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New York Times, Tuesday, June 13, 2000

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Across : ___ Tunes (cartoon series)
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Peter Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQVZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 39 for Mr. Gordon. Tuesday freshness: 3%
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© 2000, The New York Times6/13/0 ( No. 18,480 )
Across
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Important exam : FINAL
6
Serene : CALM
10
Pint sellers : PUBS
14
Concert site : ARENA
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Zone : AREA
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"Make it snappy!" : ASAP
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Small salamanders : NEWTS
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Hussy : MINX
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Pro ___ : RATA
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Command to a sloucher : SITUPSTRAIGHT
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Mutt : CUR
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Mao ___-tung : TSE
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Haunt : OBSESS
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Nervous : ONEDGE
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Contains : HAS
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Greek theater : ODEON
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Stoltz of "Mask" : ERIC
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Dog in "Beetle Bailey" : OTTO
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Dry run : TEST
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Wraps up : ENDS
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Losing come-out roll in craps : THREE
44
Madrid Mrs. : SRA
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___ Tunes (cartoon series) : LOONEY
46
Summer attire : SHORTS
50
Hack's workplace : CAB
52
Stubborn one : ASS
53
Be dead and buried : PUSHUPDAISIES
57
With the bow, in music : ARCO
58
Na+ and Ca++, e.g. : IONS
59
"Cheers" mailman : CLIFF
62
Dressed : CLAD
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Authentic : REAL
64
Influential member of a tribe : ELDER
65
Fictional Jane : EYRE
66
Writer ___ Stanley Gardner : ERLE
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Squalid : SEEDY
Down
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Strike out : FAN
2
Wrath : IRE
3
Bygone cinema bonuses : NEWSREELS
4
Opposed : ANTI
5
Remain in good shape : LAST
6
Pitches a tent : CAMPS
7
Get up : ARISE
8
It begins on Ash Wednesday : LENT
9
Noted jazz drummer : MAXROACH
10
Notre Dame's city : PARIS
11
Style manual concern : USAGE
12
Spa : BATHS
13
Fop's footwear : SPATS
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Sport ___ (modern vehicle) : UTE
22
Stomach muscles, briefly : ABS
23
Take for one's own use : COOPT
24
Excessive : UNDUE
28
Moron : DOLT
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Bearded antelope : GNU
30
Top 40 station's play list : HITS
32
11,000-foot mount in Europe : ETNA
33
Pistol, slangily : ROD
34
Cuatro y cuatro : OCHO
35
Avert : TURNASIDE
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Park features : TREES
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Respects the rules : OBEYS
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Get worked up? : PERSPIRE
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D.D.E.'s command, once : ETO
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Good name for a cook : STU
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There are 2.2 in a kg. : LBS
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"The final frontier" : SPACE
47
___-burly : HURLY
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"American Beauty" prize : OSCAR
49
___ Island : RHODE
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Ear part : CANAL
51
Air passenger's request : AISLE
54
Perpetrator : DOER
55
Clinches : ICES
56
Vogue competitor : ELLE
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Agent from Washington : FED
61
Prepare scrapple, say : FRY

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