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New York Times, Monday, November 24, 2003

Author:
Nancy Kavanaugh
Editor:
Will Shortz
31-Down : When an office worker may have to be back from lunch
TotalDebutLatest
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Nancy Kavanaugh

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 11 for Ms. Kavanaugh. Monday freshness: 29%
1
L
2
A
3
B
4
O
5
R
6
G
7
L
8
E
9
E
10
I
11
R
12
A
13
Q
14
A
L
E
V
E
15
R
U
B
Y
16
G
U
R
U
17
I
D
E
A
L
18
O
B
O
E
19
L
I
M
O
20
R
A
P
T
A
21
T
T
E
N
T
22
I
O
N
23
E
X
I
T
24
O
N
O
25
M
26
E
27
T
28
N
O
29
G
30
O
O
D
31
B
32
B
33
C
34
A
R
E
35
A
36
S
37
A
F
T
E
38
R
Y
O
U
39
R
A
P
P
E
40
D
41
O
N
T
H
E
D
O
O
R
42
S
T
I
R
R
I
N
G
43
D
A
N
T
E
44
H
O
D
45
E
R
A
S
46
E
47
R
48
E
S
S
49
A
N
T
50
N
E
51
T
52
S
53
W
R
A
P
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P
55
E
D
A
R
O
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U
57
N
58
D
59
J
60
A
I
L
61
O
O
Z
E
62
A
R
R
A
Y
63
A
I
D
E
64
O
K
R
A
65
C
R
A
T
E
66
W
R
E
N
67
R
E
A
R
68
T
Y
L
E
R
© 2003, The New York Times11/24/3 ( No. 19,739 )
Across
1
The "L" of A.F.L.-C.I.O. : LABOR
6
Merriment : GLEE
10
Baghdad's land : IRAQ
14
Popular pain reliever : ALEVE
15
Red gem : RUBY
16
Spiritual guide : GURU
17
Perfect : IDEAL
18
Musical instrument that's blown into : OBOE
19
Celebrity's wheels : LIMO
20
Public speaker's goal : RAPTATTENTION
23
Way out sign : EXIT
24
Musician Yoko : ONO
25
Ran into : MET
28
Useless : NOGOOD
31
English TV-radio inits. : BBC
34
Neighborhoods : AREAS
37
Polite words at an entrance : AFTERYOU
39
Knocked : RAPPEDONTHEDOOR
42
Beginning to awake : STIRRING
43
"The Divine Comedy" writer : DANTE
44
Brick carrier : HOD
45
Mistake remover : ERASER
48
Double curve : ESS
49
Industrious insect : ANT
50
Fishing aids : NETS
53
Like a sarong : WRAPPEDAROUND
59
Incarcerate : JAIL
61
Gooey stuff : OOZE
62
Impressive display : ARRAY
63
Helper : AIDE
64
Gumbo pods : OKRA
65
Shipping container : CRATE
66
Small songbird : WREN
67
Backside : REAR
68
Mary ___ Moore : TYLER
Down
1
Den : LAIR
2
Alan of "M*A*S*H" : ALDA
3
When repeated, the Road Runner's cry : BEEP
4
Egg-shaped : OVATE
5
Take it easy : RELAX
6
Cave : GROTTO
7
Garage job : LUBE
8
Black, to poets : EBON
9
Canine : EYETOOTH
10
Dome-shaped home : IGLOO
11
Destroy : RUIN
12
Elbow's site : ARM
13
Quid pro ___ : QUO
21
The ___ Man ("The Wizard of Oz" character) : TIN
22
Truly : INDEED
25
Reedy place : MARSH
26
Poetry Muse : ERATO
27
Lukewarm : TEPID
29
Groups of troublemakers : GANGS
30
Frequently, in verse : OFT
31
When an office worker may have to be back from lunch : BYONE
32
Galoshes : BOOTS
33
Remedies : CURES
35
Mar. follower : APR
36
Venus's tennis-playing sister : SERENA
38
Nutritional inits. : RDA
40
Poverty-stricken : DIRTPOOR
41
Swear ___ stack of Bibles : ONA
46
Be pleasing (to) : ENDEAR
47
Stephen of "The Crying Game" : REA
49
Sen. Specter : ARLEN
51
Piece of land : TRACT
52
Rueful : SORRY
53
Not narrow : WIDE
54
Jab : POKE
55
Poet Pound : EZRA
56
Russian river : URAL
57
Son on "Six Feet Under" : NATE
58
Textile worker : DYER
59
What the teeth are connected to : JAW
60
Breathable stuff : AIR

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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