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New York Times, Monday, April 11, 2005

Author:
Norma Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
13-Down : ___ Paulo, Brazil
TotalDebutLatest
5212/7/19824/11/2005
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
7141210351
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.57473513%
Norma Steinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 52 for Ms. Steinberg. Monday freshness: 29%
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© 2005, The New York Times4/11/5 ( No. 20,243 )
Across
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False god : BAAL
5
Overly hasty : RASH
9
Huge ice chunks : FLOES
14
Nervously irritable : EDGY
15
Comic Sandler : ADAM
16
Mrs. Bush : LAURA
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Despot Idi ___ : AMIN
18
String tie : BOLO
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Houston baseballer : ASTRO
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Gentle/not gentle : MILDABRASIVE
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Stops from yo-yoing : STEADIES
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Conqueror of 1066 England : NORMAN
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The "I" of T.G.I.F. : ITS
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Old what's-___-name : HER
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Relative of beer : ALE
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1960's radical Hoffman : ABBIE
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Interval : GAP
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Assert : AVOW
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Former pupil/present pupil : GRADUATESTUDENT
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Stitch's cartoon pal : LILO
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Closemouthed : MUM
43
Twinges : PANGS
44
Serious drug cases, for short : ODS
45
"Man's best friend" : DOG
46
Fortune 500 listings: Abbr. : COS
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Firearm, e.g. : WEAPON
50
Loving touches : CARESSES
55
Furious/not furious : ANGRYPATIENT
57
Fire starter : SPARK
60
Inch or teaspoon : UNIT
61
Measure (out) : METE
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Having a close resemblance : ALIKE
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Longtime Yugoslav leader : TITO
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Sign to interpret : OMEN
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The present : TODAY
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Harry Potter's lightning bolt : SCAR
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Rome's fifth emperor : NERO
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Grins widely : BEAMS
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Let in : ADMIT
3
Nimble : AGILE
4
___ Carter, who played Wonder Woman : LYNDA
5
Cottontail : RABBIT
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Loves to pieces : ADORES
7
Casa parts : SALAS
8
Group insurance grps. : HMOS
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Taste sensation : FLAVOR
10
Light in a light show : LASER
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Not at home : OUT
12
Say 2 + 2 = 5, say : ERR
13
___ Paulo, Brazil : SAO
21
Parisian goodbye : ADIEU
22
Bumbling : INEPT
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Expert : MAVEN
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"I knew it all ___!" : ALONG
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Bright salamanders : NEWTS
29
Consumes : HAS
31
Luminous : AGLOW
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One who says 34-Down : BRIDE
33
Model builder's wood : BALSA
34
Wedding declaration : IDO
35
Precious stone : GEM
36
Org. for cavity fillers : ADA
38
In the middle of : AMONG
39
Harbor boat : TUG
40
Unexpected sports outcome : UPSET
45
Democratic Party symbol : DONKEY
46
Per ___ (each) : CAPITA
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Lincoln, e.g., at Gettysburg : ORATOR
49
Arctic jacket : PARKA
50
Sour sort : CYNIC
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___ Says (child's game) : SIMON
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"If they could ___ now ..." : SEEME
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Start, as school : ENTER
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Shorthand taker : STENO
56
Boring routines : RUTS
57
Was in session : SAT
58
Mahmoud Abbas's grp. : PLO
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Pitch in for : AID

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