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New York Times, Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Author:
Patrick Blindauer
Editor:
Will Shortz
2-Down : Having a gap
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261.5930243%
Patrick Blindauer
U.S.A.

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 80, Blocks: 44 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Blindauer. Wednesday freshness: 52%
Notepad: When this puzzle has been completed, shade in the letters of 35-Across everywhere they appear in the grid, revealing three letters and three lines.
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© 2007, The New York Times7/4/7 ( No. 21,057 )
Across
1
Karate blow : CHOP
5
Winkler role, with "the" : FONZ
9
Cartoon pics : CELS
13
Wertmüller who directed "Seven Beauties" : LINA
14
"___ Gold" : ULEES
16
Sky lights? : UFOS
17
Brewery fixture : OAST
18
Knocking sound : RATATATTAT
20
Solid alcohol : STEROL
22
All you need, in a Beatles song : LOVE
23
Have a TV dinner, say : EATIN
24
Fire sign? : SMOKE
26
Late singer Rawls : LOU
29
Classic Mercedes-Benz roadsters : SLS
30
Homes that may have circular drives : ESTATES
32
Long, long time : EON
33
Soviet labor camp : GULAG
34
Automaker Ferrari : ENZO
35
July 4th message to America : HAPPYBIRTHDAY
40
Theological schools: Abbr. : SEMS
41
Buys for brew lovers : CASES
42
Grand ___ Opry : OLE
43
How many teens go to movies : ONDATES
46
Not many : FEW
49
160, once : CLX
50
Mentholated cigarettes : KOOLS
51
Gawk (at) : STARE
53
Brief moments : SECS
54
Regains one's senses, with "up" : SOBERS
55
Memorable title film role of 1971 : DIRTYHARRY
60
Some nest eggs, for short : IRAS
61
Risk-taking Knievel : EVEL
62
Prod : EGGON
63
___-Rooter : ROTO
64
Old comics boy : NEMO
65
Those, to Carlos : ESOS
66
Official with a list : DEAN
Down
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Shutters : CLOSES
2
Having a gap : HIATAL
3
Initiations : ONSETS
4
"Gloria ___" (hymn start) : PATRI
5
Roll up : FURL
6
Suffix with pay : OLA
7
Web : NET
8
Fanatic : ZEALOT
9
Adorable : CUTE
10
Pond denizen : EFT
11
Mauna ___ : LOA
12
Sound barrier breaker: Abbr. : SST
15
Tend the hearth : STOKE
19
Greetings of long ago : AVES
21
Early Ping-Pong score : ONEUP
24
Puncture : STAB
25
Enchanting : MAGICAL
26
Horne who sang "Stormy Weather" : LENA
27
Like mud : OOZY
28
3 - 2, en español : UNO
31
Cunning : SLY
33
Some docs : GPS
34
Masthead names, for short : EDS
35
"War is ___" : HELL
36
Green card? : AMEX
37
"Phooey!" : RATS
38
Lao-___ : TSE
39
"___ Fine" (1963 Chiffons hit) : HESSO
40
Assn. : SOC
43
___-doke : OKEY
44
Opposite of día : NOCHE
45
Medicinal amount : DOSAGE
46
Denmark's ___ Islands : FAEROE
47
Mistakes : ERRATA
48
Big name in oil : WESSON
52
Snazzy Ford debut of 1955 : TBIRD
53
Capital of Manche : STLO
54
Dict. offerings : SYNS
55
Opium ___ : DEN
56
Correct ending? : IVE
57
Part of a sleep cycle : REM
58
Some football linemen: Abbr. : RGS
59
Down Under hopper : ROO

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