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New York Times, Wednesday, September 1, 1999

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
49-Down : Voiced
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Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 37 Missing: {GJQVWZ} This is puzzle # 23 for Mr. Arbesfeld. Wednesday freshness: 23%
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© 1999, The New York Times9/1/99 ( No. 18,194 )
Across
1
Subbed (for) : SATIN
6
Binge : TOOT
10
Churchill successor : EDEN
14
Lickety-split : APACE
15
Boxer's fare : ALPO
16
Strike from a list : XOUT
17
Prepares a veggie? : FIXESALEEK
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Be a crybaby : PULE
20
Letter from Jude : EPISTLE
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Agents of retribution : NEMESES
23
Let up : EASED
25
"Heads up!," e.g. : ALERT
26
Leftover veggie? : CHARDREMAINS
31
Pearl Harbor locale : OAHU
32
The ___ Reader : UTNE
33
Dispirited : SAD
36
Many a mummy, in life : PHARAOH
40
Qualify : ENTITLE
42
It might be run at a bar : TAB
43
"Iliad" city : TROY
45
Tee off : MIFF
46
Pesticide for a veggie? : LETTUCESPRAY
50
Le Duc Tho's capital : HANOI
53
Mild cigar : CLARO
54
South Seas islands : OCEANIA
56
Accessory for Mr. Peanut : MONOCLE
61
Kind of woman : KEPT
62
Forgets about a veggie? : SKIPSABEET
64
Bryce Canyon locale : UTAH
65
Presenter of choices : MENU
66
The Man Without a Country : NOLAN
67
Marilyn Monroe facial feature : MOLE
68
Atl. fliers : SSTS
69
Tropical fish : TETRA
Down
1
Two-palms-down signal : SAFE
2
"You're ___, ya know that?": Archie Bunker : APIP
3
Sight at a station : TAXI
4
Sews up : ICES
5
Fit snugly one inside another : NESTED
6
"Honor Thy Father" author : TALESE
7
Bull session shout? : OLE
8
Time for a makeup game : OPENDATE
9
Strong puff : TOKE
10
Ousts : EXPELS
11
Put out : DOUSE
12
Noted Swiss mathematician : EULER
13
Bikini experiment, for short : NTEST
18
Controversial apple growth regulator : ALAR
22
"Olympia" painter : MANET
24
Tall bird : EMU
26
Egyptian Christian : COPT
27
That's a laugh! : HAHA
28
Peck role of 1956 : AHAB
29
Futuristic play of 1921 : RUR
30
Bed-and-breakfast : INN
33
Begin to wake : STIR
34
Via Veneto auto, briefly : ALFA
35
Stand up to : DEFY
37
Ordered room service, say : ATEIN
38
Food scrap : ORT
39
Fast sellers : HOTCAKES
41
Mischievous one : IMP
44
Ingrid's "Anastasia" co-star : YUL
46
Can't stomach : LOATHE
47
Brown spot : CAMPUS
48
Son of Aphrodite : EROS
49
Voiced : SONANT
50
Malarkey : HOKUM
51
Vinegar: Prefix : ACETO
52
Sherpa's home : NEPAL
55
Theories : ISMS
57
Slender reed : OBOE
58
Boston player, informally : CELT
59
Regan's father : LEAR
60
View from Catania : ETNA
63
Acct. info : INT

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