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New York Times, Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Author:
Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Down : Dry as a desert
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: 34 Missing: {FQV} This is puzzle # 172 for Ms. Salomon. This is puzzle # 108 for Mr. Estes. Tuesday freshness: 23%
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B
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H
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W
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O
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J
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© 2007, The New York Times2/13/7 ( No. 20,916 )
Across
1
Scotch go-with : SODA
5
Each : APOP
9
Like an old Andean empire : INCAN
14
Got 100 on : ACED
15
Gymnastics coach Karolyi : BELA
16
Bond before Dalton : MOORE
17
Do-it-yourselfer : HANDYANDY
19
Attorney-___ : ATLAW
20
Gets in the game : ANTES
21
Prude : NICENELLY
23
Like bookie joints, sometimes : RAIDED
25
Forever and a day : EON
26
That, south of the border : ESO
27
Some pitches at baseball stadiums : ADS
28
Ja Rule's genre : RAP
30
Wealthy widow : DOWAGER
33
Cold war side : NATO
35
Wee one : TOT
37
Vertical, at sea : APEAK
38
Hardly a beauty queen : PLAINJANE
42
Debate topic : ISSUE
45
Tariff : TAX
46
Separate into lights and darks, say : SORT
50
Perpetual : NONSTOP
53
Danger for a fly : WEB
55
Stephen of "Citizen X" : REA
56
"Rope-a-dope" boxer : ALI
57
Cleanse (of) : RID
59
Reversible fabric : DAMASK
61
Natty dresser : DAPPERDAN
65
It may be at a tilt : LANCE
66
"The Tempest" spirit : ARIEL
67
Sourpuss : GLOOMYGUS
69
Fan mags : ZINES
70
Rick's love in "Casablanca" : ILSA
71
Borscht need : BEET
72
3 on a par 5 : EAGLE
73
Nikita's "no" : NYET
74
Exxon abroad : ESSO
Down
1
Dry as a desert : SAHARAN
2
Song words before "We stand on guard for thee" : OCANADA
3
Driller and filler : DENTIST
4
Threw in : ADDED
5
Lawyers' org. : ABA
6
The Quakers of the Ivy League : PENN
7
Nostalgic number : OLDIE
8
What you may have to do for goods bought by mail order : PAYCOD
9
"___ Old Cowhand" (1936 Bing Crosby hit) : IMAN
10
One with a staff position? : NOTE
11
Hall locale : COLLEGE
12
Lake on the edge of Kazakhstan : ARALSEA
13
Buffalo's home : NEWYORK
18
Belgian river : YSER
22
Brian of early Roxy Music : ENO
24
Facts and figures : DATA
29
Luau fare : POI
31
Pasty-faced : WAN
32
King Kong's kin : APES
34
Concerto, e.g. : OPUS
36
Blasting material : TNT
39
Tennis do-over : LET
40
It may be cut by an uppercut : JAW
41
Took a bough? : AXED
42
Confused : INADAZE
43
Sunrooms : SOLARIA
44
Taking potshots : SNIPING
47
Juicy fruits : ORANGES
48
Bails out : RESCUES
49
Learns easily : TAKESTO
51
1960's-70's Boston Garden hero : ORR
52
Hybrid language : PIDGIN
54
Salve : BALM
58
Dawdle : DALLY
60
Waffler's answer : MAYBE
62
Banana discard : PEEL
63
"You're something ___!" : ELSE
64
It smells : NOSE
68
Stable staple : OAT

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