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New York Times, Monday, May 28, 2001

Author:
Gregory E. Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
16-Across : "Midnight Cowboy" role
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Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {GJQXZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 93 for Mr. Paul. Grid flow: 17.9 Monday freshness: 0%
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© 2001, The New York Times5/28/01 ( No. 18,829 )
Across
1
Fool : SIMP
5
Partner of born : BRED
9
Attack : BESET
14
Work hard : TOIL
15
Continental currency : EURO
16
"Midnight Cowboy" role : RATSO
17
Sicilian spouter : ETNA
18
"Q ___ queen" : ASIN
19
Sound off : ORATE
20
Carouse : PAINTTHETOWNRED
23
"O ___ Mio" : SOLE
24
Letter writer's afterthoughts : PSS
25
Defective : BAD
28
Send another way : REROUTE
31
Gorilla : APE
34
Out of whack : AMISS
36
Hit the slopes : SKI
37
Parting of the heavens, maybe : OMEN
38
Reprimand : CALLONTHECARPET
42
The "O" in S.R.O. : ONLY
43
Telephone button that lacks letters : ONE
44
Burn balm : SALVE
45
Dissenting vote : NAY
46
Red giant in Scorpius : ANTARES
49
Suffix with musket : EER
50
Spell-off : BEE
51
Gen. Robert ___ : ELEE
53
Passive-aggressive response : SILENTTREATMENT
61
Like a Three Stooges routine : INANE
62
The Platters player : HIFI
63
Spill the beans : BLAB
64
Out of port : ATSEA
65
Hymn word : AMEN
66
Lohengrin's inamorata : ELSA
67
Popular name in fruit juices : MOTTS
68
Used to be : WERE
69
Derrière : REAR
Down
1
Escalate, with "up" : STEP
2
Smidgen : IOTA
3
Maxi's opposite : MINI
4
They're made with the help of maps : PLANS
5
John, Paul, George or Ringo : BEATLE
6
Ball carrier : RUSHER
7
___-Lackawanna Railroad : ERIE
8
Word said with a hand-slap : DONT
9
Shop without buying : BROWSE
10
Makes, as money : EARNS
11
Celeb : STAR
12
Direction from which el sol rises : ESTE
13
Pigeon-___ : TOED
21
Midsection : TORSO
22
Eye-related : OPTIC
25
Breakfast sizzler : BACON
26
Microwave maker : AMANA
27
Ripsnorter : DILLY
29
Milo of "The Verdict" : OSHEA
30
Instrument that's strummed : UKE
31
Enough : AMPLE
32
Pet complaint : PEEVE
33
Join : ENTER
35
Underhanded : SLY
37
"Are you a man ___ mouse?" : ORA
39
Trio trebled : NONET
40
Blasting stuff : TNT
41
Selling point : ASSET
46
Trojan hero : AENEAS
47
Close-fitting coat : REEFER
48
Figure skater Zayak : ELAINE
50
Poet William Rose ___ : BENET
52
Hot coal : EMBER
53
Thailand, once : SIAM
54
Get ___ shape : INTO
55
Which words to read in 20-, 38- and 53-Across to get a warm welcome : LAST
56
Winter break : THAW
57
"The ___ of the Ancient Mariner" : RIME
58
She, in Vichy : ELLE
59
Rocket org. : NASA
60
Chairlift alternative : TBAR

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