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New York Times, Tuesday, June 15, 2004

Author:
Nancy Kavanaugh
Editor:
Will Shortz
52-Across : Took off
TotalDebutLatest
265/3/19996/25/2012
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Nancy Kavanaugh

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 14 for Ms. Kavanaugh. Tuesday freshness: 32%
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© 2004, The New York Times6/15/4 ( No. 19,943 )
Across
1
Rugged rock : CRAG
5
Incite : GOAD
9
Unlike a dirt road : PAVED
14
Whopper : LULU
15
White-tailed eagle : ERNE
16
Spry : AGILE
17
Fusses : ADOS
18
Makes lace : TATS
19
Like maples but not firs : LEAFY
20
Area between two scrimmage lines : NEUTRALZONE
23
Jul. follower : AUG
24
Largest of the British Virgin Islands : TORTOLA
29
Chemical process also called hyperfiltration : REVERSEOSMOSIS
33
Attention-getter : HEY
34
Radio feature : DIAL
35
Successful : ONTOP
36
Flared-spout pitcher : EWER
38
Military newbie : PLEBE
41
Heredity unit : GENE
42
Grief : DOLOR
44
Rotators under the hood : CAMS
46
___ Lingus : AER
47
Make crazy : DRIVEUPTHEWALL
51
Increased : ADDEDTO
52
Took off : RAN
53
Yellowstone employees : PARKRANGERS
59
Video game pioneer : ATARI
63
Bluish green : TEAL
64
"The Grapes of Wrath" figure : OKIE
65
Get ready for Web-surfing : LOGON
66
Northern Oklahoma city : ENID
67
Take a break : REST
68
Hard stuff : BOOZE
69
Lightning catchers : RODS
70
Inquires : ASKS
Down
1
Family group : CLAN
2
Obnoxious : RUDE
3
Baseball brothers' name : ALOU
4
Holst who composed "The Planets" : GUSTAV
5
"Stop living in your fantasy world!" : GETAGRIP
6
Kind of hygiene : ORAL
7
1998 animated film with the voice of Woody Allen : ANTZ
8
Spanish explorer who discovered the Mississippi : DESOTO
9
Capital of Sicily : PALERMO
10
Get on in years : AGE
11
By way of : VIA
12
Keebler worker? : ELF
13
Susan of "L.A. Law" : DEY
21
Regretted : RUED
22
Rejections : NOS
25
Chinese mafia : TONG
26
Bony : OSTEAL
27
Toy train maker : LIONEL
28
"___ your instructions ..." : ASPER
29
Express differently : REWORD
30
Lash site : EYELID
31
Mineo of "Exodus" : SAL
32
Vote in : ELECT
33
Gossipy Hopper : HEDDA
37
Gad about : ROVE
39
Relative of "Phooey!" : BAH
40
Green gems : EMERALDS
43
Timber from Maine : REDPINE
45
Long-necked bird : SWAN
48
Hagen of Broadway : UTA
49
Luggage carrier : PORTER
50
Some wool : ANGORA
54
Gambler's game : KENO
55
Police cry : RAID
56
Stretches (out) : EKES
57
Hazard : RISK
58
Nears the western horizon : SETS
59
Vestment for a priest : ALB
60
As well : TOO
61
Back then : AGO
62
Role on "Frasier" : ROZ

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