOOTHE
15
Crazy eights spinoff : UNO
16
Competed : VIED
17
Stuff oneself : PIGOUT
18
Enter quickly : DUCKINTO
20
Response to an insult : SLAP
21
Angry audience reaction : HISS
23
Low point : NADIR
24
Detail in a builder's plan : SPEC
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Infuse with oxygen : AERATE
27
Store for future use : SQUIRRELAWAY
32
Cleanse totally : PURGE
33
In a snit : RILED
34
Sharp turn : ZIG
37
Parade spoiler : RAIN
38
Pasture : FIELD
39
Continental coin : EURO
40
Football distances: Abbr. : YDS
41
Spree : BINGE
42
Home in the Arctic : IGLOO
43
Spend time playfully : MONKEYAROUND
45
Have ambitions : ASPIRE
48
Wax-coated cheese : EDAM
49
"One of ___ days, Alice ..." : THESE
50
Sensible : WISE
52
Taj Mahal city : AGRA
56
Devour quickly : WOLFDOWN
58
Pay what's due : PONYUP
60
Planning to vote no : ANTI
61
Bowling target : PIN
62
Not quite a homer : TRIPLE
63
Breather : REST
64
"___ the season ..." : TIS
65
Centers of operation : BASES
Down
1
Nile slitherers : ASPS
2
Seethe : BOIL
3
Spiritual exercise : YOGA
4
Reason to hit the brakes : STOPSIGN
5
Moo ___ pork : SHU
6
Lather : SUDS
7
Burden : ONUS
8
Med school grad : DOC
9
House that's for the birds : AVIARY
10
Singer Ronstadt : LINDA
11
Be in on the joke : GETIT
12
Idolize : ADORE
14
Potent anesthetic : ETHER
19
Bread machine cycle : KNEAD
22
Skater's hangout : ICERINK
25
Prefix with schooler : PRE
26
Thinking "Gee whiz!" : AWED
27
Nimble : SPRY
28
Campus area : QUAD
29
Leon ___, who wrote "Mila 18" : URIS
30
Feudal lord : LIEGE
31
Spellbound : ALLEYES
34
South African native : ZULU
35
What spinach is rich in : IRON
36
Dandy : GOOD
38
Dandy : FINE
39
Extreme self-centeredness : EGOMANIA
41
Ready for a change : BORED
42
S. & L. holding : IRA
43
Fish out of water : MISFIT
44
Highly capable : ADEPT
45
Fighting : ATWAR
46
Gleamed : SHONE
47
Animal hides : PELTS
50
What V-J Day ended : WWII
51
Rustic retreats : INNS
53
Swindles : GYPS
54
Hold sway : RULE
55
Pals of Tarzan : APES
57
Decide : OPT
59
Sun or moon : ORB

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2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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