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New York Times, Monday, February 3, 2003

Author:
Sheldon Benardo
Editor:
Will Shortz
"It is the ___, and Juliet is the sun!"
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Sheldon Benardo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Benardo. Grid flow: 34.0 Monday freshness: 45%
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© 2003, The New York Times2/3/03 ( No. 19,445 )
Across
1
Other : ELSE
5
Ping-Pong table dividers : NETS
9
Move like a lion : PROWL
14
Ponce de ___ : LEON
15
Mishmash : OLIO
16
Send, as payment : REMIT
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"It is the ___, and Juliet is the sun!" : EAST
18
Movers' trucks : VANS
19
African antelope : ELAND
20
Hot movie of 1981? : CHARIOTSOFFIRE
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Poker pot starter : ANTE
24
Head of a flock: Abbr. : REV
25
Get satisfaction for : AVENGE
28
Siren luring sailors to shipwreck : LORELEI
32
Enchantress in Homer : CIRCE
33
Third-place finish : SHOW
35
Bruin legend Bobby : ORR
36
Hot movie of 1974, with "The"? : TOWERINGINFERNO
40
Carmaker Ransom ___ Olds : ELI
41
Loony : NUTS
42
___ a million : ONEIN
43
Waltzing, say : DANCING
46
2000 Olympics city : SYDNEY
47
Suffix with meth- : ANE
48
Big furniture retailer : IKEA
49
Hot movie of 1966? : ISPARISBURNING
56
Permit : ALLOW
57
Just minutes from now : SOON
58
Secluded valley : GLEN
59
Late English princess : DIANA
60
Run ___ (go wild) : AMOK
61
Biblical twin who sold his birthright : ESAU
62
Whom Truman defeated for president : DEWEY
63
Talks one's head off : YAKS
64
Vermin : RATS
Down
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The "E" in P.G.&E.: Abbr. : ELEC
2
Wife of Jacob : LEAH
3
Slugger Sammy : SOSA
4
Beguile : ENTRANCE
5
"Nay" : NOVOTE
6
Gladden : ELATE
7
Pie containers : TINS
8
Nothing special : SOSO
9
Lean toward : PREFER
10
Experience again : RELIVE
11
Bradley or Sharif : OMAR
12
Chianti or Chablis : WINE
13
Inc., in England : LTD
21
Actress Stevens of 60's TV : INGER
22
Displeased look : FROWN
25
Performed : ACTED
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Quartet member : VIOLA
27
Field Marshal Rommel : ERWIN
28
Lane of "Superman" : LOIS
29
Actress Sophia : LOREN
30
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Banks : ERNIE
31
Twisted humor : IRONY
33
Like a bug in a rug : SNUG
34
Elev. : HGT
37
Word with strength or sanctum : INNER
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Entry room : FOYER
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Imperil : ENDANGER
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Gangster known as Scarface : CAPONE
45
Sort of : INAWAY
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They may raise a big stink : SKUNKS
48
Macintosh laptop : IBOOK
49
Tennis champ Nastase : ILIE
50
Cole ___ : SLAW
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"Oho, dear chap!" : ISAY
52
___ cube (popular 60's-70's puzzle) : SOMA
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Ingrid's "Casablanca" role : ILSA
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Natty : NEAT
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Wildebeests : GNUS
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Do sums : ADD

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