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New York Times, Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Author:
Lucy Gardner Anderson
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Down : Job for a wrecker
TotalDebutLatest
49/7/200610/14/2008
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
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Lucy Gardner Anderson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {HQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Anderson. Tuesday freshness: 48%
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© 2007, The New York Times3/27/7 ( No. 20,958 )
Across
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Mammoth : GIANT
6
Like some mattresses : FIRM
10
Doorframe part : JAMB
14
Inuit home : IGLOO
15
Saint-Saëns song : ARIA
16
Ike's alma mater: Abbr. : USMA
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First sign of a highway headache : ROADWORKONEMILE
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Peter, Paul and Mary, e.g. : TRIO
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U.K. heads : PMS
22
Damage : IMPAIR
23
JFK and LAX overseer : FAA
25
On the foul line, ironically : FAIR
26
Second sign of a highway headache : LEFTLANECLOSED
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Nasser was its pres. : UAR
34
Back-to-back awards for Hanks : OSCARS
35
Like some ales : PALE
36
Shoulder bag feature : STRAP
38
Dirt-dishing publication : RAG
39
Dame Nellie ___ : MELBA
40
Just managed, with "out" : EKED
41
Like petting-zoo animals : DOCILE
43
TV remote abbr. : VOL
44
Third sign of a highway headache : REDUCESPEEDNOW
47
David Bowie's "___ Dance" : LETS
48
Nashville sch. : TSU
49
Keynote giver : ORATOR
52
Hammarskjöld of the U.N. : DAG
54
___-to-order : MADE
58
Final sign of a highway headache : FINESAREDOUBLED
61
Love, personified : AMOR
62
RC or Jolt : COLA
63
"I wanna!" : LEMME
64
Big Apple ltrs. : NYNY
65
Swarm : TEEM
66
Alternative to avoid the headaches of 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across : TRAIN
Down
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Encircled : GIRT
2
Composer Stravinsky : IGOR
3
Jai ___ : ALAI
4
Doze : NODOFF
5
Job for a wrecker : TOW
6
4-Her's home : FARM
7
Vexes : IRKS
8
Kia model : RIO
9
Nut jobs : MANIACS
10
Kids' playground activity : JUMPROPE
11
Where Marco Polo explored : ASIA
12
Mid 21st-century date : MMLI
13
Entertainer Max or Max Jr. : BAER
18
Iridescent gems : OPALS
19
Painter Nolde : EMIL
24
Straddling : ATOP
25
Prince Andrew's ex : FERGIE
26
Deli pancake : LATKE
27
Slipped up : ERRED
28
Down's opposite : ACROSS
29
Civil rights grp. : NAACP
30
Battleship blast : SALVO
31
Macaroni shape : ELBOW
32
TV word before and after "or no" : DEAL
33
Rehab candidate : USER
37
"The Scarlet Letter" subject : ADULTERY
39
Rx items : MEDS
41
Take away (from) : DETRACT
42
Set free : LETGO
45
Corp. heads : CEOS
46
Karaoke selection : NUMBER
49
In the blink ___ eye : OFAN
50
Frost-covered : RIMY
51
Ever's partner : ANON
52
Strike out : DELE
53
Comedian Sandler : ADAM
55
___ mater : ALMA
56
Moore of "Striptease," 1996 : DEMI
57
Idyllic spot : EDEN
59
___ v. Wade : ROE
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Final: Abbr. : ULT

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