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New York Times, Thursday, May 20, 2004

Author:
Greg Staples
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Down : Women's wear department
TotalDebutLatest
257/4/19997/22/2004
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
42111700
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5210227%
Greg Staples

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 35 Missing: {VXZ} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 24 for Mr. Staples. Thursday freshness: 11%
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© 2004, The New York Times5/20/4 ( No. 19,917 )
Across
1
Inter-island conveyance : RAFT
5
Ivory source : TUSK
9
Map feature : SCALE
14
Asian nursemaid : AMAH
15
Con : ANTI
16
Cutting tool : LASER
17
Alaskan cargo ship : JUNEAUOILTANKER
20
About 1% of the atmosphere : ARGON
21
Settle down for the night : ROOST
22
Quarters : ROOMS
25
Start of an inventor's thought : WHATIF
29
Negative space : HOLE
32
None too pleasant : SOUR
34
Singer Braxton : TONI
35
Common feature in comic book dialogue : ONOMATOPOEIAUSE
39
Asian occasion : TET
40
Disney frame : CEL
41
Short order, for short : BLT
42
Preserve, in a way : CAN
43
Fond farewell to Honolulu and environs : ADIEUOAHUISLAND
47
Fictional hunchback : IGOR
48
"Bonanza" brother : HOSS
49
They share keys with exclamation points : ONES
50
Computer menu choice : RENAME
53
Method : STEPS
55
Sir Georg with a baton : SOLTI
57
Beguile : TEMPT
61
California park worker : SEQUOIAEMPLOYEE
66
Deck out : ADORN
67
Whizzes : PROS
68
Some servers : URNS
69
Igloos, basically : DOMES
70
Looks over : EYES
71
Makes lace : TATS
Down
1
Indian king : RAJA
2
Russia/Manchuria boundary river : AMUR
3
Poison injector : FANG
4
Provable proposition : THEOREM
5
Ancient cross : TAU
6
Spanish count starter : UNO
7
Agitates : STIRSUP
8
2.2 lbs., approximately : KILO
9
Drastically reduce : SLASH
10
Bach specialty : CANTATA
11
"Shoot!" : ASK
12
General at Antietam : LEE
13
Drop the ball : ERR
18
Four seasons in Sonora : ANO
19
Post-breakdown need : TOW
23
Bone: Prefix : OSTEO
24
Scratch : MOOLAH
26
Colorful bird : TOUCAN
27
Totally out of the question : INSANE
28
Troublemakers : FIENDS
29
Empty promises : HOTAIR
30
Testy : ONEDGE
31
Moisturizer : LOTION
33
Full-flavored : ROBUST
36
Prefix with pressure : ACU
37
Beethoven dedicatee : ELISE
38
"___ a small world ..." : ITS
44
Complete removal : ERASURE
45
Women's wear department : HOSIERY
46
Miss the boat : LOSEOUT
51
Io and Ganymede, e.g. : MOONS
52
Ivy Leaguer : ELI
54
___ Club of old TV : PTL
56
Emergency medical kit item : TAPE
58
"___ Breckinridge" : MYRA
59
Locked (up) : PENT
60
Hardy heroine : TESS
61
Blue : SAD
62
Shogun's capital : EDO
63
City SW of Tehran : QOM
64
A Stooge : MOE
65
Letter add-ons, for short : PSS

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