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New York Times, Monday, June 10, 2002

Author:
Sherry O. Blackard
Editor:
Will Shortz
40-Across : Durable fabric
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
534/11/20004/28/20075
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
179312111
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5221680%
Sherry O. Blackard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQX} This is puzzle # 16 for Ms. Blackard. Monday freshness: 37%
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© 2002, The New York Times6/10/2 ( No. 19,207 )
Across
1
Male voice : BASS
5
Destroy : UNDO
9
Ralph ___ Emerson : WALDO
14
Gem with a play of colors : OPAL
15
Scores to shoot for : PARS
16
Love affair : AMOUR
17
Lawman of the Old West : USMARSHAL
19
Hindu queen : RANEE
20
Home on the range : TEEPEE
21
Old West cemetery : BOOTHILL
23
Off-road transport: Abbr. : ATV
25
Family girl, for short : SIS
26
Burn : SCALD
30
Construction piece : IBEAM
33
Winter clock setting in S.F. : PST
36
Grand lineup : ARRAY
37
Location of 21-Across : DODGECITY
39
Weaver's apparatus : LOOM
40
Durable fabric : SERGE
41
Upon : ATOP
42
Location of 51-Across : TOMBSTONE
44
Explorer Sir Francis : DRAKE
45
Music with jazzlike riffs : SKA
46
Electric dart shooter : TASER
47
Twisty turns : ESSES
48
___ tai : MAI
49
Boo-hoo : SOB
51
Site of a famous gunfight : OKCORRAL
56
Squiggly marks : TILDES
61
Not suitable : INAPT
62
Legendary lawman of the Old West : WYATTEARP
64
Mow down : LEVEL
65
Art Deco artist : ERTE
66
Poet Pound : EZRA
67
Neighbor of a Finn : SWEDE
68
Nostradamus, reputedly : SEER
69
Take five : REST
Down
1
Boxing match : BOUT
2
Church alcove : APSE
3
Ditto : SAME
4
Smack : SLAP
5
Discombobulate : UPSET
6
"Count me out" : NAH
7
Lackluster : DRAB
8
Capital once known as Christiania : OSLO
9
1941-45, for the United States : WARTIME
10
Nanking nannies : AMAHS
11
Actress Anderson : LONI
12
Event done at 20 paces, maybe : DUEL
13
Pitcher Hershiser : OREL
18
Word before "set, go!" : READY
22
Missouri river : OSAGE
24
MTV features : VIDEOS
26
Seasons, as steak : SALTS
27
Petty thief : CROOK
28
Wonderful smell : AROMA
29
Suckling sheep : LAMB
31
Shouldered : BORNE
32
Trimming tools : EDGERS
33
Sandwich breads : PITAS
34
Stir up, as a fire : STOKE
35
Uses a Smith Corona : TYPES
38
Mustang and Impala : CARS
40
Connector of floors : STAIR
43
Scare suddenly : STARTLE
44
Amount to subtract : DEBIT
48
Bike that zips : MOPED
50
Glossy brown fur : OTTER
51
Fixes a squeak : OILS
52
Had a gut feeling : KNEW
53
Bat's hangout : CAVE
54
Amazes : AWES
55
Instrument for a Muse : LYRE
57
Wanton look : LEER
58
Muddleheadedness : DAZE
59
Flubs : ERRS
60
Tiff : SPAT
63
Gobbled up : ATE

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