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New York Times, Wednesday, August 3, 2005

Author:
David Liben-Nowell and Ryan O'Donnell
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Down : Black billiard ball
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Ryan O'Donnell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 3 Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzles. This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Liben-Nowell. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. O'Donnell. Wednesday freshness: 31%
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© 2005, The New York Times8/3/5 ( No. 20,357 )
Across
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Round bullets : SLUGS
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Dish that may come with a toothpick : BLT
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Helps in crime : ABETS
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Columbus's birthplace : GENOA
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Ladies' or gents', e.g. : LOO
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Onetime Red head : LENIN
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Board that's usually 1 5/8" x 3 5/8" : TWOBYFOUR
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Punch server : LADLE
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Ages and ages : AEONS
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Point-and-click item : REMOTE
22
Conflict from 1337-1453 : HUNDREDYEARSWAR
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Prefix with bar : ISO
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Atlanta-to-St. Pete dir. : SSE
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Russian fighter : MIG
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John and Paul, e.g.: Abbr. : STS
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Grandly honor : FETE
32
Call on : VISIT
34
Mathematician's response to 17-, 22-, 51- and 58-Across? : IDEMANDARECOUNT
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Desire, with "for" : SPOIL
42
Snack item since 1912 : OREO
43
___ glance (quickly) : ATA
46
Prefix with school : PRE
47
Draft org. : SSS
50
Breach : GAP
51
Aramis, Athos, D'Artagnan and Porthos, with "the" : THREEMUSKETEERS
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Grand Prix site : LEMANS
56
High clouds : CIRRI
57
"Don't say ___" : AWORD
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Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin : THEBIGTEN
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Turn aside : SHUNT
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Any ship : HER
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It's a snap : PHOTO
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Trunk : TORSO
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Drapers' meas. : YDS
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Place : STEAD
Down
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___ Pepper : SGT
2
Author Wallace : LEW
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Popular Mattel game : UNO
4
Become spoiled : GOBAD
5
Gale on the gridiron : SAYERS
6
Marilyn Monroe, e.g. : BLONDE
7
Punk : LOUSY
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Rocky point : TOR
9
Kind of reaction : ALLERGIC
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Rafters : BEAMS
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Funds : ENDOWS
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Struggle with : TILTAT
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Speaks scornfully : SNEERS
18
The Blue and the Gray, once : FOES
21
Add to the pot : RAISE
22
Old 45 player : HIFI
23
Preowned : USED
24
A flat, e.g. : NOTE
25
Arabian V.I.P. : EMIR
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First responders: Abbr. : EMS
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Actor Kilmer : VAL
33
Excessively : TOO
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Tack on : APPENDTO
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Social standards : NORMS
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"___ et mon droit" (British royal motto) : DIEU
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Advocate : URGE
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Approach : NEAR
40
Trumps : TOPS
43
"Finally!" : ATLAST
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"Pinball Wizard" group : THEWHO
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British knight's protector : ARMOUR
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Sports people in masks : SKIERS
48
Certain Slav : SERB
49
"Cathy" and "Luann" : STRIPS
52
Takes home : EARNS
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Part of an I.R.S. return: Abbr. : SCHED
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Black billiard ball : EIGHT
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Your, of yore : THY
59
Corn location : TOE
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Airport inits. : ETA
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Silent O.K. : NOD

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2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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