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New York Times, Tuesday, August 24, 1999

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Funny
TotalDebutLatest
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 44 for Ms. Gorski. Tuesday freshness: 5%
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© 1999, The New York Times8/24/99 ( No. 18,186 )
Across
1
Southwestern art center : TAOS
5
English exam finale, often : ESSAY
10
Lime drinks : ADES
14
Exile isle : ELBA
15
"Touched by an Angel" co-star : REESE
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Phone bug, e.g. : MIKE
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School on the Thames : ETON
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Birth-related : NATAL
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Don Juan's mother : INEZ
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Cocks and bulls : HES
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"___ Howdy Doody time..." : ITS
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Grounded birds : DODOS
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Bother terribly : EATAT
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Many N.Y.C. dwellings : APTS
33
Galley slave's tool : OAR
34
Payback time for Wimpy : TUESDAY
37
Stats, e.g. : INFO
38
Delectable : LIPSMACKING
40
Harness racer's gait : TROT
42
Walks feebly : TOTTERS
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Altar assent : IDO
44
Concert hall section : LOGE
45
John Lennon hit : WOMAN
49
Syrup source : MAPLE
51
AT&T rival : MCI
53
More than impress : AWE
54
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Uprising at Attica : RIOT
61
Face-to-face exams : ORALS
62
Inter ___ : ALIA
63
Human rights org. : ACLU
64
Fergie, formally : SARAH
65
Air outlet : VENT
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Like one end of many pools : DEEP
67
Manicurist's aid : EMERY
68
Advantage : EDGE
Down
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Something tots do : TEETHE
2
Tennis great Gibson : ALTHEA
3
Double-reed player : OBOIST
4
Belted one out : SANG
5
Dadaist Max : ERNST
6
Elite divers : SEALS
7
___ time limit : SETA
8
Rush job notation : ASAP
9
Hand-in-the-car-door reaction : YELP
10
Kind of acid : AMINO
11
Call from the front door : DINGDONG
12
Barely make, with "out" : EKE
13
"___ who?" : SEZ
21
Ask, as for money : HITUP
22
Picks out of a lineup, for short : IDS
26
Klutz : OAF
27
Sellout sign : SRO
29
Working hard : ATIT
30
"___ which will live in..." : ADATE
31
War ender : PACT
32
Bambino : TYKE
35
This, to Jorge : ESTO
36
Los Angeles woe : SMOG
37
___ many words : INSO
38
Object of a tax lawyer's search : LOOPHOLE
39
Professor Corey : IRWIN
40
Comic Conway : TIM
41
Vitamin bottle info : RDA
44
Grazing ground : LEA
46
Sent in : MAILED
47
Cafe sunshade : AWNING
48
Cancel : NEGATE
50
Abate : LETUP
51
Bicuspid neighbor : MOLAR
52
Undemanding, as a job : CUSHY
55
Wine choice : ROSE
56
Way around London, once : TRAM
57
Scale down : PARE
58
Jay's competition : DAVE
59
"Awesome!" : RAD
60
Diamonds, to hoods : ICE

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