Author: | Randall J. Hartman |
Editor: | Will Shortz |
1 S | 2 T | 3 R | 4 E | 5 P | 6 P | 7 A | 8 C | 9 E | 10 S |
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11 A | 12 B | 13 C | 14 I | R | E | N | E | 15 E | P | H | O | R |
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16 S | L | O | 17 W | B | O | A | T | T | 18 O | C | H | I | N | A |
19 T | O | M | E | 20 O | R | E | 21 R | A | I | N | ||||
22 A | C | M | E | 23 P | E | R | 24 I | N | D | E | 25 N | 26 T |
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27 U | P | 28 I | 29 R | E | 30 E | F | 31 S | A | O |
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32 C | 33 A | N | Y | O | 34 N | 35 D | A | I | 36 S | 37 E | I | N |
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38 A | L | I | 39 W | A | 40 D | 41 R | C | A | 42 P | A | T |
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43 S | O | S | 44 A | T | O | 45 M | 46 E | S | 47 C | U | D | O |
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48 E | N | T | 49 U | S | E | 50 R | 51 K | H | Z | |||||
52 S | E | C | 53 T | 54 O | R | 55 D | I | 56 G | 57 E | Z | 58 R | 59 A |
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60 H | O | P | E | 61 I | C | E | 62 C | L | A | P |
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63 C | 64 H | I | N | E | S | 65 E | C | H | E | 66 C | K | E | R | S |
67 L | I | N | E | N | 68 S | A | L | S | A | 69 S | E | E |
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70 U | M | A | S | S | 71 S | L | Y | E | R |
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1. _____ throat (winter ailment) : STREP 6. Duelists' steps : PACES 11. "20/20" network : ABC 14. Actress Dunne : IRENE 15. Spartan magistrate : EPHOR 16. Interminable ride : SLOWBOATTOCHINA 19. Heavy reading : TOME 20. Mine yield : ORE 21. Parade stopper : RAIN 22. Zenith : ACME 23. Each : PER 24. Paragraph start : INDENT 27. A.P. competitor : UPI 29. Where ships run aground : REEF 31. _____ Paulo : SAO 32. Grand site? : CANYON 35. Speaker's stand : DAIS 37. German article : EIN 38. "Sting like a bee" champion : ALI 39. Gum ball : WAD 41. Sony rival : RCA 42. Bit of butter : PAT 43. Castaway's call : SOS 44. Mighty mite : ATOM 46. Portuguese money : ESCUDO 48. Suffix with correspond : ENT 49. Client : USER 51. Unit of radio frequency: Abbr. : KHZ 52. Zone : SECTOR 55. "Savvy?" : DIG 57. Poet Pound : EZRA 60. _____ Diamond : HOPE 61. Diamonds, in slang : ICE 62. Applaud : CLAP 63. Children's game : CHINESECHECKERS 67. Kind of closet : LINEN 68. Taco sauce : SALSA 69. Understand : SEE 70. Amherst school, for short : UMASS 71. More crafty : SLYER |
1. Sis or bro : SIB 2. Scout unit : TROOP 3. Parent, e.g. : REARER 4. Went in : ENTERED 5. Letterman's Stupid _____ Tricks : PET 6. Nut for a nutcracker : PECAN 7. Plant louse : APHID 8. Intricate problems : CHINESEPUZZLES 9. Long time : EON 10. Matamoros Mrs. : SRA 11. Nick and Nora's pooch : ASTA 12. Coalition : BLOC 13. Mao's domain : COMMUNISTCHINA 17. Lachrymose : WEEPY 18. Aperture : ORIFICE 25. Spring nymph : NAIAD 26. Lone Ranger's pal : TONTO 28. Hawkeye State : IOWA 30. Canal site : EAR 32. Gardner's stories : CASES 33. Single : ALONE 34. "It's _____ way" : NATURES 36. It's between Alta. and Man. : SASK 40. John _____ Passos : DOS 45. The M of "M.E." : MEDICAL 47. One means of payment : CHECK 50. With bounteousness : RICHLY 53. Shades : TONES 54. Unfolds : OPENS 56. Gaggle members : GEESE 58. Steak order : RARE 59. Church niche : APSE 63. Actor Gulager : CLU 64. Not her : HIM 65. Road curve : ESS 66. Mercury or Saturn : CAR |
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.
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