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New York Times, Monday, August 30, 2004

Author:
Jeffrey Harris
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Across : From one side to the other
TotalDebutLatest
48/30/20042/18/2013
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.4796%
Jeffrey Harris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Harris. Monday freshness: 4%
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© 2004, The New York Times8/30/4 ( No. 20,019 )
Across
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Tow : HAUL
5
From County Clare, e.g. : IRISH
10
___ pet (onetime fad item) : CHIA
14
"The Thin Man" pooch : ASTA
15
Off-limits : TABOO
16
"Crazy" bird : LOON
17
Manual transmission : STICKSHIFT
19
"What've you been ___?" : UPTO
20
Politely : NICELY
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High-spirited horse : ARABIAN
23
Swap : TRADE
24
From one side to the other : ACROSS
26
Shade of beige : ECRU
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Warwick who sang "Walk On By" : DIONNE
32
Tree branch : LIMB
36
Makes a row in a garden, say : HOES
38
"Hasta la vista!" : ADIOS
39
Operatic solo : ARIA
40
Academy Award : OSCAR
42
Fighting, often with "again" : ATIT
43
Goes off on a mad tangent : RANTS
45
With 22-Down, Korea's location : EAST
46
Bone-dry : SERE
47
Moose or mouse : ANIMAL
49
Perlman of "Cheers" : RHEA
51
Upstate New York city famous for silverware : ONEIDA
53
Twinkie's filling : CREME
58
Versatile legume : SOYBEAN
61
Entraps : SNARES
62
Jai ___ : ALAI
63
Lakeshore rental, perhaps : PADDLEBOAT
66
Lass : GIRL
67
Between, en français : ENTRE
68
Taking a break from work : IDLE
69
One of two wives of Henry VIII : ANNE
70
Hem again : RESEW
71
Loch ___ monster : NESS
Down
1
Lacks, quickly : HASNT
2
Up and about : ASTIR
3
Ancient city NW of Carthage : UTICA
4
Tied, as shoes : LACED
5
___-bitsy : ITSY
6
Shout from the bleachers : RAH
7
There: Lat. : IBI
8
Until now : SOFAR
9
Souped-up car : HOTROD
10
Standard drink mixers : CLUBSODAS
11
Arizona tribe : HOPI
12
Tiny amount : IOTA
13
Shortly : ANON
18
Swiss artist Paul ___ : KLEE
22
See 45-Across : ASIA
24
Came up : AROSE
25
What a TV host reads from : CUECARD
27
Funnywoman Margaret : CHO
29
Evening, in ads : NITE
30
Dark film genre, informally : NOIR
31
Villa d'___ : ESTE
32
"___ Croft Tomb Raider" (2001 film) : LARA
33
Tehran's land : IRAN
34
Prefix with skirt or series : MINI
35
Transportation for the Dynamic Duo : BATMOBILE
37
Bird's name in "Peter and the Wolf" : SASHA
41
Numbered rd. : RTE
44
Of sound mind : SANE
48
Frog, at times : LEAPER
50
Unappealing skin condition : ACNE
52
Idiotic : INANE
54
1990's Israeli P.M. : RABIN
55
Wear away : ERODE
56
Breakfast, lunch and dinner : MEALS
57
Kefauver of 1950's politics : ESTES
58
The "Star Wars" trilogy, for one : SAGA
59
Actress Lena : OLIN
60
Folksy tale : YARN
61
Whole bunch : SLEW
64
Alcoholic's woe : DTS
65
Rapper Dr. ___ : DRE

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