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New York Times, Monday, March 1, 2004

Author:
Gail Grabowski
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Down : Nickel or dime
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1311/18/20027/8/20144
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0580000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.573411%
Gail Grabowski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Grabowski. Monday freshness: 5%
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© 2004, The New York Times3/1/4 ( No. 19,837 )
Across
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Continental currency : EURO
5
Give off : EMIT
9
Assumed name : ALIAS
14
Jazz's Kenton : STAN
15
Go (over) carefully : PORE
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Officer's shield : BADGE
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Easy wins : CAKEWALKS
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With 62-Across, a possible title for this puzzle : SWEET
20
Long sandwich : HERO
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Regarding : ASTO
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Word after ready or petty : CASH
24
Web addresses, for short : URLS
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List-ending abbr. : ETAL
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Young hospital helpers : CANDYSTRIPERS
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Capone and Capp : ALS
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Always, poetically : EER
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Predicament : STRAIT
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Where a car may end up after an accident : DITCH
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Have dinner : SUP
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Talent : SKILL
43
Says "cheese" : SMILES
45
Part of a baseball uniform : CAP
47
Tic-___-toe : TAC
48
Credits for doing nice things : BROWNIEPOINTS
52
The writing ___ the wall : ISON
53
Choir voice : ALTO
54
Play parts : ACTS
57
Fishhook feature : BARB
59
Corporate money managers: Abbr. : CFOS
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See 19-Across : TOOTH
64
Some USA Today graphics : PIECHARTS
67
The "V" of VCR : VIDEO
68
"Good grief!" : EGAD
69
"Uh-huh" : ISEE
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Snoozer's sound : SNORE
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Old salts : TARS
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Italia's capital : ROMA
Down
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PC key : ESC
2
The Beehive State : UTAH
3
Yard tool : RAKE
4
Small winning margin, in baseball : ONERUN
5
Ecol. watchdog : EPA
6
Baked beans ingredient : MOLASSES
7
Bothers : IRKS
8
Teacher, at times : TESTER
9
Middle muscles, for short : ABS
10
Legal assistant : LAWCLERK
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Brainstorm : IDEA
12
Mellows, as wine : AGES
13
Adam's third : SETH
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Basic dictionary entry : WORD
22
Soul singer Redding : OTIS
25
Caustic substance : LYE
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Rental units: Abbr. : APTS
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Get to the top of : CLIMB
29
Up and about : ASTIR
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It may be called on the battlefield : TRUCE
31
Singer Bonnie : RAITT
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"___ Marner" : SILAS
33
Computer pop-ups : ADS
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R.N.'s forte : TLC
38
Religious site : CLOISTER
39
Chops : HEWS
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Goldilocks sat in his chair : PAPABEAR
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Snooty person : SNOB
46
Campaigner, in brief : POL
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All worked up : INAPET
50
Hankering : ITCH
51
"That's cheating!" : NOFAIR
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Ones heading for the hills?: Abbr. : ATVS
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Nickel or dime : COIN
56
Commotion : TODO
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Latvia's capital : RIGA
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Approximately : ORSO
61
Flower stalk : STEM
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Tiller's tool : HOE
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S. & L. offerings : CDS
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Baltic or Bering : SEA

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