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New York Times, Wednesday, April 14, 2004

Author:
Randolph Ross
Editor:
Will Shortz
10-Down : It's overhead
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Randolph Ross

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JVZ} This is puzzle # 80 for Mr. Ross. Wednesday freshness: 69%
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© 2004, The New York Times4/14/4 ( No. 19,881 )
Across
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Sugar source : CANE
5
Work on in a sound studio : REMIX
10
Not assigned, after "on" : SPEC
14
Gray's subj. : ANAT
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Turk's neighbor : IRANI
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Weightlifter's action : CURL
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Hurl tableware? : PITCHFORKS
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Indian tourist city : AGRA
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Big bird : EMU
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Fashion maven Klensch : ELSA
22
Armbones : ULNAS
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Miss of mystery : MARPLE
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Hurl cookware? : TOSSPOTS
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Couldn't get enough of : ATEUP
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Prefix with verse : UNI
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Take action against : SUE
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Tomorrow's opposite: Abbr. : YEST
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Unit of light intensity : PHOTON
35
River to the North Sea : EMS
36
Hurl toupees? : THROWRUGS
39
ATM card necessity : PIN
42
Small diving bird of the North Pacific : AUKLET
43
Olympian Lipinski : TARA
47
Lennon's lady : ONO
48
Three after B : CDE
49
Overdone : BANAL
50
Hurl parts of a typewriter? : PASSKEYS
53
Safe places : SANCTA
54
Sends : SHIPS
55
Jetty : QUAY
57
Govt. collectors : IRS
58
Whizzed (through) : TORE
59
Hurl an entree? : CHUCKSTEAK
62
"Hard ___!" (nautical cry) : ALEE
63
___ Selassie : HAILE
64
Clive Cussler thriller "___ Gold" : INCA
65
Hollow plant : REED
66
Classic Icelandic works : EDDAS
67
Arm of the British military? : STEN
Down
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Southern tip of New Jersey : CAPEMAY
2
Turn into cartoon form : ANIMATE
3
___ way : NATURES
4
"Yadda, yadda, yadda" : ETC
5
Biathlete's need : RIFLE
6
Piccadilly Circus statue : EROS
7
Assassinated Jacobin : MARAT
8
Well contents : INK
9
Fraternity letters : XIS
10
It's overhead : SCALP
11
Certain dog feature : PUGNOSE
12
Slip on paper : ERRATUM
13
Teaching load : CLASSES
18
Butlers and maids : HELP
22
Putting to work : USING
24
Short shot : PUTT
26
Bizarre : OUTRE
27
Sty sniffer : SNOUT
32
Stuffy sort : PRUDE
33
Cornball : HOKEY
34
Hooter : OWL
37
Cabbies : HACKS
38
"The Man" of Cardinals history : STAN
39
Britney Spears, e.g. : POPSTAR
40
Having debt : INAHOLE
41
Emphatic denial : NOSIREE
44
Of interest to archaeologists : ANCIENT
45
Daily grind : RATRACE
46
Like king crab : ALASKAN
49
Cargo areas : BAYS
51
Radar reading : SPEED
52
Calamari : SQUID
53
"___ alive!" : SAKES
56
Longtime John Wooden team : UCLA
59
Hero to Fidel : CHE
60
Scammed : HAD
61
"___ the Last Rose of Summer" (old song standard) : TIS

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2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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