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New York Times, Friday, January 30, 2004

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Down : Foe of communism
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {FJQVXZ} Spans: 5, (2 double stacks) This is puzzle # 191 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 11%
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© 2004, The New York Times1/30/4 ( No. 19,806 )
Across
1
Triter writer? : HACK
5
Old toy trademark : POGO
9
Got through : COPED
14
Comics canine : ODIE
15
Lottery cry : IWON
16
Santa Anna target : ALAMO
17
Apologetic words at the end of a meal : HATETOEATANDRUN
20
No-brainer : OPENANDSHUTCASE
21
Call to a crew : STROKE
22
Horse of the Year, 1960-64 : KELSO
23
Disadvantaged : NEEDY
25
Considers barely dignified enough : DEIGNS
29
Go up and down : BOB
32
Hair implant? : ROOT
34
Provide for : ENDOW
35
Smart ___ : ALEC
37
Marks for a score : SLURS
39
Storyteller's challenge : SAGA
40
Space : REALM
42
Great Lakes city : ERIE
43
"Throw thine eye / On ___ young boy": "King John" : YON
44
Polite turndown : NOMAAM
46
Siege deterrents : MOATS
49
Clip for TV : PROMO
51
Clip joint figures : CHEATS
55
Lead-in to "goodbye" : TOOTTOOTTOOTSIE
59
"That's a shame" : SORRYTOHEARTHAT
60
Lend ___ : ANEAR
61
Sleep activities : REMS
62
River rising in the Cantabrian Mountains : EBRO
63
Level connectors : RAMPS
64
"In principio ___ Verbum" (biblical phrase) : ERAT
65
Film private : RYAN
Down
1
Popular snack cakes : HOHOS
2
Show flexibility : ADAPT
3
Lawyer, often, in court briefs : CITER
4
Partial to : KEENON
5
Groundbreakers : PIONEERS
6
Outstanding : OWED
7
Bit of parental buck-passing : GOASKYOURMOTHER
8
With 18-Down, like some corrupt officials : ONTHE
9
Is blind : CANTSEE
10
Numismatist's interest : OLDCOINS
11
Law assistant, for short : PARA
12
Birds with dark green eggs : EMUS
13
Over : DONE
18
See 8-Down : TAKE
19
___ Hornie (Satan) : AULD
24
Charity : DOLE
26
Mate's cry : GDAY
27
Canceled : NOGO
28
Pen with eggs : SWAN
29
Hay there! : BARN
30
Spread : OLEO
31
It travels at the speed of light : BEAM
33
The Dixie Chicks, e.g. : TRIO
36
Humbug : CLAPTRAP
38
Sandbank's spot : SEACOAST
41
Zacharias and others : MARTYRS
45
Purely academic : MOOT
47
Marvel Comics superhero : THOR
48
Certain volleyball player : SETTER
50
English sculptor Henry : MOORE
52
"Being There" director : ASHBY
53
Triple crown, for one : TIARA
54
Attack : SETON
55
Foe of communism : TSAR
56
Mrs. Chaplin : OONA
57
City south of Salt Lake City : OREM
58
Main idea of un libro : TEMA

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1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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