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New York Times, Friday, September 16, 2005

Author:
Craig Kasper
Editor:
Will Shortz
46-Down : Like some bugs
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1612/5/199710/21/20075
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
43012321
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
211.5810758%
Craig Kasper

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Kasper. Friday freshness: 3%
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© 2005, The New York Times9/16/5 ( No. 20,401 )
Across
1
Rafts : SEAS
5
Maned grazer : WILDEBEEST
15
Sharp : TART
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Disappointing course finish : ONEOVERPAR
17
Drive : URGE
18
It's not jotted down : MENTALNOTE
19
Windbags : BLOWHARDS
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Ushered : LEDIN
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Seat cover? : PANTS
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Without : ABSENT
24
Kind of bar : SCROLL
27
Marriage bond : KNOT
28
Tidy sum : PRETTYPENNY
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Spy tool, briefly : CAM
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Lets go : CANS
35
Draft pick : ALE
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Take for a ride : DUPE
37
Opposite of hence : AGO
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Opening statement? : LADIESFIRST
42
They're counted in gyms : REPS
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Diamond deals : TRADES
44
Do major harm to : RAVAGE
47
DuPont trademark : FREON
49
Billionaires and their families, e.g. : ELITE
50
Magic was part of it : DREAMTEAM
54
Asian appetizer : SPRINGROLL
56
Moon surrounder : HALO
57
"No more Mr. Nice Guy!" : THATDOESIT
58
Plays for a sucker : USES
59
Patter : SALESPITCH
60
Broken-off branch : SECT
Down
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Evidence of an admission : STUB
2
Certain peer : EARL
3
It made it past sirens : ARGO
4
Some crocks : STEWPOTS
5
Distaff : WOMANLY
6
Apt to stay put : INERT
7
Imparts : LENDS
8
Colon composition : DOTS
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Actress/model Mendes : EVA
10
He may carry your burdens : BELLBOY
11
Cyclotron inventor ___ Lawrence : ERNEST
12
Literary invention of Archilochus : EPODE
13
Subbed : SATIN
14
Nottingham is on it : TRENT
20
Be hesitant : HALT
23
Curry of "Today" : ANN
24
Grp. concerned with lab safety? : SPCA
25
Perch for an ibex : CRAG
26
Home of the National Automobile Museum : RENO
27
Supporter of a proposal? : KNEE
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Adds to dishonestly : PADS
30
Y wearer : ELI
31
Coagulate : CURD
32
Architectural projection : APSE
33
1962 expansion team : METS
36
Plant of the pink family : DIANTHUS
38
Keys on maps : LEGENDS
39
Lummox : APE
40
Cat burglar's need : STEALTH
41
Native to : FROM
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Rhea, e.g. : RATITE
44
Breaks in scores : RESTS
45
Leader of the pack? : ALPHA
46
Like some bugs : VIRAL
47
Unfriendliness : FROST
48
Holdover : RELIC
50
Trier trio : DREI
51
Naturalness : EASE
52
Blind jazz pianist Templeton : ALEC
53
Just 'bout : MOST
55
Political inits. : GOP

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