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New York Times, Tuesday, September 6, 2005

Author:
Barry C. Silk
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Down : Tears apart
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Barry C. Silk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Silk. Tuesday freshness: 21%
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© 2005, The New York Times9/6/5 ( No. 20,391 )
Across
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Cavalier or Impala : CHEVY
6
N.B.A. star in the '96 film "Kazaam" : SHAQ
10
Predicament : SPOT
14
Eagle's home : AERIE
15
Hot-and-sour soup ingredient : TOFU
16
Get misty-eyed : TEAR
17
Fifth Amendment issue : PRIVATEPROPERTY
20
Boat in "Jaws" : ORCA
21
Guesstimate phrase : ORSO
22
Church recesses : APSES
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City on the Rhone : LYON
25
Gung-ho : ARDENT
26
Ulterior motive : HIDDENAGENDA
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To no ___ (fruitlessly) : AVAIL
32
Biblical flood insurance? : ARK
33
___ vu : DEJA
37
Congressional declaration : WAR
38
"Mr. Jock, TV quiz Ph.D., bags few lynx," for example : PANGRAM
42
Wrigley Field player : CUB
43
Where pants may have a hole : KNEE
45
Director Howard : RON
46
Lyric poem : EPODE
48
Australia was the first country to implement it : SECRETBALLOT
52
Billiard shots : CAROMS
55
Longtime host of "Scientific American Frontiers" : ALDA
56
Cover story? : ALIBI
57
Bantu language : ZULU
59
___ Toys, maker of the Magic 8-Ball : TYCO
63
Intelligence endeavor : COVERTOPERATION
66
Pirouette points : TOES
67
Like most graffiti: Abbr. : ANON
68
Flower part : SEPAL
69
"Provided that is the case ..." : IFSO
70
Man with a top hat and cane : GENT
71
College chief : PREXY
Down
1
Mafia bigwig : CAPO
2
Frau's partner : HERR
3
Rocker Clapton : ERIC
4
"The Four Seasons" composer : VIVALDI
5
Roll-call vote : YEA
6
Breastbones : STERNA
7
Brewer's need : HOPS
8
A young Michael Jackson had one : AFRO
9
Quid pro ___ : QUO
10
Acquired family member : STEPDAD
11
Intrinsically : PERSE
12
Like some cereals : OATEN
13
Rendezvous : TRYST
18
Tom or Jerry of "Tom and Jerry" : TOON
19
Cowpoke's bud : PARD
24
Canine plaint : YELP
25
44-Down singer : ANKA
26
Peddle : HAWK
27
Pavlov of Pavlov's dogs fame : IVAN
28
"How ___ you?!" : DARE
29
Eric ___, 2004 Dodger All-Star pitcher : GAGNE
30
Blunder : ERR
34
E.P.A. concern: Abbr. : ECOL
35
Unarmed combat : JUDO
36
Help in a heist : ABET
39
Circle segments : ARCS
40
Neither here ___ there : NOR
41
Lake ___, reservoir on the Colorado : MEAD
44
1962 hit subtitled "That Kiss!" : ESOBESO
47
45, e.g. : PLATTER
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Qatari leader : EMIR
50
"American Idol" display : TALENT
51
Fuzzy image : BLUR
52
Desert bloomers : CACTI
53
Reserved : ALOOF
54
Tears apart : RIVES
57
Basketball defense : ZONE
58
Stratford-___-Avon : UPON
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"Holy cow!" : YIPE
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Try to persuade : COAX
62
Exclusive : ONLY
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Put out, as a base runner : TAG
65
Egyptian snake : ASP

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