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New York Times, Monday, August 16, 2004

Author:
Joy C. Frank
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Across : Center of activity
TotalDebutLatest
312/22/20032/5/2007
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Joy C. Frank

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JKQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Frank. Monday freshness: 3%
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© 2004, The New York Times8/16/4 ( No. 20,005 )
Across
1
Poi source : TARO
5
"The Thin Man" dog : ASTA
9
Rum-soaked cakes : BABAS
14
Stench : ODOR
15
Where an honoree may sit : DAIS
16
Friend, south of the border : AMIGO
17
Rocket scientist's employer : NASA
18
Prefix with potent : OMNI
19
Alpine song : YODEL
20
Not much : SMALLPOTATOES
23
___ glance (quickly) : ATA
24
Center of activity : HUB
25
Grammys, e.g. : AWARDS
29
Tip for a ballerina : TOE
31
Aide: Abbr. : ASST
35
Funnel-shaped : CONED
36
Craze : MANIA
38
Hurry : HIE
39
Activities that generate no money : TRIVIALPURSUITS
42
Surgery spots, for short : ORS
43
Indians of New York : ERIES
44
Jack who ate no fat : SPRAT
45
Seeded loaves : RYES
47
Dog-tag wearers, briefly : GIS
48
Choirs may stand on them : RISERS
49
Overly : TOO
51
Loser to D.D.E. twice : AES
52
Boatswains, e.g. : PETTYOFFICERS
59
R-rated, say : ADULT
61
Poker payment : ANTE
62
Confess : AVOW
63
Tutu material : TULLE
64
Rude look : LEER
65
Peru's capital : LIMA
66
Back tooth : MOLAR
67
Slips : ERRS
68
Fizzless, as a soft drink : FLAT
Down
1
Cargo weights : TONS
2
Sandler of "Big Daddy" : ADAM
3
Painter Bonheur : ROSA
4
Face-to-face exam : ORAL
5
Takes as one's own : ADOPTS
6
Pago-Pago's land : SAMOA
7
Salon application : TINT
8
Where Nepal is : ASIA
9
Louisiana waterway : BAYOU
10
Microscopic organism : AMOEBA
11
Bridge declarations : BIDS
12
Questionnaire datum : AGE
13
Note after fa : SOL
21
Scottish beau : LADDIE
22
"A League of ___ Own" (1992 comedy) : THEIR
25
Cast member : ACTOR
26
"What, me ___?" : WORRY
27
Liqueur flavorer : ANISE
28
Speed (up) : REV
29
Blackmailer's evidence : TAPES
30
Burden : ONUS
32
English county : SHIRE
33
Ravi Shankar's instrument : SITAR
34
Checkups : TESTS
36
1052, in a proclamation : MLII
37
St. Francis' birthplace : ASSISI
40
Lingo : ARGOT
41
Raises : UPS
46
"A Streetcar Named Desire" woman : STELLA
48
Directs (to) : REFERS
50
Stream bank cavorter : OTTER
51
"___ you" ("You go first") : AFTER
52
Clout : PULL
53
Connecticut campus : YALE
54
Unique individual : ONER
55
Ranch newborn : CALF
56
Diabolical : EVIL
57
Capital south of Venezia : ROMA
58
Whack : SWAT
59
Bank amenity, for short : ATM
60
Pair : DUO

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