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New York Times, Wednesday, April 28, 2004

Author:
John Underwood
Editor:
Will Shortz
8-Down : Brecht collaborator Kurt
TotalDebutLatest
145/23/20022/10/2009
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.582438%
John Underwood

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JX} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Underwood. Wednesday freshness: 68%
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© 2004, The New York Times4/28/4 ( No. 19,895 )
Across
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Mandrake's field : MAGIC
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It may be painted red : TOWN
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Nailed obliquely : TOED
14
Human rights activist Bonner : ELENA
15
Gazetteer figure : AREA
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___ dixit : IPSE
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A de Mille : AGNES
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Petits ___ (French peas) : POIS
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Naldi of old films : NITA
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Hamlet's slayer : LAERTES
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Milk-related : LACTEAL
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"Tsk!" : TUT
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Metallurgist's creation : ALLOY
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Walks about : TRAIPSES
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Four-star : SUPERB
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Small bit : IOTA
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Pack away : EAT
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Kind of colony or code : PENAL
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Mid 11th-century date : MLI
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Words with 1-, 6-, 10-, 67-, 68- and 69-Across, and 1-, 13-, 26-, 33-, 53- and 59-Down : SQUARES
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Egg: Prefix : OVO
42
Mystery writer Stanley : ELLIN
44
11-Down's player : RON
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A util. : ELEC
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Smashed : SOTTED
48
Shore line : TIDEMARK
50
Schusser's locale : SLOPE
52
Sport ___ (car category) : UTE
53
Worse, as excuses go : FEEBLER
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Place to play : RECROOM
60
Dix + un : ONZE
61
Diamond call : SAFE
63
Yogi's language : HINDI
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Commandos' arms : UZIS
65
Night fliers : OWLS
66
Internet marketing : ETAIL
67
Tooth part : ROOT
68
Stomach tightness : KNOT
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Macarena, e.g. : DANCE
Down
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Prix fixe offering : MEAL
2
Pond floater : ALGA
3
Spliced item : GENE
4
Resistance to change : INERTIA
5
Eject : CASTUP
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It's played at night : TAPS
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___ y plata (Montana's motto) : ORO
8
Brecht collaborator Kurt : WEILL
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Some French consonants : NASALS
10
Old photo : TINTYPE
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Bee's nephew, in old TV : OPIE
12
Are, in Aragón : ESTA
13
Do business : DEAL
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Footnote abbr. : ETSEQ
23
Overthrows : COUPS
25
Fertility goddess : ASTARTE
26
x : TIMES
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Rich kid in "Nancy" : ROLLO
28
At an incline : ATILT
29
___ minérale : EAU
31
___ Gay : ENOLA
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Frenzied sort : RAVER
33
Lego unit : BLOCK
38
Fishhook line : SNELL
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"Vive le ___!" : ROI
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Provide, as with a quality : ENDUE
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"Smart decision" : ITSBEST
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Retiree's title : EMERITA
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Makes a small profit : DOESOK
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Designed like Dürer : ETCHED
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Seafood mouthful : PRAWN
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Count in a march : FOUR
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Singer Stuarti : ENZO
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Basso Pinza : EZIO
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Take a load off : REST
57
Son of Judah : ONAN
58
Keatsian or Pindaric : ODIC
59
Horse-race distance : MILE
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"Alice" waitress : FLO

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