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New York Times, Tuesday, July 29, 2003

Author:
Ed Early
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Octad plus one
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
557/7/19947/14/20081
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1917117442
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5419532%
Ed Early

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {BGJQUXZ} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 29 for Mr. Early. Tuesday freshness: 0%
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© 2003, The New York Times7/29/3 ( No. 19,621 )
Across
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Window base : SILL
5
One-tenth: Prefix : DECI
9
Within reach : HANDY
14
Operatic solo : ARIA
15
Dash : ELAN
16
Children's song refrain : EIEIO
17
Al Capp parody of Dick Tracy : FEARLESSFOSDICK
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Octad plus one : ENNEAD
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Princely initials : HRH
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On the sheltered side : ALEE
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Examines a passage : READS
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A prospector may stake one : CLAIM
26
Midwest hub : OHARE
28
B westerns : OATERS
33
Repair tears : SEW
36
MasterCard rival : VISA
38
Salman Rushdie's birthplace : INDIA
39
User of air abrasion to clean teeth : PAINLESSDENTIST
43
Bewildered : ATSEA
44
Exam taken in H.S. : PSAT
45
Pipe joint : TEE
46
African bloodsucker : TSETSE
48
It's given to a waiter : ORDER
51
Breathing room : SPACE
53
Reggae fan, often : RASTA
57
Play divisions : ACTS
61
Actor Wallach : ELI
62
Shoe part : INSTEP
63
Muscleman's garment : SLEEVELESSSHIRT
66
"Careless Hands" singer Mel : TORME
67
List-ending abbr. : ETAL
68
Otherwise : ELSE
69
Fess up : ADMIT
70
Wall St. trading center : NYSE
71
Prognosticator : SEER
Down
1
Equipped with air bags, say : SAFER
2
Castle of dance : IRENE
3
Tropical vine : LIANA
4
"Streets of ___" (cowboy song) : LAREDO
5
Exploit : DEED
6
Golfer Ernie : ELS
7
What credit cards may bring about, eventually : CASHLESSSOCIETY
8
Prefix with structure : INFRA
9
"For ___ a jolly ..." : HES
10
Verdi opera : AIDA
11
Filmmaker Jordan : NEIL
12
They show their faces in casinos : DICE
13
Oxen's harness : YOKE
18
Whip : LASH
19
The Buckeye State : OHIO
24
Like new dollar bills : CRISP
25
Common street name : MAIN
27
___ Maria : AVE
29
Big blast maker : TNT
30
Make changes to : EDIT
31
Soufflés do it : RISE
32
Glut : SATE
33
Squabble : SPAT
34
Food, slangily : EATS
35
Sage : WISE
37
How a prank may be done, after "on" : ADARE
40
Mosquito protection : NET
41
Edinburgh girl : LASS
42
J.F.K. approximation : ETD
47
Sporting blade : EPEE
49
Shore birds : ERNS
50
Diaper wearers' woes : RASHES
52
___ wrench : ALLEN
54
Subway station device : STILE
55
To the point : TERSE
56
More inclined : APTER
57
"The Thin Man" dog : ASTA
58
Lump of dirt : CLOD
59
Contract stipulation : TERM
60
Big rig : SEMI
62
Castaway's home : ISLE
64
One who looks Rover over : VET
65
Swedish carrier : SAS

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1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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