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New York Times, Tuesday, August 13, 2002

Author:
Robert Malinow
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Across : Sheep's cry
TotalDebutLatest
97/12/19953/14/2005
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.605135%
Robert Malinow

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FQW} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Malinow. Tuesday freshness: 4%
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© 2002, The New York Times8/13/2 ( No. 19,271 )
Across
1
Sheep's cry : BLEAT
6
On ___ (like some jobs) : SPEC
10
Subject of a Sophocles tragedy : AJAX
14
Video's counterpart : AUDIO
15
Waterfront sight : PIER
16
Standard : NORM
17
Amorous entanglement : ETERNALTRIANGLE
20
Discipline that uses koans : ZEN
21
Send out : EMIT
22
Member of a secret order : MASON
23
Eye opening for a squint : SLIT
24
Sic a lawyer on : SUE
26
Annoyance for dwellers near airports : INCESSANTNOISE
33
Bond's "Casino Royale" foe : SMERSH
34
Randomizer : DIE
35
Govt. initiative : PROG
36
Subsists (on) : LIVES
37
Person with a chest pad : UMP
38
String section member : VIOLA
39
Possible solution : IDEA
40
"Just ___ thought!" : ASI
41
Acted badly : SINNED
42
Clothing label designation : PERMANENTPRESS
45
Hertz offering : CAR
46
"Of all the luck!" : RATS
47
Posthumous donation : ORGAN
51
Actress Pitts of old films : ZASU
52
Greetings : HIS
55
Mechanical impossibility : PERPETUALMOTION
59
Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
60
Fairy tale opener : ONCE
61
With 40-Down, seat of Orange County, Calif. : SANTA
62
Wildcat : LYNX
63
Jab : POKE
64
Readily available : ONTAP
Down
1
Singer/activist Joan : BAEZ
2
Renaissance instrument : LUTE
3
TV genie portrayer : EDEN
4
Put on TV : AIR
5
Without inflection or feeling : TONELESS
6
Cheerleaders' finale, often : SPLITS
7
British P.M. under George III : PITT
8
Always with an apostrophe : EER
9
Dernier ___ : CRI
10
Ballet Russe star Pavlova : ANNA
11
Helps, as a memory : JOGS
12
Singer Guthrie : ARLO
13
Marvel Comics group : XMEN
18
Simple folk : AMISH
19
"I agree completely!" : AMEN
23
1996 horror film with sequels : SCREAM
24
Barbershop sound : SNIP
25
Colorado native : UTE
26
Ammonia derivative : IMIDE
27
"Well, I ___!" : NEVER
28
Campus offices: Abbr. : ADMIN
29
Thinks out loud : OPINES
30
Fireplace tools : IRONS
31
Treaded surfaces : SOLES
32
"Good heavens!" : EGAD
33
Boo-boo : SLIP
37
Exploitative type : USER
38
Musical artiste : VIRTUOSO
40
See 61-Across : ANA
41
Fleeting muscle problem : SPASM
43
Clearasil target : ACNE
44
Irish port near Killarney : TRALEE
47
German automaker : OPEL
48
Bank (on) : RELY
49
Alfred E. Neuman expression : GRIN
50
Summit : APEX
51
"An Officer and a Gentleman" hero : ZACK
52
Aid to the stumped : HINT
53
Smidgen : IOTA
54
Say sharply : SNAP
56
Blouse, e.g. : TOP
57
Game with "Draw Two" cards : UNO
58
Beachgoer's goal : TAN

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