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New York Times, Saturday, June 28, 2003

Author:
Robert H. Wolfe
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Down : Went to a jamboree, maybe
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Robert H. Wolfe

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 33 Missing: {FJQZ} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 55 for Mr. Wolfe. Saturday freshness: 47%
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© 2003, The New York Times6/28/3 ( No. 19,590 )
Across
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Sun features : SPOTS
6
"The Foggy, Foggy Dew," for one : BALLAD
12
Stands : STOMACHS
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Barnstorm, say : AVIATE
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Shooters of small objects : TELEPHOTOLENSES
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Superfund administrator: Abbr. : EPA
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Less likely to break : SOLIDER
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One in la familia : TIA
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Wriggler : WORM
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Script : LINES
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Bad thing to be in : BIND
25
Blade in "The Mikado" : SNEE
26
Poses : ASKS
27
"La vita nuova" author : DANTE
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Gouges : EXTORTS
30
Exotic juice flavor : MANGO
31
Rolling sounds : PEALS
32
Donna : MADAM
33
Patch product : BERRY
34
Tackled : TAKENON
36
Turns over : CEDES
37
Some are loaded : DICE
38
Spanish liqueur : ANIS
40
Devouring : AVID
41
1993 Danny Glover film based on a Percy Mtwa play : BOPHA
42
Word before and after "and" : SUCH
43
Satisfied : MET
44
Water shortage? : LOWTIDE
46
Where Charlie "may ride forever," in song : MTA
47
Reward of a sort : PRICEONONESHEAD
50
Flies the united way? : ELOPES
51
Low class : PEASANTS
52
Czar or shah : DYNAST
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Diva Lehmann : LOTTE
Down
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Starting point : STEPONE
2
Outing with sleds, perhaps : POLAREXPEDITION
3
Queen Gertrude's "alas" in "Hamlet" : OME
4
Call on base : TAPS
5
Like some pursuits : SCHOLARLY
6
Barnyard stack : BALES
7
Hold : AVER
8
Civil Rights Memorial designer : LIN
9
Exemplar through the ages : LASTINGMONUMENT
10
Destroyed little by little : ATEINTO
11
French erotica writer : DESADE
12
Is quite uneasy : STEWS
13
Some philosophers and physicians : HOLISTS
14
Is really bad : STINKS
17
___ of Solomon (book of the Apocrypha) : ODES
22
Like some parking spots : METERED
24
Mad : BANANAS
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___ City (seat of Pasco County, Fla.) : DADE
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Argo's array : OARS
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Bargain : MAKEADEAL
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Man's rival? : MACHINE
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City NE of Boston : BEVERLY
34
Aces : TIPTOP
35
Wink: Var. : NICTATE
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Went to a jamboree, maybe : CAMPED
37
Blue : DOWN
39
Alewives' relatives : SHADS
41
Up : BOOST
44
Wranglers alternative : LEES
45
Cities Service competitor : ESSO
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One may be working on a schedule, briefly : CPA
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Party handout, perhaps : HAT

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