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New York Times, Monday, February 21, 2000

Author:
Randy Sowell
Editor:
Will Shortz
6-Down : Least desirable
TotalDebutLatest
224/28/19947/8/2013
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
01263100
ScrabDebutFresh
1.575217%
Randy Sowell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {BFHJ} This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Sowell. Monday freshness: 37%
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C
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© 2000, The New York Times2/21/0 ( No. 18,367 )
Across
1
Old Russian leader : CZAR
5
Hogwash : SWILL
10
Dressed : CLAD
14
Early political caucus state : IOWA
15
Land divided at the 38th parallel : KOREA
16
Letterman rival : LENO
17
Al-___ (valuable support group) : ANON
18
Tehran native : IRANI
19
Hint of things to come : OMEN
20
Venerable public servant : ELDERSTATESMAN
23
Sharp : ACUTE
24
Timothy who took trips : LEARY
25
Frankie of "Beach Blanket Bingo" : AVALON
28
The "E" in Q.E.D. : ERAT
30
Fish's breathing organ : GILL
31
Occurring involuntarily : AUTONOMIC
36
Three ___ match : ONA
37
Children's card game : OLDMAID
39
"___ Got a Secret" : IVE
40
"Burr" author : GOREVIDAL
42
Search, as the horizon : SCAN
43
Who, what or where sentence: Abbr. : QUES
44
Presentable : DECENT
46
Capital of South 15-Across : SEOUL
49
Stubborn as ___ : AMULE
51
Coleridge character : ANCIENTMARINER
56
Lay ___ the line : ITON
57
Give a speech : ORATE
58
Verve : ELAN
60
Verne captain : NEMO
61
Führer's followers : NAZIS
62
Puerto ___ : RICO
63
"Jurassic Park" terror : TREX
64
Big tournaments : OPENS
65
Tibetan beasts : YAKS
Down
1
Grp. with informants : CIA
2
Area : ZONE
3
One who's off base, maybe : AWOL
4
Klugman's co-star in 70's TV : RANDALL
5
Slope for slaloming : SKIRUN
6
Least desirable : WORST
7
Angry : IRATE
8
Horne or Olin : LENA
9
Café au ___ : LAIT
10
Near : CLOSETO
11
Auxiliary proposition, in math : LEMMA
12
Lend ___ (listen) : ANEAR
13
An Osmond : DONNY
21
Prefix with system or sphere : ECO
22
Endangered antelope : ELAND
25
Intensely interested : AGOG
26
In ___ veritas : VINO
27
Banned orchard chemical : ALAR
28
And others: Abbr. : ETAL
29
Louis XIV, e.g. : ROI
31
Does sums : ADDS
32
Thurman of "The Avengers" : UMA
33
Cheese nibblers : MICE
34
A "terrible" 1-Across : IVAN
35
Penny : CENT
37
Rudimentary seed : OVULE
38
Tell whoppers : LIE
41
March 21 occurrence : EQUINOX
42
Overlook's offering : SCENERY
44
Coercion : DURESS
45
Yale student : ELI
46
Benevolent one : SAINT
47
Go in : ENTER
48
Entreaty to "all ye faithful" : OCOME
49
Wow : AMAZE
50
Morning, in Montmartre : MATIN
52
Unacceptable act : NONO
53
Links hazard : TRAP
54
Charles Lamb's pseudonym : ELIA
55
Torture device : RACK
59
Phone book listings: Abbr. : NOS

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