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New York Times, Monday, August 8, 2005

Author:
Harvey Estes
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Down : To a huge degree
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Harvey Estes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 94 for Mr. Estes. Monday freshness: 83%
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H
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X
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F
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G
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C
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R
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R
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N
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Y
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B
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H
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K
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S
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G
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S
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H
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O
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B
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B
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© 2005, The New York Times8/8/5 ( No. 20,362 )
Across
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Gentlemen tipped theirs to ladies, once : HATS
5
Home improvement pro Bob : VILA
9
Boxing ring boundaries : ROPES
14
1970's tennis champ Nastase : ILIE
15
Figure skater's jump : AXEL
16
God, in the Koran : ALLAH
17
F.D.R.'s dog : FALA
18
Irritated state : SNIT
19
"Silly" birds : GEESE
20
"Do tell!" : ISTHATAFACT
23
Sailor's affirmative : AYE
24
With competence : ABLY
25
Greets with gales of laughter : ROARSAT
27
Be that as it may : ANYWAY
30
Irish accent : BROGUE
31
Hits a golf ball to the side, e.g. : HOOKS
32
Burn on the outside : SEAR
33
Sunnyside up servings : EGGS
36
"The Simpsons" storekeeper : APU
37
Roster of enemies : HITLIST
40
Granola bit : OAT
41
Four-poster and others : BEDS
43
Window ledge : SILL
44
Hooch : BOOZE
46
How cough syrup is taken : ORALLY
48
Shakespearean verse : SONNET
49
Barely enough : MINIMAL
51
Warrior princess of TV : XENA
52
Buffalo's summer hrs. : EDT
53
"Do tell!" : IMLISTENING
58
Snooped, with "around" : NOSED
60
Gershwin's "___ Plenty o' Nuttin'" : IGOT
61
Active sort : DOER
62
Knocks dead : SLAYS
63
Ball hit out of bounds : FOUL
64
Top draft level : ONEA
65
Up to the present : ASYET
66
Noted Art Deco illustrator : ERTE
67
Not, in dialect : NARY
Down
1
Old 45 player : HIFI
2
"Too bad!" : ALAS
3
Pinball game ender : TILT
4
Seattle football player : SEAHAWK
5
To a huge degree : VASTLY
6
Slangy no : IXNAY
7
Mariner ___ Ericson : LEIF
8
Bar in the front of a church : ALTARRAIL
9
Motley, as an army : RAGTAG
10
Bullring cheer : OLE
11
"Do tell!" : PLEASEGOON
12
High mark with low effort : EASYA
13
Ghost costume, basically : SHEET
21
Bring shame to : ABASH
22
Beer from Golden, Colo. : COORS
26
Regret : RUE
27
"Moby Dick" captain : AHAB
28
Yep's opposite : NOPE
29
"Do tell!" : YOUDONTSAY
30
Word before dance or laugh : BELLY
32
Painting of a fruit bowl, e.g. : STILLLIFE
34
Long look : GAZE
35
Leave in, as text : STET
38
Religion of the Koran : ISLAM
39
New York strip alternative : TBONE
42
___ Lanka : SRI
45
Interminably : ONANDON
47
In the thick of : AMIDST
48
Agree out of court : SETTLE
49
High-I.Q. club : MENSA
50
Fanzine profilees : IDOLS
51
Strikes through : XSOUT
54
Composer Stravinsky : IGOR
55
College in New Rochelle, N.Y. : IONA
56
___-do-well : NEER
57
Confederate uniform color : GRAY
59
Hurricane hub : EYE

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