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New York Times, Wednesday, December 31, 2003

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
31-Down : Congo, once
TotalDebutLatest
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Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FQX} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 59 for Mr. Arbesfeld. Wednesday freshness: 19%
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© 2003, The New York Times12/31/3 ( No. 19,776 )
Across
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Frame part : JAMB
5
Hung on to : SAVED
10
Chop finely : HASH
14
It may be dunked : OREO
15
Sister of Clio : ERATO
16
Studio effect : ECHO
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Post master, once? : KATHARINEGRAHAM
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Came out : EMERGED
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"Puh-leeze!" : SPAREME
22
From square one : ANEW
24
Take effect : ACT
25
Fire up : AROUSE
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Bohemian : ARTY
31
Evasive move : ZAG
34
Adds power to, with "up" : SOUPS
35
United group : BLOC
36
"Qué ___?" : PASA
37
Berlin classic : PUTTINONTHERITZ
40
Waffle brand : EGGO
41
Load to bear : ONUS
42
High home : AERIE
43
"The Matrix" hero : NEO
44
"Put it back" : STET
45
Come to : ATTEND
46
Gel : SET
47
Some cameras: Abbr. : SLRS
49
Johnny Appleseed's real surname : CHAPMAN
53
Unfriendly manner : ICINESS
58
Eschew table manners : EATLIKEANANIMAL
60
Turkish money : LIRA
61
War correspondent, these days : EMBED
62
Infantry weapon of old : PIKE
63
Server's need : TRAY
64
"Don't even bother" : NOUSE
65
Endlessly worry : STEW
Down
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It may begin with a buildup : JOKE
2
Composer Khachaturian : ARAM
3
Allocate, with "out" : METE
4
1922 Physics Nobelist : BOHR
5
Unruffled : SERENE
6
Take for ___ (flimflam) : ARIDE
7
Mover's need : VAN
8
Summers abroad : ETES
9
Capp community : DOGPATCH
10
Circulation director? : HEART
11
Have a yen : ACHE
12
Pillow cover : SHAM
13
Word with run or rule : HOME
18
Two-time U.S. Open winner : AGASSI
19
Like blue humor : RACY
23
Ingredients in some brownies : WALNUTS
25
Skier's mecca : ASPEN
26
Compact item : ROUGE
27
Money spent : OUTGO
28
Engaged in : UPTO
30
Makes a stink? : ROTS
31
Congo, once : ZAIRE
32
"The Addams Family" actor : ASTIN
33
Used a telescope : GAZED
35
Treat for Rover : BONE
36
___-à-porter : PRET
38
Up for grabs : NOTTAKEN
39
Has a traditional meal : EATSIN
44
Rest stop sight : SEMI
45
Gaming area : ARCADE
46
Spread out : SPLAY
48
Airport inconveniences : LINES
49
Druid, for one : CELT
50
"Aquarius" musical : HAIR
51
Razor name : ATRA
52
Verne captain : NEMO
54
Little snorts : NIPS
55
Radiate : EMIT
56
Drink sometimes served hot : SAKE
57
Offed : SLEW
59
___ Simbel, Egypt : ABU

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