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New York Times, Friday, January 14, 2000
Author:
Martin Ashwood-Smith
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Down : Poultry that tastes like beef
This puzzle:
Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {KQYZ} Spans: 7, (2 triple stacks) This is puzzle # 38 for Mr. Ashwood-Smith. Friday freshness: 5%
1 S | 2 T | 3 E | 4 V | 5 E | 6 N | 7 S | 8 P | 9 I | 10 E | 11 L | 12 B | 13 E | 14 R | 15 G |
16 A | U | T | O | M | A | T | E | D | T | E | L | L | E | R |
17 G | R | A | N | U | L | A | T | E | D | S | U | G | A | R |
18 A | N | T | 19 A | I | R | E | S | 20 R | A | M | S |
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21 A | S | 22 I | 23 F | 24 R | A | F | 25 C | T | R | |||||
26 U | N | I | 27 T | S | 28 I | 29 D | A | S | ||||||
30 D | 31 E | N | O | T | E | 32 A | X | E | S | 33 F | 34 R | 35 A |
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36 J | O | I | N | I | N | 37 T | H | E | C | H | 38 O | R | U | S |
39 S | S | S | 40 N | O | R | A | 41 O | C | T | E | T | S |
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42 A | T | R | A | 43 B | R | O | O | D | ||||||
44 G | L | O | 45 I | 46 S | O | 47 W | E | A | 48 L | |||||
49 O | 50 R | A | L | 51 S | T | U | N | 52 G | 53 L | I | 54 L |
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55 B | A | R | B | 56 E | R | O | F | S | E | 57 V | 58 I | L | L | E |
59 I | N | D | U | S | T | R | I | A | L | A | R | E | A | S |
60 S | T | A | T | E | A | S | S | I | S | T | A | N | C | E |
© 2000, The New York Times1/14/0 ( No. 18,329 )
Across
1
Big 1980's-90's box office draw : STEVENSPIELBERG
16
One for the money? : AUTOMATEDTELLER
17
Baking ingredient, maybe : GRANULATEDSUGAR
18
Red army member : ANT
19
Buenos ___ : AIRES
20
Butts : RAMS
21
Like : ASIF
24
"A Yank in the ___" (1941 film) : RAF
25
Turning point: Abbr. : CTR
26
Wholes or parts : UNITS
28
Writer Tarbell and others : IDAS
30
Mark : DENOTE
32
They may go to blazes : AXES
33
Holy man's title : FRA
36
Sing along : JOININTHECHORUS
39
Rude response to the visitors : SSS
40
Vaudeville singer Bayes : NORA
41
Chamber groups : OCTETS
42
Gillette brand : ATRA
43
Little ones : BROOD
44
Shine, in ad-speak : GLO
45
Prefix with propyl : ISO
47
Prosperity : WEAL
49
Kind of surgery : ORAL
51
Swindled : STUNG
53
Short, for short : LIL
55
Rome debut of 2/15/1816, with "The" : BARBEROFSEVILLE
59
Plants : INDUSTRIALAREAS
60
Welfare checks, e.g. : STATEASSISTANCE
Down
1
It's hard to tell : SAGA
2
___ profit : TURNA
3
See 11-Down : ETATSUNIS
4
Mathematician John ___ Neumann : VON
5
Poultry that tastes like beef : EMU
6
Lion in "The Lion King" : NALA
7
Well fixtures : STAIRS
8
Ruined city in southwest Jordan : PETRA
9
Obsession : IDEEFIXE
10
Passenger inquiries: Abbr. : ETDS
11
With 3-Down, destination of some French emigrants : LES
12
Lets slip, with "out" : BLURTS
13
Knighted composer : ELGAR
14
Printer's amount : REAM
15
Boxers' warnings : GRRS
22
Privy to : INON
23
Dovetail : FITINTO
25
Money maker : CASHCOW
27
There's one in 55-Across : TENOR
29
Furnishing : DECOR
30
Rave V.I.P.'s : DJS
31
Selene's sister : EOS
32
Puzzler's shout : AHA
33
"It's in the Bag" star, 1945 : FREDALLEN
34
Grind : RUT
35
Merry-andrew : ASS
37
___ Gate (one end of London Bridge) : TRAITORS
38
Nebraska City's county : OTOE
42
Very nearly : ALLBUT
43
Dwarf of a sort : BONSAI
44
Lake ___, largest lake in Italy : GARDA
46
Certain Muslims : SUFIS
48
Air freshener option : LILAC
49
Wide sashes : OBIS
50
Objurgation : RANT
51
Mlle., in Manresa : SRTA
52
Gets set : GELS
54
___-majesté : LESE
56
Language suffix : ESE
57
Chocolatier's need : VAT
58
Pct. rate offerer : IRA
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.
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