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New York Times, Monday, September 15, 2003

Author:
Sheldon Benardo
Editor:
Will Shortz
56-Across : Permit
TotalDebutLatest
117/6/19988/28/2008
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0603200
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1.482815%
Sheldon Benardo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Benardo. Monday freshness: 42%
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© 2003, The New York Times9/15/3 ( No. 19,669 )
Across
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"So what ___ is new?" : ELSE
5
Place for drawers : DESK
9
Fronts of ships : PROWS
14
Ponce de ___ : LEON
15
Oscar winner Kazan : ELIA
16
Send, as payment : REMIT
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Atlantic Coast states, with "the" : EAST
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Coin grade higher than fine : MINT
19
African antelope : ELAND
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Hot movie of 1981? : CHARIOTSOFFIRE
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Kitty starter : ANTE
24
Minister: Abbr. : REV
25
Get satisfaction for, as a wrong : AVENGE
28
Siren luring sailors to shipwreck : LORELEI
32
Mythical enchantress : CIRCE
33
Program : SHOW
35
Bruin legend Bobby : ORR
36
Hot movie of 1974, with "The"? : TOWERINGINFERNO
40
__ Lilly & Co. : ELI
41
Cashews and such : NUTS
42
___ a million : ONEIN
43
Twisting, perhaps : DANCING
46
2000 Olympics city : SYDNEY
47
Suffix with meth- : ANE
48
Draftable : ONEA
49
Hot movie of 1966? : ISPARISBURNING
56
Permit : ALLOW
57
Artless one : NAIF
58
Secluded valley : GLEN
59
William and Harry's mother : DIANA
60
Sign at the front of some bars : CLEF
61
Biblical twin : ESAU
62
"___ Defeats Truman" (infamous 1948 headline) : DEWEY
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Dame Myra : HESS
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"Phooey!" : RATS
Down
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Utility supply: Abbr. : ELEC
2
Mrs. Rabin : LEAH
3
Slugging Sammy : SOSA
4
Beguile : ENTRANCE
5
Take down a notch : DEMOTE
6
High society : ELITE
7
Breaks a commandment : SINS
8
"The Green Hornet" role : KATO
9
Lean toward : PREFER
10
Have déjà vu about : RELIVE
11
Bradley or Sharif : OMAR
12
Champagne, e.g. : WINE
13
Basic version: Abbr. : STD
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Actress Stevens : INGER
22
Displeased look : FROWN
25
Performed : ACTED
26
String quartet member : VIOLA
27
Gen. Rommel : ERWIN
28
Lane in Metropolis : LOIS
29
Actress Sophia : LOREN
30
Tennessee ___ Ford : ERNIE
31
Literary device : IRONY
33
Tight, as a fit : SNUG
34
Elev. : HGT
37
Around the center : INNER
38
Vestibule : FOYER
39
Imperil : ENDANGER
44
Gangster known as Big Al : CAPONE
45
Sort of : INAWAY
46
Stamps (out) : SNUFFS
48
Theater awards : OBIES
49
Tennis's Nastase : ILIE
50
Cole ___ : SLAW
51
Ruler unit : INCH
52
Store event : SALE
53
Rick's love in "Casablanca" : ILSA
54
Orderly : NEAT
55
Wildebeests : GNUS
56
Do sums : ADD

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