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New York Times, Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Author:
Barbara Olson
Editor:
Will Shortz
44-Across : School papers
TotalDebutLatest
510/30/20016/27/2007
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.511430%
Barbara Olson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 32 Missing: {FQWXZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Olson. Wednesday freshness: 91%
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© 2007, The New York Times6/27/7 ( No. 21,050 )
Across
1
Great Trek participant of the 1830s : BOER
5
Courtroom fig. : ASSTDA
11
Bake sale grp. : PTA
14
Bowed, in music : ARCO
15
"Yippee!" : HOORAH
16
Alley ___ : OOP
17
Newts and such : SALAMANDERS
19
"The Addams Family" cousin : ITT
20
Nocturnal beetle : SCARAB
21
Sugar suffix : OSE
22
___ equal footing : ONAN
23
Senior Saarinen : ELIEL
24
Take apart : DISMANTLE
26
Setting for a chaise longue : TERRACE
28
In groups : ELITES
29
Deflating sound : SSS
30
When repeated, part of a Beatles refrain : YEAH
33
Services' partner : GOODS
34
Go-between, and a clue to 17-, 24-, 49- and 57-Across : MIDDLEMAN
37
Prized violin, briefly : STRAD
40
Canned fare since 1937 : SPAM
41
Univ. staffers : TAS
44
School papers : THEMES
46
Downsize, maybe : RESCALE
49
Salon job : PERMANENT
52
___ Potti : PORTA
53
Totally confused : ASEA
54
In the style of : ALA
55
Hit close to home? : BUNTED
56
Kick ___ storm : UPA
57
Locale of Uhuru Peak : KILIMANJARO
59
Israeli airport city : LOD
60
Lover of Cesario, in "Twelfth Night" : OLIVIA
61
Neighbor of Wash. : OREG
62
City grid: Abbr. : STS
63
Take stock of : ASSESS
64
Features of greenhouses : BEDS
Down
1
Stout-legged hounds : BASSETS
2
Sources of wisdom : ORACLES
3
Bakery treats : ECLAIRS
4
Lion, for one : ROARER
5
Ill-fated captain : AHAB
6
Trinity member : SON
7
"Me too" : SODOI
8
Long lock : TRESS
9
Risktaker's challenge : DAREME
10
"I see" sounds : AHS
11
Indicate, in a way : POINTTO
12
Came to : TOTALED
13
Suitability : APTNESS
18
Actress Powers of "Cyrano de Bergerac" : MALA
22
Something to cry over? : ONION
24
Knight's list : DEEDS
25
Bit of plankton : ALGA
27
Dancer Charisse : CYD
31
Eiger, for one : ALP
32
Soul mate? : HEART
34
"___ mia!" : MAMMA
35
It pops into the head : IDEA
36
Tussaud's title: Abbr. : MME
37
Wren's cathedral : STPAULS
38
X marks it : THESPOT
39
Double-checks : REREADS
41
Rarer than rare : TARTARE
42
Took in, perhaps : ALTERED
43
Old salts : SEADOGS
45
Garden pests : SNAILS
47
Worked like Rumpelstiltskin : SPUN
48
Swindler's work : CONJOB
50
___ Island (museum site) : ELLIS
51
Dewy-eyed : NAIVE
55
Lambs' laments : BAAS
57
R.V. hookup provider : KOA
58
Wrong start? : MIS

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