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New York Times, Wednesday, September 29, 2004

Author:
Verna Suit
Editor:
Will Shortz
31-Down : Tend to a spill
TotalDebutLatest
43/16/20026/22/2005
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Verna Suit

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Ms. Suit. Wednesday freshness: 78%
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© 2004, The New York Times9/29/4 ( No. 20,049 )
Across
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Like most world table tennis champions : ASIAN
6
One who's been down the aisle : WIFE
10
Sales caveat : ASIS
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"Ars ___ ..." : LONGA
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Roman way : ITER
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"Out with it!" : GIVE
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Ways up the slopes : TBARS
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Court plea, for short : NOLO
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Cameo stone : ONYX
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What friends said about 29-Across? : HEWASAGOODEGG
23
Bonanza find : ORE
24
Capp and Capone : ALS
25
Book before Esth. : NEH
26
Long-eared animal : ASS
29
Subject of this puzzle : HUMPTYDUMPTY
32
Play's start : ACTI
35
Like very narrow shoes : AAA
36
Opportunities, so to speak : DOORS
37
Rubberneck : GAWK
38
Nasty : SNIDE
41
Duff : PRAT
42
"Peer Gynt" composer : GRIEG
44
L'homme over there : LUI
45
180's : UEYS
46
What 29-Across might say about a good joke : ITCRACKSMEUP
50
Like very wide shoes : EEE
51
Item worn around the neck : BOA
52
A.T.M. need : PIN
53
Give a nickname : TAG
56
29-Across's political aspiration? : THEOVALOFFICE
60
Mine, in Marseille : AMOI
62
Cross letters : INRI
63
___ sprawl : URBAN
64
Artworks : OILS
65
Dodge compact : NEON
66
Actress Witherspoon : REESE
67
Pubmates : LADS
68
Sailor's drink : GROG
69
Cousins of harps : LYRES
Down
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Even if, succinctly : ALTHO
2
Off the sauce : SOBER
3
Blown away : INAWE
4
Indian tourist city : AGRA
5
Capital of the Bahamas : NASSAU
6
Plane stat : WINGSPAN
7
Words of agreement : ITOO
8
Grand theft auto, e.g. : FELONY
9
Chipped away at : ERODED
10
Wide-eyed : AGOG
11
City on a strait : SINGAPORE
12
Wrigley Field flora : IVY
13
"___ sells" (advertising catchphrase) : SEX
21
Soprano Gluck and others : ALMAS
22
Israel's Barak : EHUD
27
Leave the flock : STRAY
28
Methods: Abbr. : SYSTS
29
Outdoorsman of a sort : HIKER
30
Pre-kickoff call : TAILS
31
Tend to a spill : MOPUP
32
Cow college student : AGGIE
33
Bill of fare : CARTE
34
Like Hawthorne's "Tales" : TWICETOLD
39
Won ton, e.g. : DUMPLING
40
Kid's song refrain : EIEIO
43
Kotter of 70's TV : GABE
47
Dove's activity : COOING
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Julie ___, the voice of Marge Simpson : KAVNER
49
Roll out : UNFURL
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Rome's river : TIBER
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Have ___ of the jitters : ACASE
55
Inheritance carriers : GENES
57
Villain's reception : HISS
58
Suffix with buck : AROO
59
Glenn of the Eagles : FREY
60
Earthlink alternative : AOL
61
War stat : MIA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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