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New York Times, Monday, September 11, 2000

Author:
Gregory E. Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Down : Back of the neck
TotalDebutLatest
1169/13/199410/17/2005
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.502306%
Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQWXZ} This is puzzle # 85 for Mr. Paul. Monday freshness: 29%
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© 2000, The New York Times9/11/0 ( No. 18,570 )
Across
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King with a golden touch : MIDAS
6
Ones wearing knickers : LADS
10
Lion's antithesis : LAMB
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Sports venue : ARENA
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Mideast-based grp. : OPEC
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Say for sure : AVER
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Not the sailing sort : LANDLUBBER
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Quick snack : BITE
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Big bang maker : TNT
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Mine extraction : ORE
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Steamroll : RUNOVER
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Access the Internet, with "on" : LOG
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Postpone : DEFER
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Amtrak employee : ENGINEER
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Made a movie : FILMED
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Kitchen or den : ROOM
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Car until 1957 : NASH
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The "L" in AWOL : LEAVE
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Spanish museum work : ARTE
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Squirrels' homes : TREES
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Diva's song : ARIA
42
Put on a happy face : SMILE
44
Confident : SURE
45
Obsolescent phone feature : DIAL
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"What's ___ you?" : EATING
48
Drill instructor, usually : SERGEANT
50
They "just want to have fun" in a 1984 song : GIRLS
52
Ruin : MAR
53
"The Satanic Verses" author : RUSHDIE
56
Office seeker, informally : POL
57
Wide of the mark : OFF
60
"L'___ c'est moi": Louis XIV : ETAT
61
Don Juan, e.g. : LATINLOVER
64
Cook's seasoning : SAGE
65
Scientologist ___ Hubbard : LRON
66
"The Magic Flute," e.g. : OPERA
67
In that place, to a whaler : THAR
68
Hangup : SNAG
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Mary Poppins, e.g. : NANNY
Down
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Drive-in order : MALT
2
Big rug exporter : IRAN
3
Bumper blemish : DENT
4
What's more : AND
5
Place with swinging doors : SALOON
6
Rounded part : LOBE
7
N.Y.P.D. alert : APB
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Mower maker : DEERE
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Back of the neck : SCRUFF
10
Samuel Gompers, e.g. : LABORLEADER
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Tel ___, Israel : AVIV
12
Dish (out) : METE
13
___ Fox : BRER
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FedEx notation : URGENT
23
Moon man Armstrong : NEIL
24
Stage star : LIMELIGHTER
25
"The Cat in the Hat" writer : DRSEUSS
26
Clean a blackboard : ERASE
27
Actress Shearer : NORMA
28
Cry after a catch : GOTIT
29
Supports for specs : EARS
31
Newswoman Shriver : MARIA
32
Poland Spring competitor : EVIAN
33
Handed out, as cards : DEALT
36
Roll call reply : HERE
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Billy Graham delivery : SERMON
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Novelist Bagnold : ENID
47
Gives the third degree : GRILLS
49
Cider unit : GALLON
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Live's companion : LEARN
53
Downtime : REST
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Four Corners state : UTAH
55
Sweeping story : SAGA
56
Engine knock : PING
57
Dutch cooker : OVEN
58
Forest plant : FERN
59
Skirmish : FRAY
62
___ fault (overmuch) : TOA
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___-Locka, Fla. : OPA

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