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NY Times, Mon, Jul 12, 2004

Author: Gregory E. Paul / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { G J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open squares: 71, Cheater squares: 0, Freshness Factor™: 45.9, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 112 of 116 for Mr. Paul — solos: 116, collaborations: 0, Sundays: 0

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© 2004, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Food lover's sense : TASTE
6. Home for alligators : SWAMP
11. "Open ___ 9" (shop sign) : TIL
14. Pays to play poker : ANTES
15. Talk show group : PANEL
16. Early afternoon hour : ONE
17. "Pronto!" : BYYESTERDAY
19. Tribe related to the Hopi : UTE
20. Historic times : ERAS
21. Use a hose on, as a garden : WATER
23. Rev. William who originated the phrase "a blushing crow" : SPOONER
27. "What so ___ we hailed ..." : PROUDLY
29. Singer Don of the Eagles : HENLEY
30. Opt for : CHOOSE
31. Parking lot posting : RATES
32. Dahl who wrote "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" : ROALD
33. Subject of "worship" : SUN
36. Sound in a cave : ECHO
37. Pocketbook : PURSE
38. Ditty : TUNE
39. Itsy-bitsy : WEE
40. Free-for-all : MELEE
41. "I do" sayer : BRIDE
42. "Tom ___" (#1 Kingston Trio hit) : DOOLEY
44. Smashed and grabbed : LOOTED
45. Adds up (to) : AMOUNTS
47. "___ keepers ..." : FINDERS
48. Boxing matches : BOUTS
49. Skin soother : ALOE
50. Sphere : ORB
51. "Pronto!" : THISINSTANT
58. Gibson who was People magazine's first Sexiest Man Alive : MEL
59. Hair-raising : EERIE
60. Dickens's ___ Heep : URIAH
61. "Later!" : BYE
62. Coral ridges : REEFS
63. Shindig : PARTY
 1. Bar bill : TAB
2. At ___ rate : ANY
3. Mudhole : STY
4. Golf ball support : TEE
5. Ancient Jewish sect : ESSENES
6. Javelin : SPEAR
7. The "W" in V.F.W. : WARS
8. Plus : AND
9. "Oh, give ___ home ..." : MEA
10. Layered building material : PLYWOOD
11. "Pronto!" : TOUTDESUITE
12. Computer chip company : INTEL
13. Suspicious : LEERY
18. Card below a four : TREY
22. "The Sound of Music" setting: Abbr. : AUS
23. Nagging sort : SHREW
24. Result of a treaty : PEACE
25. "Pronto!" : ONTHEDOUBLE
26. Skillet lubricant : OLEO
27. Moon stage : PHASE
28. Part in a play : ROLE
30. Actor Feldman : COREY
32. Contest specifications : RULES
34. Below : UNDER
35. Requires : NEEDS
37. Hit with snowballs, say : PELT
38. Walked on : TROD
40. Loch Ness dweller, they say : MONSTER
41. Studies hard : BONESUP
43. Ump's call : OUT
44. Animal with a cub : LION
45. Mushroom cloud maker : ABOMB
46. Amsterdam of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" : MOREY
47. Goes by jet : FLIES
49. "___ I care!" : ASIF
52. Part of a giggle : HEE
53. Bad temper : IRE
54. ___ la la : TRA
55. Atmosphere : AIR
56. Turner who led a revolt : NAT
57. "___ will be done" : THY
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