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New York Times, Monday, September 27, 2004

Author:
Gregory Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
Talking on a cell phone during a movie, e.g.
TotalDebutLatest
1169/13/199410/17/2005
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.502306%
Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQWXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 113 for Mr. Paul. Monday freshness: 7%
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© 2004, The New York Times9/27/4 ( No. 20,047 )
Across
1
Leaf's support : STEM
5
Knife : STAB
9
Wood for chests : CEDAR
14
Like a lemon : SOUR
15
Medal of honor recipient : HERO
16
"Stayin' ___" (disco hit) : ALIVE
17
Prison sentence : TERM
18
Therefore : ERGO
19
Without a stitch on : NAKED
20
Eventually : SOONERORLATER
23
The "M" in MSG : MONO
24
Calif.'s northern neighbor : ORE
25
Ewe's mate : RAM
28
Main school team : VARSITY
31
Valedictorian's pride, for short : GPA
34
Make amends (for) : ATONE
36
Ubiquitous bug : ANT
37
QB Tarkenton : FRAN
38
Daring bet : DOUBLEORNOTHING
42
Whom Ingrid played in "Casablanca" : ILSA
43
Pea container : POD
44
Many a John Wayne film : OATER
45
Spanish cheer : OLE
46
Most sore : ACHIEST
49
Tricky : SLY
50
Title car in a 1964 pop hit : GTO
51
Have to have : NEED
53
Availability extremes : FEASTORFAMINE
59
Alaskan islander : ALEUT
60
Lifeguard's watch : POOL
61
"___ honest with you ..." : TOBE
63
The vowel sound in "dude" : LONGU
64
That girl, in Paris : ELLE
65
Problem with a fishing line : SNAG
66
Excited, with "up" : KEYED
67
Funnyman Foxx : REDD
68
Stringed toy : YOYO
Down
1
Jet decommissioned in '03 : SST
2
They may get stepped on : TOES
3
Continental "dollar" : EURO
4
1983 role reversal film : MRMOM
5
The Ramones' "___ Is a Punk Rocker" : SHEENA
6
Extreme fear : TERROR
7
Jason's ship, in myth : ARGO
8
Unmannered fellow : BOOR
9
Bird in a cage : CANARY
10
Gladden : ELATE
11
Dutch embankment : DIKE
12
Swear to : AVER
13
Bloodshot : RED
21
"The Catcher in the Rye," e.g. : NOVEL
22
Game with a drawing : LOTTO
25
The "R" of N.P.R. : RADIO
26
Polynesian island : ATOLL
27
Cat's quarry : MOUSE
29
Noted New York restaurateur : SARDI
30
A home away from home : INN
31
Southern breakfast dish : GRITS
32
Discussion group : PANEL
33
Incensed : ANGRY
35
Hoops grp. : NBA
37
Home loan agcy. : FHA
39
Disney's ___ Center : EPCOT
40
"That feels good!" : OOH
41
Carving on a pole : TOTEM
46
Offered for breeding, as a thoroughbred : ATSTUD
47
Wrap up : ENFOLD
48
Made airtight : SEALED
50
Measuring tool : GAUGE
52
Scatterbrained : DITSY
53
Ice sheet : FLOE
54
Start of a counting-out rhyme : EENY
55
0 on a phone: Abbr. : OPER
56
Play part : ROLE
57
Talking on a cell phone during a movie, e.g. : NONO
58
On-line auction house : EBAY
59
Chemical base: Abbr. : ALK
62
Swellheadedness : EGO

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