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New York Times, Monday, December 3, 2007

Author:
Harvey Estes
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Down : ___ de Lion, epithet for Richard I
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Harvey Estes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJQX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 112 for Mr. Estes. Monday freshness: 68%
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© 2007, The New York Times12/3/7 ( No. 21,209 )
Across
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Part of a molecule : ATOM
5
Supply-and-demand subj. : ECON
9
Pepsi and RC : COLAS
14
Prom night transportation : LIMO
15
Furry tunneler : MOLE
16
Face-to-face exams : ORALS
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Alda of "What Women Want" : ALAN
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Othello's false friend : IAGO
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White-plumed wader : EGRET
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Profanity, e.g. : STRONGLANGUAGE
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2007 film "___ and the Real Girl" : LARS
24
"Bonanza" star Greene : LORNE
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Sit behind bars : DOTIME
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Memorial designer Maya ___ : LIN
29
Cowboy boot attachment : SPUR
32
Madonna title role : EVITA
33
Flies off the handle : RAGES
35
Mail carrier's beat: Abbr. : RTE
36
1995 Woody Allen comedy : MIGHTYAPHRODITE
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Number before "ignition ... liftoff!" : ONE
40
Bank robber's job : HEIST
41
Dressed to the ___ : NINES
42
Arctic floater : BERG
44
Suffix with meth- : ANE
45
"No Exit" playwright : SARTRE
46
Becomes frayed : WEARS
48
Hand protector : MITT
49
Classic "Jeopardy!" category : POTENTPOTABLES
54
Henhouse perch : ROOST
55
Earthenware jar : OLLA
56
College in New Rochelle, N.Y. : IONA
57
From days of yore : OLDEN
58
Bring up, as children : REAR
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Be certain about : KNOW
60
Saltine brand : ZESTA
61
Home of the invaders in Wells's "The War of the Worlds" : MARS
62
Snaky swimmers : EELS
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Self-pitying cry : ALAS
2
Pinball foul : TILT
3
Sharif of "Doctor Zhivago" : OMAR
4
Monument carved from a single stone : MONOLITH
5
Settler from a foreign land : EMIGRE
6
Snowman's eyes : COALS
7
Olympic gymnast Korbut : OLGA
8
Nighttime advertising sign, maybe : NEONLIGHT
9
___ de Lion, epithet for Richard I : COEUR
10
Church hymn accompaniers : ORGANS
11
Easily read type : LARGEPRINT
12
Away from the wind : ALEE
13
Lander at J.F.K., once : SST
21
Football's Broadway Joe : NAMATH
22
Dead duck : GONER
25
Brit's service discharge : DEMOB
26
Sheeplike : OVINE
27
Golfer named A.P. Male Athlete of the Year four times : TIGERWOODS
28
Senior moment, e.g. : LAPSE
30
Pure-and-simple : UTTER
31
Witherspoon of "Walk the Line" : REESE
33
Cloudburst : RAINSTORM
34
Beethoven specialty : SONATA
37
Have a hankering : YEARN
38
Off-road two-wheeler : DIRTBIKE
43
Gird oneself : GETSET
45
Indian instruments : SITARS
47
Prudential rival : AETNA
48
Grinding tooth : MOLAR
49
Extremity of the earth : POLE
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"Not guilty," for one : PLEA
51
Companionless : LONE
52
Hydroxyl-carbon compound : ENOL
53
Toothed tools : SAWS
54
Peri Gilpin's "Frasier" role : ROZ

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