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New York Times, Thursday, June 21, 2001

Author:
Peter Abide
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Across : Smokes at a poker game
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Peter Abide

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Abide. Thursday freshness: 8%
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© 2001, The New York Times6/21/1 ( No. 18,853 )
Across
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Union station? : ALTAR
6
It may help you get a grip : CLEAT
11
Pro with books : CPA
14
Death in Venice : MORTE
15
Alternative to Italian : RANCH
16
Chinese dynasty name : HAN
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Management group for a pro team : FROFFTONICE
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N.Y.C. subway : IRT
20
Kind of dress : MIDI
21
Overdue : OWED
22
Petrographer's collection : ROCKS
24
Salmonella's shape : ROD
26
Post-accident comment : IMOKAY
27
"A Star Is Born" co-star : KRISTONERSOFF
33
Capone pal : NITTI
34
Sistine Chapel figure : ADAM
35
No neatnik : SLOB
38
Tactical station, for short : OPS
39
Smokes at a poker game : STOGIES
42
Sen. Roth created one : IRA
43
Kind of test : BETA
45
Home of Iowa State : AMES
46
Not so naughty : NICER
48
Gridiron ploy : OFFSIDEKICKON
51
Newscast feature : SPORTS
53
When the French fry? : ETE
54
Local ___ : COLOR
55
Like some dorms : COED
58
Black-eyed ones : PEAS
62
Dr. J's first league: Abbr. : ABA
63
Electrical device with a hint to answering 17-, 27- and 48-Across : ONOFFSWITCH
66
Developer's investment : LOT
67
Ibid. relative : OPCIT
68
Certain Honda : ACURA
69
Pink-slip : AXE
70
Steer shockers : PRODS
71
Schussed : SKIED
Down
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Broadcasting bands : AMFM
2
Actress Petty : LORI
3
Tramped : TROD
4
Initially : ATFIRST
5
Official : REF
6
Unpleasant thing to eat : CROW
7
Swimmer's assignment : LANE
8
"National Velvet" author Bagnold : ENID
9
Duke's grp. : ACC
10
Hot beginning? : THERMO
11
Film popular with female audiences : CHICKFLICK
12
Tundra cover-up : PARKA
13
On pins and needles : ANTSY
18
Pother : TODO
23
Punch responses : OOFS
25
Leader of a lush life in Mayberry? : OTIS
26
"Woe ___" : ISME
27
Drawer part : KNOB
28
Fully developed : RIPE
29
#1 Carole King song : ITSTOOLATE
30
One of the Judds : NAOMI
31
Sharpened : EDGED
32
Poker ploy : RAISE
36
DoubleStuf treat : OREO
37
Source of some lows : BARN
40
Foreign news source : TASS
41
Huff : SNIT
44
Big do : AFRO
47
Chip maker : ICEPICK
49
Sitcom set in Fort Courage : FTROOP
50
Adidas alternative : KEDS
51
Milan's La ___ : SCALA
52
FedEx won't deliver to it : POBOX
55
1969 Broadway musical : COCO
56
"The Wizard ___" : OFID
57
Some newts : EFTS
59
Pin holder : ETUI
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One of the back 40 : ACRE
61
Roe source : SHAD
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Big inits. in news : NPR
65
Lived : WAS

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