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New York Times, Monday, September 20, 1999

Author:
Gregory E. Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Across : "Yikes!"
TotalDebutLatest
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Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FGQWZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 74 for Mr. Paul. Monday freshness: 0%
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© 1999, The New York Times9/20/99 ( No. 18,213 )
Across
1
False god : BAAL
5
Buddy : CHUM
9
Atlanta-based airline : DELTA
14
Pasture portion : ACRE
15
Tip-top : AONE
16
Turn inside out : EVERT
17
Flushing field : SHEA
18
Barbershop request : TRIM
19
Rope fiber : SISAL
20
"Yikes!" : HEAVENSTOBETSY
23
Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
24
Prohibition ___ (1920-33) : ERA
25
1900 : MCM
28
Society crasher : UPSTART
31
Menlo Park monogram : TAE
34
Out in front : AHEAD
36
Be sick : AIL
37
The "A" in B.A. : ARTS
38
"Yikes!" : JEEPERSCREEPERS
42
Malt kiln : OAST
43
Iowa's state tree : OAK
44
City near Dayton : XENIA
45
Rd. for a mail carrier : RTE
46
Prince Philip, to Queen Elizabeth : CONSORT
49
Calendar square : DAY
50
Gobble up : EAT
51
Like the driven snow : PURE
53
"Yikes!" : LANDSAKESALIVE
60
Kindergarten adhesive : PASTE
61
Without: Fr. : SANS
62
Brainstorm : IDEA
63
Four duos : OCTET
64
Out of the wind : ALEE
65
Little tykes : TOTS
66
Eye drops : TEARS
67
Flippant : PERT
68
"If all ___ fails..." : ELSE
Down
1
Quite a party : BASH
2
Result of overexercise : ACHE
3
Neck of the woods : AREA
4
Shove off : LEAVE
5
Tabby's tempter : CATNIP
6
Derby participants : HORSES
7
Platoon or squadron, e.g. : UNIT
8
Bulletin board notice : MEMO
9
Gila monster's home : DESERT
10
"Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" musical : EVITA
11
More or ___ : LESS
12
Carhop's aid : TRAY
13
Part of NATO: Abbr. : ATL
21
Give the slip : ELUDE
22
Funnyman Milton : BERLE
25
Business Administration or English Lit, e.g. : MAJOR
26
Use crib notes : CHEAT
27
Former Attorney General Edwin : MEESE
29
Carpet fasteners : TACKS
30
Lungful : AIR
31
What's happening : TREND
32
Parts of hearts : ATRIA
33
Piece in Harper's : ESSAY
35
Fitting : APT
37
Copycat : APE
39
Genealogy : ROOTS
40
___ Bernardino : SAN
41
Old paperboy's cry : EXTRA
46
Midshipmen's rivals : CADETS
47
First of two baseball games : OPENER
48
Autumn apple : RUSSET
50
Go in : ENTER
52
Upper echelon : ELITE
53
Shoestring : LACE
54
"The Thin Man" dog : ASTA
55
"Immediately!" : ASAP
56
Cabbage : KALE
57
1-Across, e.g. : IDOL
58
Nov. 11 honorees : VETS
59
Convenience : EASE
60
Flower's place : POT

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