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New York Times, Tuesday, August 12, 2003

Author:
Adam Cohen
Editor:
Will Shortz
58-Across : Condition of utmost perfection
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Adam Cohen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Cohen. Tuesday freshness: 12%
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© 2003, The New York Times8/12/3 ( No. 19,635 )
Across
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Use a swizzle stick : STIR
5
Sarcophagus : TOMB
9
Skater Henie : SONJA
14
Humanitarian org. : CARE
15
Track shape : OVAL
16
Goodbye to José : ADIOS
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Birthstone for many Libras : OPAL
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Personal staff member : AIDE
19
Massaged places : NAPES
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Super : FINEANDDANDY
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Ally : FRIEND
24
Versailles habitant : ROI
25
Married madrileña: Abbr. : SRA
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Natural hairstyle : AFRO
31
Disney's dwarfs, e.g. : HEPTAD
33
Thick slice : SLAB
37
Score of 100-0, say : ROUT
39
Letter from a teacher : GRADE
40
Treat with chips : TOLLHOUSECOOKIE
43
Five-note refrain : EIEIO
44
Start of Caesar's last gasp : ETTU
45
"Witness" director Peter : WEIR
46
Doesn't contain one's anger : ERUPTS
48
"Note to ___ ..." : SELF
50
Stroke : PET
51
Part of WWW : WEB
53
West of Nashville : DOTTIE
58
Condition of utmost perfection : FARETHEEWELL
61
Capital near Casablanca : RABAT
64
Cupid's Greek counterpart : EROS
65
Qatari leader : EMIR
66
Dumbfound : AMAZE
67
Big name in auto parts : NAPA
68
Sport in which players wear masks : EPEE
69
"Unsafe at Any Speed" author : NADER
70
No short story : EPIC
71
Orderly : TIDY
Down
1
Jeer : SCOFF
2
Piglike animal : TAPIR
3
Farsi speaker : IRANI
4
Confederate signature : RELEE
5
How pendulums swing : TOANDFRO
6
"Metamorphoses" author : OVID
7
Volunteer org. launched in 1980 : MADD
8
Cloudiness : BLEAR
9
Lindbergh Field site : SANDIEGO
10
Jazz singer Anita : ODAY
11
Small bite : NIP
12
Friday on TV : JOE
13
Simpleton : ASS
21
Santa ___, Calif. : ANA
22
Classical Japanese drama : NOH
25
Investment : STAKE
26
Diameter halves : RADII
27
"Doe, ___ ..." : ADEER
29
Lecher : ROUE
30
Removes from power : OUSTS
32
Ship's front : PROW
33
Exorbitant : STEEP
34
Longest river in France : LOIRE
35
Alaskan native : ALEUT
36
Spot on the radar : BLIP
38
Head in a guillotine? : TETE
41
Big trouble : HOTWATER
42
Dead-end street : CULDESAC
47
Sun. delivery : SER
49
Combatant : FOE
52
Geoffrey of fashion : BEENE
54
Birdcage sound : TWEET
55
Adagio and allegro : TEMPI
56
"But you promised!" retort : ILIED
57
Tito Puente's nickname : ELREY
58
Discomfit : FAZE
59
Duffer's obstacle : TRAP
60
Arizona tribe : HOPI
61
Oversaw : RAN
62
Famous jour. publisher : AMA
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One-star : BAD

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