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New York Times, Wednesday, August 1, 2001

Author:
William I. Johnston
Editor:
Will Shortz
69-Across : Grooves on
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William I. Johnston

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQVXZ} Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Johnston. Wednesday freshness: 38%
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© 2001, The New York Times8/1/1 ( No. 18,894 )
Across
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Yogurt fruit : KIWI
5
Outpouring : SPATE
10
Kind of page : OPED
14
Leprechaun's land : ERIN
15
Rhodes of Rhodesia : CECIL
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Where a puppy may be picked up : NAPE
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Not a niche audience : MASSMARKET
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Hot times in Haiti : ETES
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Locker room activity : PEPTALK
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Without a contract : ONSPEC
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Ogle : EYE
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Private places : SANCTA
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Get-up-and-go : OOMPH
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Third-century date : CCI
30
Clobbers : ROUTS
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Madrid Mrs. : SRA
34
They'll knock you out : ETHERS
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"Guilty," e.g. : PLEA
38
Many a Louis : ROI
39
Kettles ... or the theme of this puzzle : MAANDPA
41
Belushi venue, for short : SNL
42
May race, informally : INDY
44
Well-tossed pigskin : SPIRAL
45
Lilly of pharmaceuticals : ELI
46
Bill Haley bandmate : COMET
48
In need of salting, maybe : ICY
49
Modern news source : MSNBC
51
More than 25% of immigrants to the U.S. : ASIANS
53
Spreadsheet part: Abbr. : COL
54
Sign up : ENROLL
56
The U.S., to Mexicans : ELNORTE
60
Dayan contemporary : MEIR
61
It may become a queen : PASSEDPAWN
64
Penny-pinching : MEAN
65
Plantain lily : HOSTA
66
Arthurian lady : ENID
67
It's under the Ponte Vecchio : ARNO
68
Rubber hub : AKRON
69
Grooves on : DIGS
Down
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Dole's 1996 running mate : KEMP
2
"Dies ___" : IRAE
3
Skinny one : WISP
4
Marching together : INSTEP
5
Map info : SCALE
6
Dental plan, maybe : PERK
7
When doubled, defensive fire : ACK
8
50-50, e.g. : TIE
9
Lyrical John : ELTON
10
Like some shopping : ONESTOP
11
1968 presidential candidate : PATPAULSEN
12
Fencing need : EPEE
13
Progeny: Abbr. : DESC
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Wanton destruction : MAYHEM
22
A.T.M. maker : NCR
24
Nature films, perhaps : SCENICS
25
Hang in the breeze : AIRDRY
26
"Hamlet" courtier : OSRIC
27
Maine town : ORONO
28
Robin's sweetheart : MAIDMARIAN
29
"Taxi" singer : CHAPIN
31
Potato sack wt., maybe : TENLB
32
___ law (old Frankish code) : SALIC
35
Profs' help : TAS
36
Sauna site : SPA
40
Amaretto flavor : ALMOND
43
Kind of question : YESORNO
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Up to, for short : TIL
50
Like a mansard roof : SLOPED
52
Greek leader : ALPHA
53
Untainted : CLEAN
54
1998 role for Uma : EMMA
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___-do-well : NEER
56
Idaho motto starter : ESTO
57
Indian princess : RANI
58
Bit of wicker : TWIG
59
Winds up : ENDS
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Just fine : AOK
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Pre-Yeltsin abbr. : SSR

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