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New York Times, Saturday, July 26, 2003

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Across : Little snips
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1938/7/199612/22/202321
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
531.631,16472%
Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 31 Missing: {JKV} This is puzzle # 68 for Mr. Quigley. Saturday freshness: 47%
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© 2003, The New York Times7/26/3 ( No. 19,618 )
Across
1
Dummy : FATHEAD
8
"The Osbournes" mom : SHARON
14
1869 Dostoyevsky novel : THEIDIOT
16
Snapper : CAMERA
17
Error acknowledgment : MEACULPA
18
Wyeth health-care brand : ANACIN
19
Audience : EAR
20
Place for a fan : CEILING
22
Inactive, in a way: Abbr. : RET
23
Flaps : ADOS
25
Makes sure one is heard, maybe : YELLS
26
Construction site sight : CONE
27
Removes, as clothing : DOFFS
29
"Autrefois un ___ de Thulé" (Berlioz aria) : ROI
30
Match game? : SLOTS
31
Disseminate : EFFUSE
33
When it may be unsafe to travel : WARTIME
35
Those running the place: Abbr. : MGMT
37
Neill's "Jurassic Park" co-star : DERN
38
Old-time record : PLATTER
41
Riyal earner : QATARI
45
Little snips : BRATS
46
Dick : TEC
48
Mixer : TONIC
49
Old paper part : ROTO
50
Pie choice : PECAN
52
Resting place for a chignon : NAPE
53
Live : ARE
54
Stable visitors : WISEMEN
56
___ sister : SOB
57
Body application, of a sort : CARWAX
59
It shows what you can do : DEMOTAPE
61
Paris's Arc de Triomphe de l'___ : ETOILE
62
Brewer of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable : EBENEZER
63
Washington in "Philadelphia" : DENZEL
64
Star center from Shanghai : YAOMING
Down
1
Base south of Baltimore : FTMEADE
2
Leading : AHEADOF
3
Remove, in a way : TEAROFF
4
Hawaiian Punch alternative : HIC
5
Cabinet dept. : EDUC
6
"Revelations" choreographer : AILEY
7
Less swift : DOPIER
8
Some hospital procedures : SCANS
9
Kick back (with) : HANG
10
Fitness grp. : AMA
11
Where you might shoot pool : RECROOM
12
East, in Ecuador : ORIENTE
13
City known in ancient times as Condivicnum : NANTES
15
Soapmaking stuff : TALLOW
21
Hector dies in it : ILIAD
24
Tone-blending painting technique : SFUMATO
26
"An Invitation to the White House" author : CLINTON
28
Some NCO's : SSGTS
30
___-O-Matic (maker of sports games) : STRAT
32
One at a crash site, for short : EMT
34
Abbr. in some class descriptions : REQ
36
French counts? : TETES
38
Apportion : PRORATE
39
After a bit : LATERON
40
Move away : RECEDE
42
Prehistoric Pueblo culture : ANASAZI
43
Attack impatiently : RIPOPEN
44
Hard-to-get-to-know person, so to speak : ICEBERG
45
Like some necks : BRACED
47
Visited : CAMEBY
50
Point of resolution? : PIXEL
51
Site of ancient biennial games : NEMEA
54
Whipping evidence : WALE
55
Don't : NONO
58
"If You Believe" musical, with "The" : WIZ
60
Pro follower : TEM

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