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New York Times, Monday, April 21, 2008

Author:
Janet R. Bender
Editor:
Will Shortz
52-Down : Pantywaist
TotalDebutLatest
3111/30/199211/3/2014
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1151111002
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.5992215%
Janet R. Bender

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 27 for Ms. Bender. Monday freshness: 56%
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© 2008, The New York Times4/21/8 ( No. 21,349 )
Across
1
Do some fall farmwork : REAP
5
Servings of corn : EARS
9
Windshield material : GLASS
14
Auto shaft : AXLE
15
Ladder rung : STEP
16
Actor Murphy of old westerns : AUDIE
17
Twelvemonth : YEAR
18
Symbol of a new start : CLEANSLATE
20
Low-growing tree found typically in rocky soil : SCRUBOAK
22
Joined by treaty : ALLIED
23
Tax org. : IRS
24
Actress Longoria : EVA
25
Byways: Abbr. : RDS
26
Dangerous cargo : HAZMAT
30
Does the butterfly, e.g. : SWIMS
32
Fugard's "A Lesson From ___" : ALOES
33
It indicates the seconds on a clock face : SWEEPHAND
37
Aussie jumpers : ROOS
38
Three squares, e.g. : MEALS
39
___ Lackawanna (bygone railroad) : ERIE
40
Small whirlwind : DUSTDEVIL
42
Carpenter's tool : PLANE
43
"As You Like It" forest : ARDEN
44
Ransacked and robbed : RIFLED
45
Seer's gift, briefly : ESP
48
It's about 78% nitrogen : AIR
49
Butterfly catcher : NET
50
Hasty glance : APERCU
52
Stock transaction done at a loss for tax purposes : WASHSALE
57
Old radio part : VACUUMTUBE
59
"Stronger than dirt" sloganeer : AJAX
60
Commerce on the Web : ETAIL
61
Out of harbor : ASEA
62
Visitors to baby Jesus : MAGI
63
Drug-yielding shrub : SENNA
64
"Hey!" : PSST
65
Once, long ago : ERST
Down
1
Sunbeams : RAYS
2
Prez or veep : EXEC
3
Banned spray on apple trees : ALAR
4
Lima's land : PERU
5
Debutante's date : ESCORT
6
Book of maps : ATLAS
7
Smell horrible : REEK
8
Fat farm : SPA
9
Old-fashioned light : GASLAMP
10
Pause : LULL
11
Red who fought oil well fires : ADAIR
12
Put in place : SITED
13
Does some spring farmwork : SEEDS
19
Forces at sea : NAVIES
21
Favoritism or discrimination : BIAS
24
Actor Tom of "The Girl Can't Help It" : EWELL
26
Difficult : HARD
27
Baseball's Felipe or Jesus : ALOU
28
Places with exotic animals : ZOOS
29
Legendary Washington hostess Perle ___ : MESTA
30
Lover : SWAIN
31
Bookcase part : SHELF
33
Cut apart : SEVER
34
Asia's ___ Sea : ARAL
35
Three's opposite on a clock face : NINE
36
Land owner's document : DEED
38
Steak order : MEDIUM
41
Bram Stoker novel : DRACULA
42
Central part : PITH
44
Usher again : RESEAT
45
Roof's edge : EAVES
46
Sudden outpouring : SPATE
47
Pie nut : PECAN
49
Local theaters, in slang : NABES
51
Go to rack and ___ : RUIN
52
Pantywaist : WUSS
53
Unchanged : SAME
54
Not quite closed : AJAR
55
Doesn't keep up : LAGS
56
Number on an Interstate sign : EXIT
58
Faucet : TAP

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