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New York Times, Monday, June 11, 2007

Author:
Harriet Clifton
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Across : Sarge's superior
TotalDebutLatest
49/20/20058/19/2008
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Harriet Clifton

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQWXY} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 3 for Ms. Clifton. Monday freshness: 24%
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© 2007, The New York Times6/11/7 ( No. 21,034 )
Across
1
Footlong sandwiches : SUBS
5
Lost traction : SLID
9
Post office purchase : STAMP
14
Fairy tale meanie : OGRE
15
Hatcher of "Lois & Clark" : TERI
16
Himalayan kingdom : NEPAL
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Short on dough : FLATBROKE
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Play a role none too subtly : EMOTE
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Kind of paper for gift-wrapping : TISSUE
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Short on dough : STRAPPED
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___ to stern : STEM
25
Dedicatory verse : ODE
26
Sports org. for scholars : NCAA
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Finger food at a Spanish restaurant : TAPAS
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Over-the-top review : RAVE
36
The "A" in A/V : AUDIO
38
Howard Stern's medium : RADIO
40
Tiny criticism to "pick" : NIT
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Short on dough : FEELINGTHEPINCH
44
Part of an iceberg that's visible : TIP
45
Sarge's superior : LOOIE
46
Aquafina competitor : EVIAN
47
Aardvark's fare : ANTS
49
Attack en masse, as a castle : STORM
51
Architect Saarinen : EERO
52
___ Beta Kappa : PHI
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Individually : EACH
56
Short on dough : INTHERED
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Bits of wisdom? : PEARLS
65
One washing down a driveway, e.g. : HOSER
66
Short on dough : TAPPEDOUT
68
Eye-teasing paintings : OPART
69
Saskatchewan Indian : CREE
70
Teeny bit : IOTA
71
See 22-Down : PEREZ
72
"Thundering" group : HERD
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Agts. looking for tax cheats : TMEN
Down
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Downy : SOFT
2
Wrinkly fruit : UGLI
3
Garments that usually clasp in the back : BRAS
4
Takes off on a cruise : SETSSAIL
5
Avenue : STREET
6
Fierce type, astrologically : LEO
7
Annoys : IRKS
8
Jenny Craig regimen : DIET
9
Three-time P.G.A. champ : SNEAD
10
Word repeated after someone starts to show anger : TEMPER
11
Individually : APOP
12
Chess ending : MATE
13
Begged : PLED
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"... and nothing ___" : BUT
22
With 71-Across, "White Men Can't Jump" co-star : ROSIE
24
Ballet's Fonteyn : MARGOT
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Can./U.S./Mex. treaty : NAFTA
27
Give hints to : CUEIN
28
Good (at) : ADEPT
30
Barbecue area : PATIO
31
Stick (to) : ADHERE
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"___ Get Your Gun" : ANNIE
34
Church official : VICAR
35
Prefix with -centric : ETHNO
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Something good to strike : OIL
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Unclose, poetically : OPE
42
Polite refusal : NOSIR
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"Enough already!" : IVEHADIT
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Globe : SPHERE
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In an atlas, e.g. : MAPPED
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#1 to Avis's #2 : HERTZ
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So-so grade : CEE
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Restaurant acronym : IHOP
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"Uh-uh" : NOPE
58
Nicholas I or II : TSAR
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Do art on glass, say : ETCH
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Partner of truth : DARE
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"A ___ of One's Own" : ROOM
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Instrument that's plucked : LUTE
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Baseball's ___ the Man : STAN
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Individually : PER

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