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New York Times, Monday, December 3, 2001

Author:
Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Across : All-purpose trucks
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabblePGramFresh
1521.58132%
Nancy Salomon
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
11612/29/199311/26/200845
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
2015151219278
RebusScrabbleFresh
71.5246%
Harvey Estes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 79 for Ms. Salomon. This is puzzle # 61 for Mr. Estes. Monday freshness: 61%
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© 2001, The New York Times12/3/1 ( No. 19,018 )
Across
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Involuntary twitch : SPASM
6
Pint-sized : PUNY
10
Broadway star Verdon : GWEN
14
Quits : STOPS
15
Fraternal org. : BPOE
16
"Say it ain't so!" : OHNO
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Completely bare : NAKEDASAJAYBIRD
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Place for a nap : COT
21
Bullring bull : TORO
22
Piece of turf : SOD
23
Cream puff : MILKSOP
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Part of a fist : KNUCKLE
29
Greek vowels : ETAS
30
Directory listings : NAMES
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Grasped : HELD
33
Bill at the bar : TAB
34
Realty measure : ACRE
35
"Whew!" : BOY
36
Completely relaxed : LOOSEASAGOOSE
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B. & O. and others : RRS
42
Response to an insult : SLAP
43
Grand ___ Opry : OLE
45
New Mexico art community : TAOS
47
Word before "beware!" : BUYER
49
Tempest in a teapot : FUSS
50
Clear, to a photographer : INFOCUS
52
Club with a floor show : CABARET
54
Capitol Hill figure : POL
55
All-purpose trucks : UTES
57
Grasp : GET
58
Completely self-satisfied : PROUDASAPEACOCK
64
Restrooms, informally : LAVS
65
Cook in the microwave : NUKE
66
CB, for one : RADIO
67
Barely makes, with "out" : EKES
68
"The Ten Commandments," for one : EPIC
69
Place : STEAD
Down
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Taxpayer's ID : SSN
2
Mom-and-pop org. : PTA
3
Thumbs-up response : AOK
4
Itsy-bitsy bits : SPECKS
5
Basic PC program : MSDOS
6
"Masterpiece Theatre" airer : PBS
7
___ the crack of dawn : UPAT
8
"I'm not kidding!" : NOJOKE
9
Hankers (for) : YEARNS
10
Bunch : GOB
11
Popular cocktail : WHISKEYSOUR
12
Sign up : ENROLL
13
Agreed silently : NODDED
18
Pronto : ATONCE
19
"Yeah, ___!" : YOU
23
He earns his pay at Shea : MET
24
Slanted type: Abbr. : ITAL
25
Job that's not a chore : LABOROFLOVE
26
Prefix with medic : PARA
28
Sneeze syllable : CHOO
31
Neat's opposite : MESSY
34
Ninny : ASS
35
Hit on the head : BOP
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"... ___ I'm told" : ORSO
38
One of the Baldwins : ALEC
39
Park place? : GARAGE
40
"If all ___ fails ..." : ELSE
44
N.Y.C. hrs. : EST
45
Be a boozer : TIPPLE
46
Arctic jacket : ANORAK
47
Cigarette lighter fill : BUTANE
48
Exhausts : USESUP
49
Rich dude : FATCAT
51
Chew for Bossy : CUD
53
Puts up with : BEARS
56
Alias for H. H. Munro : SAKI
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Letters starting a ship's name : USS
60
Chest muscle : PEC
61
Poetic paean : ODE
62
Cloak-and-dagger org. : CIA
63
Pasted in the ring : KOD

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