Author: | Matt Ginsberg |
Editor: | Will Shortz |
1 A | 2 B | 3 S | 4 O | 5 R | 6 B | 7 S | 8 T | 9 H | 10 E | 11 B | 12 L | 13 O | 14 B |
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15 T | E | Q | U | I | L | A | 16 S | U | N | R | I | S | E |
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17 R | E | I | T | M | A | N | 18 U | G | L | I | E | S | T |
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19 A | N | N | 20 E | N | D | 21 E | R | 22 E | N | O | S |
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23 A | S | K | 24 P | I | 25 L | 26 A | F | |||||||
27 S | 28 I | 29 L | L | 30 Y | E | S | E | S | 31 R | 32 E | 33 I |
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34 T | R | E | A | 35 S | 36 U | R | E | 37 I | S | 38 L | A | N | D |
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39 P | A | T | R | O | N | S | 40 S | C | O | U | R | G | E |
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41 A | N | I | M | A | L | 42 C | R | A | C | K | E | R | S |
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43 T | I | N | 44 V | I | 45 T | U | S | 46 E | R | S | T |
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47 B | E | T | H | S | 48 C | 49 B | S | |||||||
50 O | 51 H | 52 S | O | 53 O | S | 54 C | A | R | 55 F | 56 I | 57 B |
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58 R | E | P | O | 59 M | 60 A | N | 61 A | V | A | 62 R | I | C | E |
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63 B | L | A | Z | I | N | G | 64 S | A | D | D | L | E | S |
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65 S | P | R | E | A | D | S | 66 S | E | S | A | M | E | S |
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1. Learns : ABSORBS 8. 1958 sci-fi classic starring Steve McQueen : THEBLOB 15. Jose Cuervo, for one : TEQUILA 16. --- : SUNRISE 17. Director Ivan : REITMAN 18. Most monstrous : UGLIEST 19. Taylor, Wilson or Harding : ANN 20. Rear-___ : ENDER 22. Book in the Book of Mormon : ENOS 23. "That's all I ___" : ASK 24. Rice dish : PILAF 27. Place for a houseplant : SILL 30. Column of boxes on a questionnaire : YESES 31. Defendants, legally : REI 34. Prize : TREASURE 37. --- : ISLAND 39. Supporters of the arts : PATRONS 40. Plague : SCOURGE 41. Brute : ANIMAL 42. --- : CRACKERS 43. Altoids holder : TIN 44. Saint of dancers : VITUS 46. Once, in old times : ERST 47. Letters before gimels : BETHS 48. "The Guiding Light" airer : CBS 50. Very : OHSO 53. Jazz's Peterson : OSCAR 55. It may be said while crossing the fingers : FIB 58. 1984 film with the tagline "It's 4 a.m., do you know where your car is?" : REPOMAN 61. A deadly sin : AVARICE 63. Of tremendous fervor : BLAZING 64. --- : SADDLES 65. Holiday meals : SPREADS 66. Bun toppers : SESAMES |
1. Pivoting razor : ATRA 2. Existed : BEEN 3. 1/64 of a checkerboard, maybe: Abbr. : SQIN 4. So last year : OUT 5. Country singer with the 1997 triple platinum hit "How Do I Live" : RIMES 6. Fill in the ___ (a hint to this puzzle's theme) : BLANK 7. Ocean liner? : SAND 8. "Oy, vey!" cause : TSURIS 9. Show of affection : HUG 10. Film developing order: Abbr. : ENL 11. Give a rundown : BRIEF 12. It may be on a property : LIEN 13. Bone: It. : OSSO 14. Red and black, perhaps : BETS 21. Flexible blade : EPEE 23. Startle : ALARM 25. Classic camera : LEICA 26. Org. : ASSOC 27. Parade honoree, briefly : STPAT 28. Tabriz native : IRANI 29. Admit : LETIN 30. '04, '08 and others : YRS 31. Not so well done : RARER 32. Hwy. planners : ENGRS 33. Explanatory phrase : IDEST 35. Dry white : SOAVE 36. Dark : UNLIT 38. St. ___ (common hospital name) : LUKES 40. Class of '08 in '08, e.g. : SRS 42. Ornery sort : CUSS 45. Risqué beachwear : THONGS 47. Sauce : BOOZE 48. Venae ___ (major blood vessels) : CAVAE 49. Some fasteners : BRADS 50. The sun, moon and stars : ORBS 51. Toolbar heading : HELP 52. Boom : SPAR 54. Famous Mama : CASS 55. What each completed pair of theme answers in this puzzle is : FILM 56. Frozen drink brand : ICEE 57. Former first lady : BESS 59. "O patria ___" ("Aida" aria) : MIA 60. "So ...?" : AND 62. Dietary std. : RDA |
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.
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