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New York Times, Wednesday, August 20, 2003

Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
63-Across : Amusingly eccentric
TotalDebutLatest
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
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Mel Taub

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 70 for Mr. Taub. Wednesday freshness: 29%
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© 2003, The New York Times8/20/3 ( No. 19,643 )
Across
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Biblical gift bearers : MAGI
5
Kuwaiti, e.g. : ARAB
9
You can say that again : ADAGE
14
Lena of "Chocolat" : OLIN
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Rake feature : TINE
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Fasten, as a ship's rope : BELAY
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Vendor's vehicle : CART
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Clock sweeper : HAND
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Stupefy : AMAZE
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Significant events outside the U.S.? : KILOMETERSTONES
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One of the Sinatras : TINA
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High dudgeon : IRE
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Oust : DEPOSE
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Oral surgeon's deg. : DDS
29
Tête-à-tête : CHAT
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Egg: Prefix : OVI
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Hornswoggled : DUPED
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Reproductive body : SPORE
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Some caterpillars outside the U.S.? : CENTIMETERWORMS
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Work with the hands : KNEAD
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Actress Zellweger : RENEE
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Service for eight, e.g. : SET
43
Charon crosses it : STYX
44
Neighbor of Leb. : ISR
45
Grasping : GREEDY
47
Microwave : ZAP
48
One with her own dressing room, surely : DIVA
49
With "the," everything outside the U.S.? : WHOLENINEMETERS
57
Kachina doll makers : HOPIS
58
Beat fast : RACE
59
Swing around : SLUE
60
At attention : ERECT
61
Berkshire school : ETON
62
___ group (computer info source) : USER
63
Amusingly eccentric : WACKY
64
"Cut it out!" : DONT
65
Flippant : PERT
Down
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Poke fun at : MOCK
2
Jai ___ : ALAI
3
Song on the Beatles' "Rubber Soul" album : GIRL
4
Altogether : INTOTO
5
Literary institution: Var. : ATHENEUM
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Vaquero's rope : RIATA
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British royal : ANNE
8
Laid up : BEDRIDDEN
9
Taper off : ABATE
10
Audition tape : DEMO
11
Broadway's ___ Jay Lerner : ALAN
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Look (at) : GAZE
13
Looks at : EYES
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Handled badly : MISDID
22
Alums-to-be: Abbr. : SRS
25
Loading areas : DOCKS
26
Olympic category : EVENT
27
Full of firs : PINEY
28
Dissuade : DETER
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Minor U.S.N. administrator : CPO
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One taken for a ride : HORSE
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Equipped with a heater? : ARMED
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Snappish : TESTY
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Formed beads, in a way : PERSPIRED
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Turn suddenly : SWERVE
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Purchase price addition : TAX
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Infantry unit : REGIMENT
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Hunter of old movies : IAN
46
Gobbles : EATSUP
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Piquant : ZESTY
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Radioactivity cleanup process, for short : DECON
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"I'm glad that's over!" : WHEW
50
Kibbutz dance : HORA
51
Grp. with barrels : OPEC
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Spank : LICK
53
Defense acronym : NATO
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In addition : ELSE
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One with second thoughts, say : RUER
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Muralist José María ___ : SERT

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