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New York Times, Wednesday, November 2, 2005

Author:
Randall J. Hartman
Editor:
Will Shortz
59-Across : On the hook
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Randall J. Hartman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQXZ} This is puzzle # 53 for Mr. Hartman. Wednesday freshness: 3%
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© 2005, The New York Times11/2/5 ( No. 20,448 )
Across
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Crop up : ARISE
6
Service leader : RABBI
11
Cricket club : BAT
14
Like some eclipses : LUNAR
15
Detective Pinkerton : ALLAN
16
"___ you sure?" : ARE
17
Amphitheater cover? : VEILOFTIERS
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Contest of sorts : BEE
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Sharp as a tack : ASTUTE
21
Macadam ingredient : TAR
22
O'Neal of "Peyton Place" : RYAN
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Temperamental sort : DIVA
25
Pitchfork features : TINES
27
Gore and Hirt : ALS
30
Coins found at a dig? : CENTSOFSITE
34
Takes off : LAMS
36
Genetic letters : RNA
37
Engine unit : LITER
38
Swarm member : GNAT
39
Spa offering : SAUNA
42
Lee of Marvel Comics : STAN
43
Packed away : EATEN
45
Prospector's need : PAN
46
Julia's role in "Ocean's Twelve" : TESS
47
Prefight ceremony? : RITEOFWEIGH
51
A.A.R.P. part: Abbr. : RET
52
Overthrow, e.g. : ERROR
53
Dirty look : LEER
55
Deimos orbits it : MARS
57
___ Irvin, who designed the first cover for The New Yorker : REA
59
On the hook : LIABLE
63
William Tell's canton : URI
64
Calm at a wrestling match? : PEACEOFMEET
66
Pewter, in part : TIN
67
"___ World Turns" : ASTHE
68
Children's refrain : EIEIO
69
Put out : TAG
70
Questionnaire category : OTHER
71
Played over : RERAN
Down
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Thomas ___ Edison : ALVA
2
Wishes undone : RUES
3
J., F. or K.: Abbr. : INIT
4
Tijuana toast : SALUD
5
Like the Kama Sutra : EROTIC
6
No-goodnik : RAT
7
Came to rest on a wire, e.g. : ALIT
8
Sounds during wool-shearing : BLEATS
9
East Los Angeles, e.g. : BARRIO
10
Helpful contacts : INS
11
Saturday night hire, often : BABYSITTER
12
Field : AREA
13
11-Down, frequently : TEEN
18
They're dangerous when they're high : FEVERS
22
Stand up to : RESIST
24
Ballerina Pavlova : ANNA
26
Pro Bowl org. : NFL
27
Tattered Tom's creator : ALGER
28
Maui neighbor : LANAI
29
Little bit : SMATTERING
31
Hose shade : TAUPE
32
Get on : TEASE
33
Surrealist Max : ERNST
35
Has the tiller : STEERS
40
Picture holder : NAIL
41
San ___, Tex. : ANGELO
44
Bergen's locale: Abbr. : NOR
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Ranger's domain : FOREST
49
Year-end decoration : WREATH
50
Cow that hasn't had a cow : HEIFER
54
Flaxlike fiber : RAMIE
55
Kennel club rejectee : MUTT
56
Star turn : ARIA
58
Need an ice bag : ACHE
60
Schooner filler : BEER
61
Luke Skywalker's sister : LEIA
62
School on the Thames : ETON
64
Kung ___ chicken : PAO
65
Suffix with auction : EER

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