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New York Times, Wednesday, September 1, 2004

Author:
Jim Conklin
Editor:
Will Shortz
50-Down : Skips over
TotalDebut
19/1/2004
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.53415%
Jim Conklin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 2 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Conklin. Wednesday freshness: 20%
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© 2004, The New York Times9/1/4 ( No. 20,021 )
Across
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Holiday visitor, maybe : INLAW
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Sporty car, for short : ALFA
10
Plum Nascar position : POLE
14
Western necktie? : NOOSE
15
Crashing sort : BORE
16
Hera's mother : RHEA
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Dish cooked in a pot : OLLA
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Trim, in a way : EDGE
22
Key material : IVORY
23
Ludwig Mies van der ___ : ROHE
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Gospel writer : LUKE
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33
Prefix with arthritis : OSTEO
34
Forum greeting : AVE
35
Brought up : BRED
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Mao's successor : HUA
38
Alistair who wrote "Ice Station Zebra" : MACLEAN
42
Put away : ATE
43
Ex-D.C. baseballers : NATS
45
See 27-Down : RAE
46
Derby place : EPSOM
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52
Rough tool : RASP
53
Kitchen flooring, for short : LINO
54
Scarecrow's composition : STRAW
57
Viking's deity : ODIN
59
Bubble wrap sounds : POPS
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66
Feels punk : AILS
67
Peace Nobelist Ducommun : ELIE
68
2000 N.B.A. M.V.P. : ONEAL
69
Spymaster's worry : MOLE
70
Rx amts. : TSPS
71
Famous "hostess with the mostest" : MESTA
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1
Poop : INFO
2
Seasonal air : NOEL
3
Veg out : LOLL
4
Fertility goddess : ASTARTE
5
Chinese dynasty name : WEI
6
Homes : ABODES
7
Like a Hail Mary pass : LONG
8
Woodstock phenomenon : FREELOVE
9
1950's political initials : AES
10
Poor Richard's Almanack item : PROVERB
11
"You gotta be kidding!" : OHNO
12
Wolf's look : LEER
13
"Duck soup!" : EASY
18
Classic soft drink : NEHI
19
Triathlete's need : BIKE
24
Baseball's Blue Moon : ODOM
26
Iris's place : UVEA
27
With 45-Across, noted Arctic explorer : JOHN
28
Bar order, with "the" : USUAL
29
___ Department : STATE
30
Novelist Carr : CALEB
31
Wipe out : ERASE
32
Dry out, informally : DETOX
36
Prefix with god : DEMI
39
Bellicose god : ARES
40
HOV lane users : CARPOOLS
41
It's inert : NEON
44
Berlin boulevard : STRASSE
47
Barbecuer's buy : PROPANE
49
Fancy marbles : TAWS
50
Skips over : ELIDES
51
50's car features : FINS
54
Ponzi scheme, e.g. : SCAM
55
Cream was one : TRIO
56
Frank holder : ROLL
58
Socially challenged sort : DRIP
60
Reveals, in verse : OPES
61
Survey map : PLAT
62
Ward of the screen : SELA
64
Rainy : WET
65
Author Clancy : TOM

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