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New York Times, Wednesday, March 3, 2004

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
32-Down : "Omigosh!"
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
7711/11/19841/22/20233
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3214720373
RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
31.57592888%
Mark Diehl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQVX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 40 for Mr. Diehl. Wednesday freshness: 12%
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© 2004, The New York Times3/3/4 ( No. 19,839 )
Across
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Check, as the horizon : SCAN
5
Pick out : SPOT
9
Home feature : PLATE
14
Lotion additive : ALOE
15
Walk in water : WADE
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They may be spent in France : EUROS
17
Restaurant lines? : MENU
18
Atlas section : ASIA
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Some transportation stocks : RAILS
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End of a line : FERRYTERMINAL
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Swamp goo : OOZE
24
Charged particle : ION
25
Move with stealth : TIPTOE
28
The Merry Men, e.g. : BAND
30
Like a wallflower : SHY
33
"___ as good as another" : ONEIS
34
Symbol of stubbornness : MULE
35
Race in an H. G. Wells story : ELOI
36
Ending for a line : PUNCTUATIONMARK
39
Curved lines : ARCS
40
2%, maybe : RATE
41
Tolerate : ABIDE
42
#26 of 26 : ZEE
43
Up for something : GAME
44
Film components : SCENES
45
Quadrennial conventiongoer : POL
46
Sci-fi writer Frederik : POHL
47
Ending line : THATSALLFOLKS
53
Bond before Dalton : MOORE
54
Joint problem : GOUT
55
Creep (along) : INCH
57
Oktoberfest air : POLKA
58
"When in ___ ..." : ROME
59
Clothing line : SEAM
60
Hint of light : GLEAM
61
Parishioner's line : AMEN
62
One getting a decoration : HERO
Down
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1950's-60's singer Cooke : SAM
2
Staff symbol : CLEF
3
Top-of-the-line : AONE
4
Ones getting "worry lines"? : NEUROTICS
5
"Dirty Dancing" co-star : SWAYZE
6
Stickum : PASTE
7
Garfield's pal : ODIE
8
Go lickety-split : TEAR
9
Certain 36-Across : PERIOD
10
Greg Evans comic strip : LUANN
11
Diva's lines : ARIA
12
Car payment : TOLL
13
Curved line : ESS
21
Settle down for the night : ROOST
22
Sal of "Exodus" : MINEO
25
Shade of yellow : TOPAZ
26
Harden : INURE
27
London coppers : PENCE
28
Montana city : BUTTE
29
"It's a Sin to Tell ___" (1936 hit) : ALIE
30
Done in : SLAIN
31
Bunch of people : HORDE
32
"Omigosh!" : YIKES
34
What to call a lady : MAAM
35
Add frills to : EMBELLISH
37
Russian range : URALS
38
Snack chip : NACHO
43
Stadium cheer : GOTEAM
44
Tone down : SOFTEN
45
Winter wear : PARKA
46
Feather in one's cap : PLUME
47
Hammer or tongs : TOOL
48
Doughnut's center : HOLE
49
Taj Mahal city : AGRA
50
Weaving machine : LOOM
51
Kind of pad : KNEE
52
Operation memento : SCAR
53
Auto ad stat. : MPG
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Med. care plan : HMO

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