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New York Times, Thursday, August 24, 2000

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Approves, in a way
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David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 42 Missing: {VX} This is puzzle # 65 for Mr. Kahn. Thursday freshness: 31%
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© 2000, The New York Times8/24/0 ( No. 18,552 )
Across
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Unhurried : SLOW
5
___ Hashana : ROSH
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Works in the Uffizi Palace : ARTE
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Fortress on a hill : AERIE
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Regarding : ASTO
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Movie princess : LEIA
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Man in a suit : SANTA
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Creator of 35-Across : JKROWLING
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Approves, in a way : ENACTS
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Quattro maker : AUDI
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Ice grp. : NHL
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Not just one : BOTH
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Crew members : OARMEN
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Jane ___ : DOE
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Like old postcards : ONECENT
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Parents, often : DOTERS
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Rodeo catcher : REATA
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Velvet finish? : EEN
35
Popular fictional 31-Down : HARRYPOTTER
39
One with a match? : REF
40
Retinue : TRAIN
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Outdo in : BEATAT
44
Active volcanoes, e.g. : SPEWERS
48
"Go on..." : AND
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Friday companion : CRUSOE
52
Aware of : INON
53
Maglie of 1950's baseball : SAL
54
New York-area college : IONA
55
Entrance : DAZZLE
57
Favorite sport of 35-Across : QUIDDITCH
60
Singer Crystal : GAYLE
61
Forearm bone : ULNA
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___ Te Kanawa : KIRI
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Tanks and such : ARMOR
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Times for les vacances : ETES
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"Light" and "dark" orders : ALES
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Homes in the hills : DENS
Down
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Japanese port near Nagasaki : SASEBO
2
Pressure : LEANON
3
Rococo : ORNATE
4
Subject taught at 35-Across's school : WITCHCRAFT
5
Rule of India : RAJ
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"Ship of Fools" actor Werner : OSKAR
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Play, in a way : STRUM
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Like monks : HOODED
9
Unstinting amount : ALL
10
Comet, for one : REINDEER
11
Small-time : TINHORN
12
Super Bowl XV team : EAGLES
14
Down : EAT
19
Lush : WINO
21
U-boat detector : SONAR
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"The Practice" role: Abbr. : ATTY
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Always, poetically : EER
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See 35-Across : TEENWIZARD
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Clever : APT
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It may get your attention : HEADLINE
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Roughly : ORSO
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Not live : TAPED
38
Standoff : TIE
39
Competitor of 22-Across : RENAULT
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Language with no known relative : BASQUE
42
Boric ___ : ACID
43
Three-horse carriage : TROIKA
45
Catalyst of a sort : ENZYME
46
Container with a rotating ball : ROLLON
47
Doesn't look pleased : SNEERS
50
Sammy Kaye's "___ Tomorrow" : UNTIL
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"___ bleu!" : SACRE
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Eastern title : AGA
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Court figs. : DAS
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Part of H.R.H. : HIS

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