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New York Times, Tuesday, September 17, 2002

Author:
Steven Dorfman
Editor:
Will Shortz
21-Down : Acceptance speech word
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Steven Dorfman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Dorfman. Tuesday freshness: 2%
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© 2002, The New York Times9/17/2 ( No. 19,306 )
Across
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Bother : FUSS
5
Be overthrown : FALL
9
Wear away : ERODE
14
Square measure : AREA
15
Not in port : ASEA
16
Wanders : ROVES
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Bad day for 25-Across : IDES
18
More or less follower : THAN
19
Ticket seller : AGENT
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Gridiron order : RUSHTHEPASSER
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Egg maker : HEN
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Take-home pay : NET
25
Rubicon crosser : CAESAR
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Armor-___ : CLAD
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Grp. symbolized by an elephant : GOP
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Sweater material : ORLON
35
Thumb (through) : LEAF
36
Enterprise helmsman : SULU
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Griddle order : STEAKMEDIUMWELL
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Clock sound : TICK
41
Like mellower wines : AGED
42
Stop in the Sahara : OASIS
43
Band performance : SET
44
It may give a shock on a ranch : PROD
45
French equivalent of the White House : ELYSEE
46
Groceries holder : BAG
47
Playtex product : BRA
48
Gridley order : FIREWHENREADY
55
Tour of duty : STINT
57
"Purple ___" (song played at Woodstock) : HAZE
58
Telegraph : WIRE
59
Door part : HINGE
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Malt beverages : ALES
61
1950's British P.M. : EDEN
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Lightened (up) : EASED
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Liquefy : MELT
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1990 World Series champs : REDS
Down
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Like some maidens of myth : FAIR
2
Pakistani tongue : URDU
3
Realizes : SEES
4
"Miss America" appears on it : SASH
5
Priest's title : FATHER
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Pallid : ASHEN
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Long spring : LEAP
8
Turner who was called the "Sweater Girl" : LANA
9
Cleared the boards : ERASED
10
Synonym compiler : ROGET
11
Transmission closer : OVER
12
Lion's home : DEN
13
Superlative suffix : EST
21
Acceptance speech word : THANK
22
Not just a tie-up : SNAFU
25
Business expenditures : COSTS
26
Bandleader Shaw : ARTIE
27
Vote in : ELECT
28
Drench : SOAK
29
Relinquished : CEDED
30
In place : LAID
31
"You'll never ___!" : GUESS
32
Stan's partner in comedy : OLLIE
33
Sign of life : PULSE
35
Plastic block maker : LEGO
36
Influence : SWAY
38
Bart's mom : MARGE
39
Grinding tooth : MOLAR
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Went in separate directions : PARTED
45
One of the Gallo brothers : ERNEST
46
Eat to excess : BINGE
47
Diagonal face of a chisel : BEZEL
48
$5 bills : FINS
49
Impact sound : WHAM
50
Fit as a fiddle : HALE
51
Wide-mouthed pitcher : EWER
52
Assistant : AIDE
53
Historic Scott : DRED
54
Desires : YENS
55
___-wolf : SHE
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Actress Carrere : TIA

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