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New York Times, Wednesday, June 13, 2001

Author:
Nick Grivas
Editor:
Will Shortz
62-Across : 1993 Kevin Kline movie
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
911/15/19996/1/20051
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0243000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.553325%
Nick Grivas

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQWZ} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Grivas. Wednesday freshness: 54%
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© 2001, The New York Times6/13/1 ( No. 18,845 )
Across
1
Poetic time of day : MORN
5
Actress Lanchester : ELSA
9
Extremist : ULTRA
14
"Peek" follower : ABOO
15
Chucklehead : BOOB
16
Took on : HIRED
17
Puts on : DONS
18
Jezebel's idol : BAAL
19
Wordsmith's concern : USAGE
20
Answer to "How are you?", Southern-style : FINEASFROGHAIR
23
Basketry twig : OSIER
24
Tipplemeister : SOT
25
Take home : NET
27
A.A.A. info. : RTE
28
Disfigure : MAR
31
Rugrats : MOPPETS
34
Trombone feature : SLIDE
36
One of the Boys of Summer : REESE
37
Of exceptional quality, Southern-style : GOODASGRITS
40
Paramecium propellers : CILIA
42
Exemplar of leakiness : SIEVE
43
Parboiled : SCALDED
46
Kind of poodle : TOY
47
Checkout lines, briefly : UPC
50
Mack of early TV : TED
51
Memorial designer Maya : LIN
53
Hardly laid-back : TYPEA
55
More than tipsy, Southern-style : DRUNKASACOOTER
60
Surveil, with "out" : STAKE
61
Unit of force : DYNE
62
1993 Kevin Kline movie : DAVE
63
"Like a Rock" rocker : SEGER
64
Hydroxyl compound : ENOL
65
Just makes, with "out" : EKES
66
Italian poet Torquato : TASSO
67
1140, to Flavius : MCXL
68
Subtracted by : LESS
Down
1
Infatuated with : MADFOR
2
Reed player : OBOIST
3
Country music's Milsap : RONNIE
4
"Long time ___!" : NOSEE
5
Goes out : EBBS
6
Take it easy : LOAF
7
Takes off : SOARS
8
Flowering : ABLOOM
9
"Don't think so" : UHUH
10
A Simpson : LISA
11
Subminimum wage earners, maybe : TRAINEES
12
Invitation turndown : REGRETS
13
Cannon's end? : ADE
21
All you can carry : ARMLOAD
22
Old muscle car : GTO
26
Lao-___ : TSE
29
S O S response : AID
30
Nutritional std. : RDA
32
In on : PRIVYTO
33
Best of the Beatles : PETE
34
Potter's purchase : SOIL
35
Non-P.C. suffix : ESS
37
Party wear : GLADRAGS
38
"Skedaddle!" : GIT
39
Hupmobile contemporary : REO
40
Dallas hrs. : CST
41
Brewed drink : ICEDTEA
44
Animal that bugles : ELK
45
Royal headwear : DIADEM
47
Understanding : UPTAKE
48
Ticks off : PEEVES
49
Soft touch : CARESS
52
"Bye Bye Bye" singers : NSYNC
54
Peak call? : YODEL
56
Luau strings : UKES
57
Galba's predecessor : NERO
58
Dumb as ___ : ANOX
59
Poky part : CELL
60
Brit. Airways vehicle : SST

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