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New York Times, Tuesday, June 11, 2002

Author:
Nancy Kavanaugh
Editor:
Will Shortz
63-Across : One for the road
TotalDebutLatest
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Nancy Kavanaugh

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 8 for Ms. Kavanaugh. Tuesday freshness: 2%
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© 2002, The New York Times6/11/2 ( No. 19,208 )
Across
1
Lady's shoe : PUMP
5
Diamond measure : CARAT
10
Prefix with legal : PARA
14
Phone button below the 7 : STAR
15
Egg-shaped : OVATE
16
Lighted sign : EXIT
17
Delhi wrap : SARI
18
Information-gathering mission : RECON
19
Gin flavoring : SLOE
20
Wall Street Journal beat : THESTOCKMARKET
23
Many a legal holiday: Abbr. : MON
24
Bill-blocking vote : NAY
25
Sapporo sash : OBI
28
Spoon-___ : FED
30
Part of a play : ACT
31
Call to Bo-peep : BAA
34
Macintosh and others : COMPUTERSYSTEMS
38
Deep sleep : COMA
39
Luau dish : POI
40
Fly traps : WEBS
41
Those not on the guest list : UNINVITEDPEOPLE
46
King: Lat. : REX
47
Fire remnant : ASH
48
Stud site : EAR
49
Things that go together : SET
50
To's reverse : FRO
51
Chest protector? : RIB
53
What 20-, 34- and 41-Across have in common : THEYMIGHTCRASH
61
Photographed : SHOT
62
Newsman Newman : EDWIN
63
One for the road : AUTO
64
Keokuk's home : IOWA
65
Chaucer pilgrim : REEVE
66
Diver Louganis : GREG
67
Legally invalid : NULL
68
Not so crazy : SANER
69
What fellers need : SAWS
Down
1
"Hey, you!" : PSST
2
D-Day beachhead : UTAH
3
Filly's mother : MARE
4
Spectrum creator : PRISM
5
Princess topper : CORONET
6
___ plaisir : AVEC
7
Billiard hall item : RACK
8
Proton's place : ATOM
9
Period of occupancy : TENANCY
10
Annoying, as a gnat : PESKY
11
Wheel connector : AXLE
12
Side-splitter : RIOT
13
Polished off : ATE
21
Soy product : TOFU
22
"Darn it!" : RATS
25
Come about : OCCUR
26
Wilderness Road blazer : BOONE
27
Blend : IMMIX
29
Pool measure : DEPTH
30
In reserve : ASIDE
31
Sounds from R2-D2 : BEEPS
32
Stroll along : AMBLE
33
Good thing : ASSET
35
Zero-star review : PAN
36
Fish eggs : ROE
37
It's "company" : TWO
42
Diversify : VARY
43
Certain similar chemical compounds : ISOMERS
44
Burns, to Allen : PARTNER
45
___ the Red : ERIC
50
Of the unborn : FETAL
52
Acts the blowhard : BRAGS
53
Biblical pronoun : THOU
54
Vigorous protest : HOWL
55
Creative spark : IDEA
56
Verdon of "Damn Yankees" : GWEN
57
Honeycombed home : HIVE
58
Atmosphere : AURA
59
Ragout or burgoo : STEW
60
Takes most of : HOGS
61
Pride or lust : SIN

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