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Lee Glickstein
Lee Glickstein
Nancy Salomon
Nancy Salomon

NY Times, Sun, Oct 10, 2004 SPOONERISM CROSSWORD

47-Across : Nursed fame in tennis

Author:
Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38
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© 2004, The New York Times
Across
1
Crinks with ice dream : MALTS
6
Banged fighters of Egypt : ASPS
10
Loyal Indian with a Rama : INCA
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Crowd lie : SHOUT
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Card to hum by : RARE
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Object of a hog's dowel : MOON
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Tight brown lint : TAWNY
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Fight from a liar : GLOW
19
Groove without mace : PLOD
20
Kurds from work : BEAMMEUPSCOTTY
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Mad Ben : FIENDS
24
Fine minds : ORES
25
Done seeing a wok : PATIENT
28
Roasted order that may be tight for lunch : BLT
29
"Moe is wee!" : ALAS
30
Beg loan : FIBULA
33
Whale skates: Abbr. : LBS
36
Moving with greed and space : LIGHTONONESFEET
39
Bork and his moss, e.g. : ETS
40
African hazers with grumps : ELANDS
41
After the doze of Clay : LATE
42
Boa's note : ARK
43
Gloria who sang "Don't Wanna Use Lou" : ESTEFAN
45
Rose gong : ERRS
47
Nursed fame in tennis : SERENA
49
Without having had a Bic of Lou's : STONECOLDSOBER
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Skate in grail : HUGE
54
Citer of the wrong "Alice's Restaurant" : ARLO
55
Popular teener around clubs : TILEX
57
Drummer sinks : ADES
58
Mussy fan or woman : PRIG
59
Set nails : ETAIL
60
They have gay shames : METS
61
They may stink or blare : EYES
62
Maxes or fails : SENDS
Down
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Fix in the East is sore in this: Abbr. : MST
2
Wellville mailer : AHAB
3
Brat stack par : LOWE
4
Belly sandwich dye : TUNAFISH
5
Dock from bluing : STYMIE
6
Where Grouchos go up : ARGENTINA
7
"Years to who!" : SALUD
8
Habits and rats, in magic : PROPS
9
Wastes, in a bay : SEWS
10
Sing in for Braille : IMPORT
11
Sick working on a net : NOLTE
12
Old lies that are slightly goony : COOTS
13
Sib who had three #1 gongs : ANDY
21
Pails around these marts : MENFOLK
22
Top pipes : COLAS
25
Seeding a little nun : PALE
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Grade it to the mound : ALIT
27
Lab tables : TAGS
28
Says fares over prude : BLESSES
31
French gird for wood : BON
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They wouldn't shin, probably : UNDERDOGS
33
Shook beet : LEAF
34
Free, in a bat's name : BETA
35
Old-guile stun : STEN
37
Shirt and court : TERSE
38
Bets Paine : FLEABITE
42
He played a partial Dillon in the mast : ARNESS
44
Legal bender tills, in short : TNOTES
45
School for learning tales : ETUDE
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He helps you find the west bird : ROGET
47
"Buy mad!" : SORRY
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Dis ___ of "Malice" : ELLIE
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Rake, not feel : SHAM
50
It's waved at a full bite : CAPE
51
Stashing dial : ELAN
52
The known ranger's real lame : REID
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Sizes for gig buys: Abbr. : XLS
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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