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New York Times, Wednesday, August 23, 2000

Author:
William A. Ballard
Editor:
Will Shortz
27-Across : Too-small topper?
TotalDebutLatest
102/24/19984/13/2004
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0342100
ScrabDebutFresh
1.573620%
Bill Ballard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQWZ} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Ballard. Wednesday freshness: 8%
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© 2000, The New York Times8/23/0 ( No. 18,551 )
Across
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Where Sherlock Holmes "died," with "the" : ALPS
5
Deejays' platters : SPINS
10
Omnibus alternative : TRAM
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Ticked off : SORE
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Ripley's last words? : ORNOT
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Shakespearean ensign : IAGO
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Energy source : ATOM
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Get stuck : LODGE
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River of Aragón : EBRO
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Outsized sleeping accommodations? : FIVEPOSTERBED
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Calypso offshoot : SKA
25
Long intro? : ERE
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Blubbers : CRIES
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Too-small topper? : NINEGALLONHAT
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Where the action is : ARENA
33
Thought: Prefix : IDEO
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Encircle : GIRD
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Like cheddar cheese on a tray : CUBED
37
One of the Ivies : PENN
41
"Duck soup!" : EASY
42
H.M.O. requirement, usually : COPAY
43
Too little of a bad thing? : SIXDEADLYSINS
47
Russian pancakes : BLINI
49
Dawn goddess : EOS
50
Tale teller : POE
51
Somewhat belated desire? : EIGHTYEARITCH
56
Ruination : BANE
57
Fess up : ADMIT
58
Pro ___ : RATA
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Dilly : ONER
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Sailor's respite : LEAVE
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Prolific auth.? : ANON
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Noggin : PATE
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Maze word : ENTER
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Seeds often get them : BYES
Down
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Center of a comparison : ASA
2
His wife was a pillar : LOT
3
Vulgar sort : PROFANER
4
It might jackknife : SEMI
5
Maturity classification of sherry : SOLERA
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Move forward : PROPEL
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___-Aryan : INDO
8
Year-end libations : NOGS
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"Keep as is" : STET
10
___ del Fuego : TIERRA
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Animal in a warren : RABBIT
12
Match, grammatically : AGREE
13
They sometimes swing : MOODS
21
Star in Lyra : VEGA
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Go off the wall? : ECHO
23
Hose problem : SNAG
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Opera's ___ Te Kanawa : KIRI
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"Bitter" part : END
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Nation with a solid green flag : LIBYA
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Poetic homage : ODE
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Nancy Drew's boyfriend : NED
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No-goodnik : CAD
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Manipulate : USE
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Shortstop, e.g.: Abbr. : POS
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Spiritual revelation : EPIPHANY
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Prefix with second : NANO
40
AMEX counterpart : NYSE
41
Lighted sign : EXIT
42
Dermatologist's diagnosis : CYST
43
Official seal : SIGNET
44
"Psst!" follower, maybe : INHERE
45
Reason out : DERIVE
46
Hang out : LOITER
47
Jazz variation : BEBOP
48
Thick vine : LIANA
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Brown rival : YALE
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Where it all started : EDEN
54
Latin 101 verb : AMAT
55
Horseshoe ___ : CRAB
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Last X of X-X-X : TOE
60
"T" or "F": Abbr. : ANS

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