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New York Times, Monday, May 12, 2003

Author:
Sarah Keller
Editor:
Will Shortz
41-Down : Table d'___ (restaurant offering)
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Sarah Keller

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXYZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 18 for Ms. Keller. Monday freshness: 20%
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© 2003, The New York Times5/12/3 ( No. 19,543 )
Across
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Bygone airline : TWA
4
Mass confusion : CHAOS
9
Demean : ABASE
14
Roll of bills : WAD
15
Greeting : HELLO
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Rodeo participant : ROPER
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Subject of the biography "Float Like a Butterfly" : ALI
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Home of the Blue Grotto : ISLEOFCAPRI
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___ of March : IDES
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Braxton or Tennille : TONI
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___ Maria : AVE
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Feed : NOURISH
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Guarantees : ENSURES
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Unfounded, as gossip : IDLE
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Lariat in the Southwest : REATA
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Sheep's plaint : BAA
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Work to get, as someone's trust : EARN
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Outfit : GETUP
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Regular's request : ILLHAVETHEUSUAL
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Station : DEPOT
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15-Across, in Spain : HOLA
46
Full house sign: Abbr. : SRO
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List components : ITEMS
50
Give a hoot : CARE
52
Ate at home : DINEDIN
54
Smarts : KNOWHOW
58
Exiled Amin : IDI
59
Neighbor of Cambodia : LAOS
61
Apiece : EACH
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Theater guides : AISLELIGHTS
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Maiden name preceder : NEE
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Observant one : NOTER
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Hotelier Helmsley : LEONA
70
Cereal grain : OAT
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On the briny : ATSEA
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Ninth mos. : SEPTS
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___ and outs : INS
Down
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"Tom Sawyer" author : TWAIN
2
Elusive children's book character : WALDO
3
Farewell : ADIEU
4
"The Sweetheart of Sigma ___" : CHI
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"For ___ a jolly ..." : HES
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Sane : ALLTHERE
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Table spread : OLEO
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Later's alternative : SOONER
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L'___ de Triomphe : ARC
10
Feathery wrap : BOA
11
Equipment : APPARATUS
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Deliver, as a summons : SERVE
13
Great Lakes Indians : ERIES
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Speeder's penalty : FINE
21
___ Lanka : SRI
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Thought creatively : IDEATED
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Cyrillic alphabet user : SLAV
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Large cactus : SAGUARO
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Sport ___ (off-road vehicles) : UTES
32
Bridge declaration : BID
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Beverage that's bitterer than beer : ALE
34
Mountain climbers : ALPINISTS
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To the ___ degree : NTH
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Egypt and Syria, once: Abbr. : UAR
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Arafat's org. : PLO
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Table d'___ (restaurant offering) : HOTE
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Pawning place : HOCKSHOP
43
Verve : ELAN
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Pepper grinder : MILL
49
Slow movers : SNAILS
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Ram's mate : EWE
52
Ross of the Supremes : DIANA
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Dunderhead : IDIOT
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Vietnam's capital : HANOI
56
Where the waves are : OCEAN
57
Sharpens : WHETS
60
S-shaped molding : OGEE
63
Actress Michele : LEE
64
Time in history : ERA
65
Explosive : TNT
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KLM competitor : SAS

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1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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