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New York Times, Friday, December 31, 2004
Author:
David Quarfoot
Editor:
Will Shortz
10-Down : Crowned heads of old
This puzzle:
Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 6, (2 triple stacks) Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Quarfoot. Friday freshness: 25%
1 H | 2 A | 3 D | 4 T | 5 H | 6 E | 7 L | 8 A | 9 S | 10 T | 11 L | 12 A | 13 U | 14 G | 15 H |
16 A | G | R | E | E | T | O | D | I | S | A | G | R | E | E |
17 Y | A | D | D | A | Y | A | D | D | A | Y | A | D | D | A |
18 E | Z | R | 19 R | M | N | 20 E | R | S | 21 U | S | D |
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22 S | E | E | 23 S | T | O | 24 S | U | 25 M | ||||||
26 A | S | L | 27 O | 28 P | 29 E | 30 P | I | 31 C | 32 K | 33 S |
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34 J | 35 E | 36 S | U | 37 O | R | A | N | 38 G | 39 D | R | I | Q |
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40 I | M | A | T | 41 G | E | E | N | A | 42 D | E | E | M |
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43 F | I | X | E | 44 Y | A | S | I | R | 45 L | E | V | I |
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46 F | R | E | E | 47 H | 48 D | E | S | I | 49 R | E | ||||
50 D | I | 51 E | 52 B | A | C | 53 A | 54 L | 55 L |
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56 I | 57 T | 58 S | 59 D | L | 60 I | 61 M | A | G | 62 S | E | A |
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63 R | U | M | 64 P | E | L | S | 65 T | I | L | T | 66 S | K | I | N |
67 A | B | U | S | H | E | L | A | N | D | A | P | E | C | K |
68 N | A | T | I | O | N | A | L | H | I | G | H | W | A | Y |
© 2004, The New York Times12/31/4 ( No. 20,142 )
Across
1
Got back at someone, eventually : HADTHELASTLAUGH
16
Leave a dispute unsettled : AGREETODISAGREE
17
"And I'll skip the boring part" : YADDAYADDAYADDA
18
Book before Neh. : EZR
19
Notable resignee: Abbr. : RMN
20
Where operators stand by?: Abbr. : ERS
21
Amer. money : USD
22
Handles : SEESTO
24
Simple problem : SUM
26
Inclined : ASLOPE
30
Recommendations : PICKS
34
Bach's "joy of man's desiring" : JESU
37
Bornean tree-dweller : ORANG
39
Popular 1940's radio quiz show : DRIQ
40
"While ___ it ..." : IMAT
41
Thelma's player in "Thelma & Louise" : GEENA
42
Regard : DEEM
43
Set, in Somme : FIXE
44
Late name in Mideast politics : YASIR
45
Dolly of "Hello, Dolly!" : LEVI
46
F.B.I. chief after Sessions : FREEH
48
See 5-Down : DESIRE
50
Manufacturer's need : DIE
52
One of an old film duo : BACALL
56
They've been tagged : ITS
59
A multiple of XIX : DLI
61
Monthly or quarterly, briefly : MAG
62
Swell place? : SEA
63
Spinner of tales : RUMPELSTILTSKIN
67
"Guys and Dolls" song : ABUSHELANDAPECK
68
66, e.g. : NATIONALHIGHWAY
Down
1
Mount ___, peak 90 miles SSE of Fairbanks : HAYES
2
Goggling : AGAZE
3
Eminem's discoverer : DRDRE
4
A Turner : TED
5
With 48-Across, deepest longing : HEARTS
6
One may go after the meaning : ETYMOLOGY
7
Advance : LOAN
8
Also say : ADD
9
Team : SIDE
10
Crowned heads of old : TSARS
11
Stores : LAYSUP
12
Bygone dignitary : AGA
13
Asian tongue : URDU
14
Some students' goals: Abbr. : GEDS
15
Ranch unit : HEAD
23
Prepared porcini, e.g. : SAUTEED
25
Piano primer reference point : MIDDLEC
27
Companion of Artemis : OREAD
28
Bel ___ : PAESE
29
Home of the Texas Motorplex : ENNIS
31
Language from which "Saskatchewan" is derived : CREE
32
Mussorgsky's "The Great Gate of ___" : KIEV
33
640 acres: Abbr. : SQMI
34
Sec : JIFF
35
Kaffiyeh-clad commander : EMIR
36
___-Coburg, old German duchy : SAXE
38
Conqueror of Naples, 1860 : GARIBALDI
47
Cab Calloway's "kingdom" : HIDEHO
49
Unkempt : RAGTAG
51
Popular talk show : ELLEN
53
Not even : ASKEW
54
Olympus competitor : LEICA
55
Squat's opposite : LANKY
56
Its flag says "God is great" 22 times : IRAN
57
Bass line provider : TUBA
58
It's not clean : SMUT
60
Land in el mar : ISLA
61
Chi follower : MINH
64
Chi follower : PSI
65
1960's chess champ : TAL
66
Geom. solid : SPH
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.
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