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New York Times, Monday, June 25, 2007

Author:
Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette
Editor:
Will Shortz
69-Across : String bean's opposite
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Kurt Mengel
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Jan-Michele Gianette

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQXZ} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Mengel. This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Gianette. Monday freshness: 11%
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© 2007, The New York Times6/25/7 ( No. 21,048 )
Across
1
"Get out of here!" : SCAT
5
Scott who draws "Dilbert" : ADAMS
10
Heart problem : ACHE
14
Tortoise's race opponent : HARE
15
Argue against : REBUT
16
Attempt at a basket : SHOT
17
Fe, chemically : IRON
18
Actress Verdugo : ELENA
19
Loving strokes : PATS
20
Course option : PASSFAILCLASS
23
Hold the wheel : STEER
24
"___ So Fine," #1 Chiffons hit : HES
25
Double curve : ESS
28
Old photo shade : SEPIA
32
Space cut by a scythe : SWATH
34
___ Khan : AGA
37
Response option : YESNOANSWER
40
Ballet skirt : TUTU
42
Dweller along the Volga : TATAR
43
Signal hello or goodbye : WAVE
44
Electric light option : ONOFFSWITCH
47
Hedge plant : YEW
48
Person under 21 : MINOR
49
Group singing "Hallelujah!" : CHOIR
51
Sault ___ Marie : STE
52
Stout drink : ALE
55
Parts to play : ROLES
59
Quiz option : TRUEFALSETEST
64
Advertising award : CLIO
66
"Praise be to ___" : ALLAH
67
Lhasa ___ : APSO
68
Easter servings : HAMS
69
String bean's opposite : FATSO
70
Person under 20 : TEEN
71
Optometrists' concerns : EYES
72
Department of ___ : STATE
73
Ocean eagle : ERNE
Down
1
Freighters, e.g. : SHIPS
2
Diamond weight : CARAT
3
Came up : AROSE
4
Tightens, with "up" : TENSES
5
Space : AREA
6
Place to get an egg salad sandwich : DELI
7
Eve's second son : ABEL
8
Chew (on) : MUNCH
9
Old hat : STALE
10
Nile nippers : ASPS
11
Shoo off : CHASEAWAY
12
Mouth-burning : HOT
13
Travelers from another galaxy, for short : ETS
21
Glenn of the Eagles : FREY
22
Professional grp. : ASSN
26
Comedian Martin : STEVE
27
"The Taming of the ___" : SHREW
29
Consumers of Purina and Iams food : PETS
30
Vidi in "Veni, vidi, vici" : ISAW
31
Playful trick : ANTIC
33
Opposite ENE : WSW
34
They're smashed in a smasher : ATOMS
35
"Go fast!," to a driver : GUNIT
36
Back then : ATONETIME
38
Courtroom affirmation : OATH
39
Western U.S. gas giant : ARCO
41
Carrier of 13-Down : UFO
45
Berlin Mrs. : FRAU
46
Take on, as employees : HIRE
50
Spin : ROTATE
53
Pages (through) : LEAFS
54
Key of Mozart's Symphony No. 39 : EFLAT
56
Outcast : LEPER
57
Ruhr Valley city : ESSEN
58
Gem : STONE
60
One of TV's "Friends" : ROSS
61
___Vista (search engine) : ALTA
62
Final : LAST
63
Mule or clog : SHOE
64
Revolutionary Guevara : CHE
65
Make, as a wager : LAY

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