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New York Times, Wednesday, February 18, 2004

Author:
Mitch Komro
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : Casino slickster
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Mitch Komro

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Komro. Wednesday freshness: 74%
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© 2004, The New York Times2/18/4 ( No. 19,825 )
Across
1
Shout from the sidelines on TV : HIMOM
6
"Monty Python" airer : BBC
9
"Concentration" puzzle : REBUS
14
Expo '70 site : OSAKA
15
"Seinfeld" uncle : LEO
16
Visibly shocked : AGASP
17
Casino slickster : CARDSHARP
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Caddie, basically : TOTER
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Dangerous cargo, in modern lingo : HAZMAT
22
Humble reply : ITRY
23
"Charlotte's Web" author : EBWHITE
27
Sheriff's party? : POSSE
29
Snickers : TEHEES
30
Like some eels or catfish : ELECTRIC
33
Genesis firstborn : CAIN
34
Sleek, in car talk : AERO
35
"I'm so glad!" : YAY
36
Elevs. : HTS
37
Toaster treat : POPTART
40
State Dept. figure : AMB
41
Comics shriek : EEK
42
Met number : ARIA
43
Opposite of endo- : ECTO
44
Shows contempt for : SNEERSAT
46
Potential retiree : SENIOR
48
Gold rush territory : YUKON
49
Shamefaced : HANGDOG
50
W.W. II ally : USSR
52
Major fiction : NOVELS
54
"Go ahead, ask!" : SHOOT
56
What 17- and 37-Across and 11- and 25-Down each comes to? : BITTEREND
61
Two-door conveyance : COUPE
62
Aladdin's sidekick : ABU
63
Instant message recipient, maybe : AOLER
64
Like unlucky toreadors : GORED
65
Iron-pumper's unit : REP
66
Writer who's in the minority : LEFTY
Down
1
Ad ___ : HOC
2
"Love ___ Sickness" (Daniel poem) : ISA
3
Deface : MAR
4
Gave the go-ahead : OKD
5
Five iron : MASHIE
6
Mark, as a trail : BLAZE
7
Road shoulder : BERM
8
Accede to the district attorney, perhaps : COPAPLEA
9
Blow the whistle (on) : RAT
10
Self-server : EGOIST
11
Bad coffee, informally : BATTERYACID
12
Manipulator : USER
13
Light-footed : SPRY
18
Panama and porkpie : HATS
21
"___ is human ..." : TOERR
23
Makes aquatints : ETCHES
24
Much traveled : BEATEN
25
Sugary cocktail : WHISKEYSOUR
26
Clucker : HEN
28
Nae sayer : SCOT
30
Trouble constantly : EATAT
31
"You are not!" retort : IAMTOO
32
RoboCop, e.g. : CYBORG
37
Bench locale : PARK
38
Mork's leader on "Mork & Mindy" : ORSON
39
Place for cocktails : PIANOBAR
43
Chang's twin : ENG
45
Low Countries locale : EUROPE
46
Margarita feature : SALT
47
Ratify by stamping : ENSEAL
49
In a lather : HETUP
50
Maritime grp. : USCG
51
"Buzz off!" : SHOO
53
Sensation, slangily : VIBE
55
Sitcom newsman Baxter : TED
57
Lobster eggs : ROE
58
Brownie : ELF
59
Take captive : NET
60
Like some wells and lectures : DRY

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