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New York Times, Wednesday, January 19, 2000

Author:
Arthur S. Verdesca
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Down : Like wet ink
TotalDebutLatest
422/27/19881/19/2000
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Arthur S. Verdesca

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 42 for Mr. Verdesca. Wednesday freshness: 0%
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© 2000, The New York Times1/19/0 ( No. 18,334 )
Across
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Worrisome car sound : PING
5
Rant and rave : STORM
10
Part of a Racine play : ACTE
14
Patent prerequisite : IDEA
15
Nintendo's Super ___ Bros. : MARIO
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Polo Grounds replacement : SHEA
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Start of a story? (1977) : CLOSEENCOUNTERS
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Ring count : TEN
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Some floor votes : NAYS
22
Deem appropriate : SEEFIT
23
Mitchell's plantation : TARA
24
Winter Palace resident : TSAR
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Flattering, in an oily way : SMARMY
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Nitty-gritty : MEAT
29
Director Craven : WES
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Lofty abode : AERIE
33
Take to the cleaners : SOAK
34
Flu fighters : SERA
35
More of the story? (1987) : FATALATTRACTION
38
Sooner city : ENID
39
Chablis sediment : LEES
40
Nomadic mob : HORDE
41
U.S.P.S. employee's beat : RTE
42
The Carpenters, e.g. : DUET
43
Carpenter's need : SANDER
44
Like many a cellar : DAMP
45
It may be struck : POSE
46
Cousin of a guinea pig : AGOUTI
49
Sal's canal : ERIE
50
Dickens alias : BOZ
53
End of the story? (1964) : LOVEANDMARRIAGE
56
Uncle of Enos : ABEL
57
Labor leader's cry : UNITE
58
Trading center : MART
59
Peccadilloes : SINS
60
Photo finish : MATTE
61
"Nolo," e.g. : PLEA
Down
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Early Briton : PICT
2
Like some threats : IDLE
3
Broadway brightener : NEON
4
Dentist's administration : GAS
5
Like wet ink : SMEARY
6
Roberts or Tucker : TANYA
7
Ogres : ORCS
8
Hope/Crosby film destination : RIO
9
Greek dish : MOUSSAKA
10
Late bloomer? : ASTER
11
Dish maker : CHEF
12
Garr of "Tootsie" : TERI
13
Magi origin : EAST
18
Canine's coat : ENAMEL
19
Sans ice : NEAT
23
Simple chord : TRIAD
24
Goes like the dickens : TEARS
25
Onetime cohort of Rather : SAFER
26
Intended : MEANT
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Ava's second : ARTIE
28
Choral work : MOTET
29
Spooky : WEIRD
30
Eat at : ERODE
31
Not as dotty : SANER
33
Causing sticker shock : STEEP
34
Sling ammo : STONE
36
Bauxite yields it : ALUMINUM
37
Beer, at times : CHASER
42
Numbers to crunch : DATA
43
Evening affair : SOIREE
44
Some showdowns : DUELS
45
Brooklyn institute : PRATT
46
"Ah, me!" : ALAS
47
Mongolian expanse : GOBI
48
It's within your range : OVEN
49
Put out : EMIT
50
False god : BAAL
51
Meanie : OGRE
52
Epsilon follower : ZETA
54
Some trial evidence : DNA
55
Bart Simpson, typically : IMP

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