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New York Times, Wednesday, September 19, 2001

Author:
Steven Dorfman
Editor:
Will Shortz
47-Down : 1979 film "Norma ___"
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Steven Dorfman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Dorfman. Wednesday freshness: 8%
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© 2001, The New York Times9/19/1 ( No. 18,943 )
Across
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Moolah : GELT
5
Unwarm welcome : HISS
9
Lonely heights : TORS
13
Zone : AREA
14
9th-century founder of the Russian monarchy : RURIK
15
Help in ways one shouldn't : ABET
16
Musical with the song "The Night They Invented Champagne" : GIGI
17
Stradivarius's teacher : AMATI
18
Forearm bone : ULNA
19
"Jeopardy!" format : ANSWER&QUESTION
22
Profess : AVER
23
O : RING
24
Ship that's remembered : MAINE
27
___-blond : ASH
30
1960's catchword : PEACE
33
Electrician's unit : OHM
34
Take-home : NETPAY
37
* : STAR
38
Sales agents : REPS
40
Leaf opening : STOMA
41
Word with wheat or missile : SILO
42
"Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" role : EARP
43
Hardly tiptoes : CLOMPS
45
Antique : OLD
46
Warrior's weapon : SPEAR
48
___ out a win : EKE
49
Rigid : TENSE
51
They're found all along the line: Abbr. : STAS
53
500 sheets : REAM
55
Famous comedy team à la "Jeopardy!" : COSTELLO&ABBOTT
62
Theater award : OBIE
63
Soft glows : AURAS
64
Met song : ARIA
65
Hood's beneficiaries, with "the" : POOR
66
Begin : START
67
Sideways look : LEER
68
Hankerings : YENS
69
Command's site : HELM
70
Forest growth : MOSS
Down
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Dotty : GAGA
2
Land of Killarney : ERIN
3
Runners : LEGS
4
Made in ___ : TAIWAN
5
U2 tour and film à la "Jeopardy!" : HUM&RATTLE
6
Country under longtime U.N. sanctions : IRAQ
7
In ___ (as placed) : SITU
8
Downhill racer : SKIER
9
Degree of strain : TAUTNESS
10
A must-do : OBLIGATION
11
City near Sparks : RENO
12
Ollie's partner : STAN
14
Not common : RARE
20
Not odd : EVEN
21
Just enough to wet one's lips : SIP
24
Conventions : MORES
25
___ o' livin' : AHEAP
26
Rich Little forte : IMPRESSION
28
Scare : SPOOK
29
Kitchen product à la "Jeopardy!" : HAMMER&ARM
31
Phones : CALLS
32
Wear : ERODE
35
Computer key : ESC
36
Bark : YAP
39
Paints like Pollock : SPATTERS
44
Wild guess : STAB
47
1979 film "Norma ___" : RAE
50
Make a mummy : EMBALM
52
Not just trim : SLASH
54
N.C.A.A. tournament division : EAST
55
Reproduce : COPY
56
Woodwind instrument : OBOE
57
String instrument : LUTE
58
Spoken : ORAL
59
Modern ice cream flavor : OREO
60
Makes a bow : TIES
61
Sailors : TARS

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