NY Times, Thu, Jul 15, 2004

Author: Roy Leban / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q Z }
Open squares: 68, Cheater squares: 0, Freshness Factor™: 48.2, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 7 of 12 for Mr. Leban — solos: 12, collaborations: 0, Sundays: 2

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© 2004, The New York Times
Across Down
1. ___ Morris, signature on the Declaration of Independence : ROBT
5. Untanned : PALE
9. Enthusiastic about : UPFOR
14. Home of the Rainbow Bridge National Monument : UTAH
15. City near Stillwater : ENID
16. Second-largest lake in North America : HURON
17. Carry : TOTE
18. 1984 Peace Nobelist : TUTU
19. What to say to a kahuna : ALOHA
20. Ballpark fare : HOTDOGWITHCATSUP
23. Ready : ALLSET
24. Engine need : OIL
25. Casa ___ (Italian restaurant name) : MIA
28. Born : NEE
29. Sources of soft feathers : EIDERS
32. Admission seeker, maybe: Abbr. : TERR
33. Secret grp. since 1947 : NSC
34. Hook, line or sinker : NOUN
35. "Stop!" : AVAST
36. Come down hard : RAINCATSANDDOGS
40. Parts of a V formation : GEESE
42. Norway's patron saint : OLAV
43. Currency shop abbr. : USD
46. Hike : TREK
47. Infer : DERIVE
49. Pal of Piglet : ROO
50. Cask material : OAK
51. "Cursed" team, informally : SOX
52. Summer worker : INTERN
54. It might pick up a few pointers : DOGCATCHERSTRUCK
57. Aviary sound : TWEET
60. Came down : ALIT
61. Duel tool : EPEE
62. Bursting stars : NOVAE
63. Superboy's girlfriend : LANA
64. Give it ___ : ATRY
65. "___ is human ..." : TOERR
66. RR employee : ENGR
67. Kids' closetful : TOYS
1. Soprano Swenson : RUTHANN
2. Actors Peter and Annette : OTOOLES
3. Kellogg's home : BATTLECREEK
4. Things can go to them : THEDOGS
5. Start of an initiative : PETITION
6. "Sometimes you feel like ___ ..." : ANUT
7. Printing technique: Abbr. : LITH
8. Professor : EDUCATOR
9. "Adventures in moving" sloganeer, once : UHAUL
10. ___-free : PULP
11. One way to swing : FRO
12. Cry at fireworks : OOH
13. Part of a cell nucleus : RNA
21. Wimp : WEENIE
22. Bro's sibling : SIS
25. Meet : MEASUREUPTO
26. Return destination?: Abbr. : IRS
27. Decoration : ART
30. Old gold coin : DUCAT
31. Belgian painter James : ENSOR
32. Lassie, for one : TVDOG
35. Coming : ADVENT
37. Put to : ASK
38. 2001 biopic : ALI
39. International Harvester vehicle maker : NAVISTAR
40. "Little" car of song : GTO
41. Constitutional proposal first introduced in Cong. in 1923 : ERA
44. Harry Potter's forte : SORCERY
45. Democratic symbols : DONKEYS
47. Sawbones : DOC
48. Yoga instruction : EXHALE
51. Disperse : SCATTER
53. Milk-Bone biscuit, e.g. : TREAT
54. Certain bookmark : DOGEAR
55. Dash : ELAN
56. Encircle : RING
57. Bang maker : TNT
58. Ply with wine and flowers, say : WOO
59. Christmas ___ : EVE
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