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New York Times, Monday, June 13, 2005

Author:
Earl W. Reed
Editor:
Will Shortz
22-Across : "Wait a sec!"
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Earl W. Reed

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQV} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Reed. Monday freshness: 27%
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© 2005, The New York Times6/13/5 ( No. 20,306 )
Across
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Tams : CAPS
5
Wood that repels moths : CEDAR
10
"Ali ___ and the 40 Thieves" : BABA
14
Natural burn medication : ALOE
15
Speechify : ORATE
16
Dutch cheese : EDAM
17
Rod at a pig roast : SPIT
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United Nations' goal : WORLDPEACE
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Sweetie pie : HON
21
Termite, e.g. : PEST
22
"Wait a sec!" : HANGON
23
Romanov ruler : TSAR
25
Study of plants: Abbr. : BOT
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Terminus : END
27
Bubbly drink mixer : SELTZERWATER
32
Black-and-white cookie : OREO
33
Roald who wrote "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" : DAHL
34
Katmandu's land : NEPAL
38
Thpeakth like thith : LISPS
40
Vietnamese holiday : TET
41
Like old bread : STALE
42
Come after : ENSUE
43
Part of the eye : IRIS
45
Length x width, for a rectangle : AREA
46
Musician's asset : PERFECTPITCH
49
Boom box abbr. : MIC
52
Bashful : SHY
53
With proficiency : ABLY
54
Slowly, in music : ADAGIO
56
Giants great Willie : MAYS
58
Chem class : LAB
61
Something caught near the end of a race? : SECONDWIND
63
Word that can follow the end of 18-, 27-, 46- or 61-Across : PIPE
64
"Off for now, love" : TATA
65
Soother : EASER
66
Change for a five : ONES
67
Narrow opening : SLIT
68
Ostentatious : SHOWY
69
Words : TEXT
Down
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An A.T.M. dispenses it : CASH
2
Brand for Fido : ALPO
3
Futile : POINTLESS
4
Harden : SET
5
Cringed : COWERED
6
Deity with a bow and arrow : EROS
7
Feathered missile : DART
8
Capital of Ga. : ATL
9
Making the mouth burn : REDHOT
10
"___ here long?" : BEEN
11
Maxim : ADAGE
12
Breakfast strip : BACON
13
Revise : AMEND
19
Communion plates : PATENS
21
La ___, Bolivia : PAZ
24
Plug, as a hole : STOPUP
25
Purple Monopoly avenue : BALTIC
27
Shoe bottom : SOLE
28
Land o' blarney : ERIN
29
Confirm with a vote : RATIFY
30
Question in a geography quiz : WHERE
31
Sell in stores : RETAIL
35
Political platform : PARTYLINE
36
Knighted Guinness : ALEC
37
Wife of Jacob : LEAH
39
Meets, greets and seats : SEESIN
44
Keep out of the rain : STAYDRY
47
Colossus of ___ (one of the Seven Wonders) : RHODES
48
"Sesame Street" network : PBS
49
Sail holders : MASTS
50
Perfect : IDEAL
51
Desert plants : CACTI
55
Animal with a beard : GOAT
56
___ soup (sushi starter) : MISO
57
From square one : ANEW
59
Top spot : APEX
60
Top spot : BEST
62
Baby's bawl : WAH
63
Place to put bets : POT

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