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New York Times, Tuesday, November 4, 2003

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
6-Down : Moves stealthily
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQWXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 117 for Ms. Gorski. Tuesday freshness: 31%
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© 2003, The New York Times11/4/3 ( No. 19,719 )
Across
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Sound at a fun house : GASP
5
Channel for political types : CSPAN
10
Ones found near home : UMPS
14
Music halls : ODEA
15
San Antonio site, with "the" : ALAMO
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Marinate : SOAK
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"Against All ___" : ODDS
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They need to be in order at a border : VISAS
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"Holy ___!" : MOLY
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Fleeting success : FLASHINTHEPAN
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Longing : YEN
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Thousand ___, Calif. : OAKS
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Kudrow and Bonet : LISAS
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Ukr. and Lat., once : SSRS
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Hip person : COOLCAT
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Member of the House of Lords : BARON
34
Instant, briefly : SEC
35
Coach Parseghian : ARA
36
Start of a child's rhyme : IMALITTLETEAPOT
41
Myrna of "Love Crazy" : LOY
42
Utter : SAY
43
___ stealer : SCENE
44
Made "glub-glub" sounds : GURGLED
47
Vampire's act : BITE
49
Wear down : ERODE
50
Top-notch : AONE
51
Danny's "Do the Right Thing" role : SAL
54
Rustic film couple : MAANDPAKETTLE
58
Try not to be taken by surprise : PLAN
60
Hopping mad : IRATE
61
Opera solo : ARIA
62
Certain atoms : IONS
63
More gracious : NICER
64
Bunk : GUFF
65
Icky stuff : GOOK
66
Copyists : APERS
67
Fr. honorees: Abbr. : STES
Down
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Mickey Mouse chum : GOOFY
2
Confuse : ADDLE
3
Roomy vehicle : SEDAN
4
Quarterback's move : PASS
5
Pricey spread : CAVIAR
6
Moves stealthily : SLINKS
7
They may be checkered : PASTS
8
Wet nurse : AMAH
9
Schnozz : NOSE
10
Inscription on a letter box : USMAIL
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It's full of craters : MOONSCAPE
12
Chum : PAL
13
It's up there : SKY
21
Egypt's Mubarak : HOSNI
22
Mideast inits. : PLO
26
Composer Copland : AARON
27
Governor's domain : STATE
28
Costa del ___ : SOL
29
Epcot center? : CEE
30
World Series mo. : OCT
31
Nonsense : BILGE
32
Love affair : AMOUR
33
Big cheese in TV comedy? : RAYROMANO
34
Like some winks : SLY
37
Mao ___-tung : TSE
38
Bit : TAD
39
Cosmetician Lauder : ESTEE
40
Expert : ACE
45
City where Lech Walesa rose to prominence : GDANSK
46
Meadow : LEA
47
Yachtsman : BOATER
48
Print shop folks : INKERS
50
Quickly : APACE
51
Pompous walk : STRUT
52
"Get ___!" : ALIFE
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Pages (through) : LEAFS
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Zagat of restaurant guide fame : NINA
56
Faucet problem : DRIP
57
Price indicators : TAGS
58
Corkscrew-tailed animal : PIG
59
British john : LOO

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

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