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New York Times, Friday, February 18, 2005

Author:
Harvey Estes
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Down : Wartime dispatch carrier
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Harvey Estes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 31 Missing: {HJQWXZ} Spans: 4 Minimum word length: 4 This is puzzle # 89 for Mr. Estes. Friday freshness: 49%
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© 2005, The New York Times2/18/5 ( No. 20,191 )
Across
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Rural strip : LILABNER
9
Recharging one's batteries, so to speak : ASLEEP
15
Veto : OVERRULE
16
Filler of many shoes : IMELDA
17
Shut up : CANNEDIT
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Paying guest : ROOMER
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They're far from any port : INTERIORREGIONS
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Mount with spirit : STEED
22
Some techies : SYSTEMSANALYSTS
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Away : NOTIN
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Prevaricate : TELLALIE
34
Just for fun : ONALARK
37
Like many a resort : SEASIDE
38
How some things are available : ONDEMAND
40
French site of Roman ruins : NIMES
41
Result of a volcanic eruption, maybe : PETRIFIEDFOREST
44
U.S. Army training center in Va. : FTLEE
45
It winds up : SPIRALSTAIRCASE
55
Commune near Perugia : ASSISI
56
Got hot, then cooled off : ANNEALED
57
Like some radio shows : CALLIN
58
Monk's activity : INTONING
59
War movie setting : STALAG
60
Song holder : CASSETTE
Down
1
Points : LOCI
2
Memorable hurricane of 2004 : IVAN
3
Solemn stretch : LENT
4
"Thomas and Sally" composer : ARNE
5
Backwoods relative : BRER
6
Penchant for taking off? : NUDISM
7
"Old Deuteronomy" writer and family : ELIOTS
8
Conference site : RETREAT
9
Wartime dispatch carrier : AIREDALE
10
Big city problem : SMOG
11
First of a string of 13 : LEOI
12
Sailor's saint : ELMO
13
Fairyland : EDEN
14
Course guides? : PARS
20
Québec's Lévesque and others : RENES
22
Paparazzo sort : SNOOP
23
Department of central France : YONNE
24
German town : STADT
25
Home subcontractor : TILER
26
As a friend, to François : ENAMI
27
Plain of the Southwest : LLANO
28
First name in Mideast politics : YASIR
29
Snail trail : SLIME
30
They roll in : TIDES
31
Biblical view : SEEST
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Disposing of at a church fair, maybe : RAFFLING
36
Leg warmers, e.g. : KNITS
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Triangular : DELTAIC
42
"I Love a Mystery" actress Lund : DEANNA
43
Bluffs : FEINTS
45
Some egg containers : SACS
46
E.T.S. offering : PSAT
47
Cuba, por ejemplo : ISLA
48
Lunar trench : RILL
49
Indian's home : ASIA
50
Vintage vehicles : REOS
51
Knobstick : CANE
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Settled down : ALIT
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Cast : SENT
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Beat slightly : EDGE

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