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Eric Berlin
Eric Berlin

NY Times, Sun, Oct 08, 2006 Going Too Far

18-Across : Prove

Author:
Eric Berlin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38
Notepad: Many of the answers in this crossword are one letter too long and won't fit in the spaces provided. Each of these answers will either begin or end in the gray square immediately before or after it. When the puzzle is done, all the gray squares will have been used exactly once, and the letters in them (reading left to right, line by line) will spell an old Jewish proverb.

The quote: "A mother understands what a child does not say."

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O
2
R
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A
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M
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S
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H
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A
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R
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P
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O
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N
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E
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Y
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P
O
L
I
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S
A
V
E
I
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N
O
N
E
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E
D
I
T
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E
V
I
N
C
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I
M
U
S
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R
E
S
T
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I
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E
A
T
A
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N
A
R
M
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A
N
T
E
N
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N
A
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E
D
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D
Y
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D
A
H
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S
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O
R
E
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I
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D
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A
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A
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P
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O
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P
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P
E
E
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D
R
E
A
D
E
R
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N
A
R
R
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O
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A
P
E
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D
R
A
P
E
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E
N
T
E
R
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P
R
I
S
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E
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S
S
T
S
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R
E
A
R
E
R
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A
P
S
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E
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E
M
U
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R
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E
A
S
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T
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E
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R
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N
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A
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L
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I
C
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N
E
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U
R
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T
E
L
A
R
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C
A
R
O
65
E
S
T
A
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D
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M
E
T
A
68
E
V
E
R
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R
A
I
T
S
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P
R
I
G
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Y
A
D
D
72
S
T
E
E
L
73
O
Y
O
S
© 2006, The New York Times
Across
1
Slangy commercial name suffix : ORAMA
5
On the ball : SHARP
10
Bankroll : MONEY
14
Salk's conquest : POLIO
15
"Don't waste your breath" : SAVEIT
16
All's opposite : NONE
17
Touch up : EDIT
18
Prove : EVINCE
19
Big name in radio talk : IMUS
20
Roil up again : RESTIR
22
"I could ___ horse!" : EATA
23
Take a piece away from? : UNARM
24
It helps pick things up : ANTENNA
26
Whirl : EDDY
28
Morse sounds : DAHS
30
Birds Eye competitor : OREIDA
34
Each : APOP
38
Evelyn Wood, famously : SPEEDREADER
40
Like some escapes : NARROW
42
Act like : APE
43
Arrange, as a shawl : DRAPE
44
Undertaking : ENTERPRISE
47
Some staffers: Abbr. : ASSTS
48
Parent : REARER
49
Basilica section : APSE
51
Take exception : DEMUR
53
Airline until 1991 : EASTERN
58
One of the Kramdens : ALICE
61
Prefix with -algia : NEUR
63
Like an inscribed pillar : STELAR
64
Actress Leslie : CARON
65
Spanish political division : ESTADO
67
Intro to physics? : META
68
Always : EVER
69
Inherited things : TRAITS
70
Herb unit : SPRIG
71
When said three times, "and so on" : YADDA
72
Toughen : STEEL
73
Ding-dongs : YOYOS
Down
1
Bizet offering : OPERA
2
Squirrel, e.g. : RODENT
3
Most desired folks : ALIST
4
Hand holder? : MITTEN
5
Wind dir. : SSE
6
"Show some mercy!" : HAVEAHEART
7
___ flu : AVIAN
8
Not bought, perhaps : RENTED
9
Bullfight jabber : PICADOR
10
Old : ONINYEARS
11
Rootless sort : NOMAD
12
Toughen : ENURE
13
Polite agreement to a lady : YESM
21
Rear : HIND
25
Siesta : NAP
27
Scott of legal fame : DRED
29
Brownish hue : SEPIA
31
Lupino and others : IDAS
32
One of the D's of 3-D : DEPTH
33
Hard-to-get collectors' items : RARES
34
More balanced : SANER
35
Like many windows : PANED
36
Heart line : AORTA
37
Tape for later : PRERECORD
39
Making a last-ditch effort : DESPERATE
41
Provo neighbor : OREM
45
Tree trimmers : PRUNERS
46
"___ Liar" (Bee Gees song) : HESA
50
Superlative ending : EST
52
Moved to a different row, say : RESAT
54
"Resume speed" : ATEMPO
55
Garden stalks : CELERY
56
2:1, e.g. : RATIO
57
Looking destitute : INRAGS
58
Daly TV role : LACEY
59
Ash accompanier : LAVA
60
Angry : IRED
62
Many a navel : OUTIE
66
Kind of connection : DSL
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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