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New York Times, Monday, August 2, 2004

Author:
Holden Baker
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Down : Still in the out-box, as mail
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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0842110
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111.535228%
Holden Baker

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 35 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Baker. Monday freshness: 51%
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© 2004, The New York Times8/2/4 ( No. 19,991 )
Across
1
Mall component : STORE
6
Genesis twin : ESAU
10
Fly like an eagle : SOAR
14
Hiker's path : TRAIL
15
Goatee's locale : CHIN
16
Time for eggnog : YULE
17
Having no entryways? : OUTOFDOORS
19
A.A.A. recommendations: Abbr. : RTES
20
Left on a map : WEST
21
How some ham sandwiches are made : ONRYE
22
Letter after theta : IOTA
23
Disney World attraction : EPCOT
25
Opposite of whole, milkwise : NONFAT
27
"French" dog : POODLE
30
"I'm ready to leave" : LETSGO
32
Down Under bird : EMU
33
Britannica, for one: Abbr. : ENCYC
35
"Thanks, Pierre!" : MERCI
38
Squeal (on) : RAT
39
___ standstill (motionless) : ATA
40
City that Fred Astaire was "flying down to" in a 1934 hit : RIO
42
"Dear old" family member : DAD
43
Jogs : TROTS
45
Looks sullen : POUTS
47
Poetic palindrome : ERE
48
Tributary : FEEDER
50
Word before Nevada or Leone : SIERRA
52
Hold back : IMPEDE
54
Give a benediction to : BLESS
56
Ball field covering : TARP
57
Motionless : STILL
59
Campaign funders, for short : PACS
63
Buffalo's lake : ERIE
64
Having no vision? : OUTOFSIGHT
66
Submarine danger : MINE
67
Number between dos and cuatro : TRES
68
Weird : EERIE
69
Habitual tipplers : SOTS
70
Gumbo vegetable : OKRA
71
Modify to particular conditions : ADAPT
Down
1
Put in the hold : STOW
2
"___ Grit" (John Wayne film) : TRUE
3
Quaker ___ : OATS
4
Ran amok : RIOTED
5
Santa's little helper : ELF
6
Commercial prefix with Lodge : ECONO
7
In a moment : SHORTLY
8
Bright and breezy : AIRY
9
Still in the out-box, as mail : UNSENT
10
Injection selection : SYRINGE
11
Having no commandment? : OUTOFORDER
12
Prince Valiant's wife : ALETA
13
Plopped down again : RESAT
18
Museum guide : DOCENT
24
Delighted : PLEASED
26
Gradual absorption method : OSMOSIS
27
Saucy : PERT
28
Bradley or Sharif : OMAR
29
Having no typeset letters? : OUTOFPRINT
31
Stocking shade : ECRU
34
Where to watch whales in Massachusetts, with "the" : CAPE
36
Writer John Dickson ___ : CARR
37
Inkling : IDEA
41
"The only thing we have to fear is fear ___": F.D.R. : ITSELF
44
Prairie homes : TEEPEES
46
It goes around the world : ORBITER
49
Mississippi River explorer : DESOTO
51
Caught sight of : ESPIED
52
Agenda details : ITEMS
53
The first part missing in the author's name ___ Vargas ___ : MARIO
55
The second part missing in the author's name ___ Vargas ___ : LLOSA
58
Istanbul resident : TURK
60
Taj Mahal locale : AGRA
61
Intel product : CHIP
62
Typesetting mark : STET
65
Poseidon's domain : SEA

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