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New York Times, Monday, June 25, 2001

Author:
Stanley Newman
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Across : Air conditioner meas.
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Stanley Newman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {J} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Newman. Monday freshness: 53%
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© 2001, The New York Times6/25/1 ( No. 18,857 )
Across
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Brass = copper + ___ : ZINC
5
Map out : PLAN
9
Long for : CRAVE
14
Jacob's twin : ESAU
15
Music of India : RAGA
16
Place for a boutonniere : LAPEL
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Nerd identifier #1 : TAPEDEYEGLASSES
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Sailor's assent : AYE
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Expected, as payment : OWED
22
Bit of current : AMPERE
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Drug ___ (government position) : CZAR
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Air conditioner meas. : BTUS
25
Casino employee : DEALER
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Hold : GRIP
29
"All the Things You ___" (Kern tune) : ARE
32
Poe bird : RAVEN
33
Goatee's location : CHIN
34
Gravity-powered vehicle : SLED
35
Nerd identifier #2 : OVERSIZEBOOKBAG
38
Enliven, with "up" : PERK
39
___ splicing : GENE
40
Jigsaw puzzle unit : PIECE
41
Fast plane: Abbr. : SST
42
Religious offshoot : SECT
43
West Pointers : CADETS
44
Algebra and trig : MATH
45
Basic Web site info, for short : FAQS
46
Fashion designer Giorgio : ARMANI
49
Soybean product : TOFU
50
Sci-fi vehicle : UFO
53
Nerd identifier #3 : POCKETPROTECTOR
56
Jazz instruments : SAXES
57
Tiny bit : IOTA
58
___ of Sandwich : EARL
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Praiseful poem penner : ODIST
60
Genesis garden : EDEN
61
"Goodness!" : OHMY
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Actress Catherine ___-Jones : ZETA
2
Brit's exclamation : ISAY
3
Back of the neck : NAPE
4
Billiards stick : CUE
5
Antebellum : PREWAR
6
Paint coat : LAYER
7
Got older : AGED
8
Remind too often : NAG
9
Refuse to talk : CLAMUP
10
Talks hoarsely : RASPS
11
Church area : APSE
12
Zig or zag : VEER
13
"What ___ is new?" : ELSE
18
Egg quantities : DOZENS
19
Mexican-American, e.g. : LATINO
23
Office worker : CLERK
24
Illegal inducement : BRIBE
25
Lozenges : DROPS
26
Icicle supports : EAVES
27
Head off : AVERT
28
War of 1812 treaty site : GHENT
29
"Tiny Alice" playwright : ALBEE
30
Don't just stand there : REACT
31
Rims : EDGES
33
Prague native : CZECH
34
Loses control on ice, e.g. : SKIDS
36
Phrase of understanding : IGETIT
37
Opposite of transparent : OPAQUE
42
Most sensible : SANEST
43
Lounging robe : CAFTAN
44
Whips up : MAKES
45
Civil War historian Shelby : FOOTE
46
Lhasa ___ (dog) : APSO
47
Thoroughfare : ROAD
48
Roman 1,111 : MCXI
49
Walked (on) : TROD
50
Salt lake state : UTAH
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Something to fill out : FORM
52
Paris airport : ORLY
54
Mincemeat dessert : PIE
55
Corporate V.I.P. : CEO

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