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New York Times, Monday, June 7, 1999

Author:
Robert O. Dillman
Editor:
Will Shortz
35-Across : Dunce
TotalDebutLatest
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Robert Dillman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Dillman. Monday freshness: 4%
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© 1999, The New York Times6/7/99 ( No. 18,108 )
Across
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Duelist's steps : PACES
6
Rogue : SCAMP
11
Likely : APT
14
Run off to get hitched : ELOPE
15
Peace, Justice and Order, in Greek myth : HORAE
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What to call a sergeant : SIR
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Come-on to those who are broke : NOMONEYDOWN
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Word before "I told you so!" : SEE
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Spring or summer : SEASON
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Ore testers : ASSAYERS
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Stir up : ROUSE
25
Windborne deposit : LOESS
26
Move backward : REGRESS
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Flabbergast : STUN
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"Don't get any funny ___!" : IDEAS
32
Article in Harper's or The Atlantic : ESSAY
35
Dunce : OAF
38
Mention : CITE
39
Whimsically humorous : DROLL
40
A check, one might hope: Abbr. : ENCL
41
W.W. II inits. : ETO
42
Bridal path : AISLE
43
The "U" of UHF : ULTRA
44
"Blue" or "White" river : NILE
46
Animate : ENLIVEN
48
Rocket type : AGENA
50
___ Park, Colo. : ESTES
52
Seine's south side : LEFTBANK
54
Like some controversial plants : ATOMIC
59
Saloon : BAR
60
Come-on to those who are patient : AFTERREBATE
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Prior to, in old times : ERE
63
"The Godfather" author Puzo : MARIO
64
With whom Juliet 14-Acrossed : ROMEO
65
WNW's reverse : ESE
66
"___ we all?" : ARENT
67
Chicago's ___ Tower : SEARS
Down
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Writes : PENS
2
Lotion ingredient : ALOE
3
1978 movie thriller : COMA
4
Poetry studied in Greek class : EPOS
5
Men, in La Mancha : SENORES
6
Not bold : SHY
7
Musical endings : CODAS
8
Stood up : AROSE
9
Gaping mouths : MAWS
10
Result of an infraction : PENALTY
11
Come-on to couch potatoes : ASSEENONTV
12
Where ships come in : PIERS
13
Lock of hair : TRESS
18
1940's Cardinal ___ Slaughter : ENOS
22
Who's solving this puzzle : YOU
24
Consumers : USERS
26
Serving with sushi : RICE
27
Rephrase : EDIT
28
End of a come-on to bargain hunters : GETONEFREE
29
"Norma ___" : RAE
30
Mule of song : SAL
33
The Sun : SOL
34
Ugly winter forecast : SLEET
36
Land unit : ACRE
37
Spanish dessert : FLAN
39
Go kaput : DIE
40
___ Lilly and Co. : ELI
42
Namath's alma mater : ALABAMA
43
Heavy coats : ULSTERS
45
Lender's income: Abbr. : INT
47
Within view : NEAR
48
Pulitzer winner for "Seascape" : ALBEE
49
They may be shifted or stripped : GEARS
50
___ nous : ENTRE
51
Tangle : SKEIN
53
At a distance : AFAR
55
Double reed : OBOE
56
Doll's cry : MAMA
57
Roman route : ITER
58
Corp. heads : CEOS
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Nonsense : ROT

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