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New York Times, Saturday, August 18, 2001

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
61-Across : Shark
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 31 Missing: {JKQV} This is puzzle # 147 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 64%
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© 2001, The New York Times8/18/1 ( No. 18,911 )
Across
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Click : HITITOFF
9
Inferior : SHABBY
15
1964 Lennon/McCartney song : IMALOSER
16
Developed : MATURE
17
Lightener : PEROXIDE
18
One taking the stage? : OUTLAW
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To a tee : PAT
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Essences : SUMTOTALS
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Bridge bid, informally : ONENO
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___-cochere (carriage entrance) : PORTE
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Domingo, e.g. : DIA
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Hint : TRACE
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"Uh-uh" : NAH
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Shed : MOLT
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Baits : TEMPTS
34
Kosher : LEGIT
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Like some port authorities : BISTATE
38
Scuttlebutt : HEARSAY
40
Roaring Fork River city : ASPEN
41
Beat : RHYTHM
43
First U.S. vice president not to become president : BURR
44
Literary monogram : TSE
45
Rather inclined : STEEP
48
Mil. address : APO
49
Monopoly decision : BUILD
51
Opening : INTRO
53
Become affected : PUTONAIRS
56
"In Dreams" actor, 1999 : REA
57
Declining state : DOTAGE
58
They can be produced by shifting : CAPITALS
61
Shark : USURER
62
Blown away by : AMAZEDAT
63
Satisfies : REPAYS
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Breaking items? : LATENEWS
Down
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Congo basin denizen : HIPPO
2
Clarifying words : IMEANT
3
More sharp : TARTER
4
Workers' grp. : ILO
5
Medical examiner's subj. : TOX
6
Narc linkup? : OSIS
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Disgusted : FEDUP
8
San Francisco Bay city : FREMONT
9
Polished : SMOOTH
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Fancy : HAUTE
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"___ way!" : ATTA
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Stubborn types : BULLDOGS
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Capital since 1960 : BRASILIA
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Fine-grained wood : YEW
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Lowbrow : TRASHY
23
Go on : NATTER
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Swell area : OCEAN
27
Mason, e.g.: Abbr. : ATTY
29
One may be seen after a crash: Abbr. : EMT
31
Hybrids of the 24-Down : MERMEN
33
Darius I's land : PERSIA
34
"Hideaway" actress : LAHTI
35
Yeast cake : BABA
36
Hemmer's comment : ISUPPOSE
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Appear overnight : SPROUTUP
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They can cover a lot of space : ETS
42
Corkscrew : HELICAL
44
Signal receivers : TUNERS
46
Place for impulse buying? : ETRADE
47
Like some undergrad studies : PRELAW
49
Military pilot's concern : BOGEY
50
Plays : DRAMA
52
Brewery equipment : OASTS
54
Historic Irish village : TARA
55
Row : SPAT
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Written in a major key, in music : DUR
59
Brutal ending? : IZE
60
Mark of perfection : TEN

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