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New York Times, Saturday, March 17, 2001

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
7-Down : Strengthened
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {KQZ} This is puzzle # 140 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 15%
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© 2001, The New York Times3/17/1 ( No. 18,757 )
Across
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Monitors' requests : HALLPASSES
11
Cracked : AJAR
15
Eloquent : ORATORICAL
16
Relief : CURE
17
Expresses condolences, perhaps : SENDSANOTE
18
De bene ___ : ESSE
19
Writing shortcut : ETC
20
Followers of tax cheats : TMEN
21
Home of Lafayette College : EASTON
23
Foreign leader exiled in Hawaii, 1960 : RHEE
25
Breaks down : WEEPS
27
Doña ___, New Mexico's second-largest county : ANA
28
Colorful garments : SARIS
30
Bar : ESTOP
31
Attack word : SIC
32
Extinguished : DEAD
34
Most vicious : EVILEST
36
Behind in the regatta : ASTERN
39
Pitches, in a way : ERECTS
40
Aromatic herb used in soups and salads : CHERVIL
42
Chart with many lines : TREE
43
Gore follower? : TEX
44
"Enchanted April" setting : ITALY
46
Facetious : DROLL
50
Conversation, for some : ART
51
Ice skater's spin : CAMEL
52
Chaser, in a way : SHOO
53
Emblem of victory : LAUREL
55
Make or break : VERB
58
Reunion Arena player, briefly : MAV
59
Another, abroad : OTRO
60
Express a thought : OPINIONATE
63
Brushoffs : NOES
64
Awesome : OUTOFSIGHT
65
Breaks off : ENDS
66
Writer's request : STYLESHEET
Down
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Swindlers, slangily : HOSERS
2
1968 album subtitled "Lady Soul" : ARETHA
3
Halberdier's opponent : LANCER
4
Ford's Crown Victoria, e.g. : LTD
5
Appointment : POST
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"Eugene ___" (1832 Bulwer-Lytton novel) : ARAM
7
Strengthened : SINEWED
8
Quick breads : SCONES
9
Have : EAT
10
Teen party, maybe : SLEEPOVER
11
Super-duper : ACES
12
"Hold on" : JUSTASEC
13
Incendiary : ARSONIST
14
Plays over : REENACTS
22
Aimed : ASPIRED
24
Quilt filler : EIDER
26
When Nancy bakes? : ETE
29
Army, for one : SERVICE
33
"A Girl Like I" autobiographer : ANITALOOS
35
Looks askance : LEERS
36
Eschew assistance : ACTALONE
37
Like some English furniture : SHERATON
38
Not smooth : TEXTURED
41
Beat ... or beat it : LAM
42
Product in a 1982 recall : TYLENOL
45
Funny business : LEVITY
47
Resistance figure : OHMAGE
48
Not fancy at all : LOATHE
49
"The Road to Ensenada" singer : LOVETT
54
Lord in Shakespeare's "Richard II" : ROSS
56
Teeming : RIFE
57
Chief : BOSS
61
Wager : PUT
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U.S. Library of Medicine maintainer : NIH

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