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New York Times, Friday, April 1, 2005

Author:
David Pringle
Editor:
Will Shortz
58-Down : ___ price
TotalDebutLatest
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David Pringle

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Spans: 4 Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzles. This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Pringle. Friday freshness: 2%
Jim Horne notes:

Former ACPT champ Dan Feyer calls this one of his favorite crossword gimmicks.

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© 2005, The New York Times4/1/5 ( No. 20,233 )
Across
1
Put away : ICED
5
"Did you ___?!" : EVER
9
Bloke : MATE
13
Inlay on some guitars : NACRE
15
Peeve : RILE
16
One-___ : ADAY
17
With 37- and 56-Across, what this is : CROSSWORDPUZZLE
20
Modern-day corp. giant with a 1992 I.P.O. : AOL
21
Selling point in cigarette ads, once : TASTE
22
Act out of impatience, maybe : PEEK
23
Not on the level : SLOPED
25
Dealers' clientele : USERS
27
Call to a draft horse / Sunning site : GEE/PATIO
29
___ 20, Natl. Games Day : DEC
32
A big chunk of an atlas : ASIA
34
Metamorphosing fish : EEL
35
Lead provider : GALENA
37
See 17-Across : MISSING/THREEOF
40
Swear : ATTEST
41
Nap site : COT
42
Part of an abbey : APSE
43
Draft letters : SSS
44
Fashionably late? / Court officials, for short : RETRO/JPS
47
___ show : RAREE
48
Three czars : PETERS
51
Astringent fruit : SLOE
53
Busts : RAIDS
55
Half a dance : CHA
56
See 17-Across : ITSBLACKSQUARES
59
Car with a griffin in its logo : SAAB
60
Something to slip on? : PEEL
61
Keeps, in a way : STETS
62
Pseudocultured : ARTY
63
Word with "ye" : OLDE
64
Defendant's need: Abbr. : ATTY
Down
1
Empire builders : INCAS
2
"O Come, O Come Emmanuel," e.g. : CAROL
3
Life preservers? : ECOLOGISTS
4
Advanced deg. holders : DRS
5
Love symbol : EROS
6
Near / Sounded spooky : VIRTUAL/CREAKED
7
Cain, for one : ELDEST
8
Do agenting (for) : REP
9
They may be child's play : MAZES
10
Woodworker's tool : ADZE
11
Hype, with "up" : TALK
12
Regard : EYE
14
First name in cosmetics : ESTEE
18
Roll / Trespass on : WAD/ENTER
19
Riot : UPROAR
24
Vegetable in a nursery rhyme : PEASE
26
Good diving score / "... and make it snappy!" : EIGHT/PDQ
28
Recognize, slangily : PEG
29
Skeleton in the closet, maybe : DEEPSECRET
30
Genesis son : ENOS
31
Place for a brioche : CAFE
32
Latin 101 verb : AMAS
33
Goes unused : SITS
36
Bounded : LEAPT
38
The last word of "The First Noel" : ISRAEL
39
Unduly : TOO
45
Male hawk : TERCEL
46
Another name for Emmanuel : JESUS
47
Robot in "Forbidden Planet" : ROBBY
49
Butler of film : RHETT
50
Fresh : SASSY
51
Marquee name : STAR
52
Hurdle for a future 64-Across: Abbr. : LSAT
54
Vacation destination : ISLE
56
"... ___ penny earned" : ISA
57
Mil. address : APO
58
___ price : ATA

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