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New York Times, Thursday, March 4, 2004

Author:
Patrick Merrell
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Across : Mitchum competitor
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Patrick Merrell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 27 for Mr. Merrell. Thursday freshness: 7%
Notepad: The circled square has two answers.
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H
2
A
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N
4
A
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S
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L
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I
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M
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A
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C
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H
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O
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O
14
I
D
O
L
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L
A
V
A
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M
A
O
R
I
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P
O
L
I
18
T
I
C
A
L
19
A
D
M
E
N
20
P
R
E
S
I
D
E
N
T
21
S
22
D
E
S
K
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I
N
S
T
S
24
E
T
25
H
Y
L
26
E
S
S
27
B
28
E
29
A
D
L
E
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A
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R
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T
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T
34
I
T
A
N
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R
36
A
N
C
H
37
I
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N
39
A
U
G
U
R
A
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T
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I
O
N
D
A
Y
42
C
O
M
B
O
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C
I
N
D
Y
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E
W
E
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R
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A
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T
T
L
E
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A
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H
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A
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R
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O
S
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E
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A
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R
R
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D
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W
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A
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F
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M
A
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R
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C
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H
F
O(U)
R
T
H
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I
N
C
A
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N
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B
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P
A
R
T
I
T
E
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S
T
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G
E
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A
G
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E
V
E
R
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P
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D
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G
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S
P
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S
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E
© 2004, The New York Times3/4/4 ( No. 19,840 )
Across
1
Mandlikova of tennis : HANA
5
Narrow : SLIM
9
Cold response? : ACHOO
14
Any of the Beatles, once : IDOL
15
Rolling rock : LAVA
16
Language akin to Tahitian : MAORI
17
Kind of system : POLITICAL
19
Ones quick with a line? : ADMEN
20
Washington V.I.P.'s : PRESIDENTS
22
Secretary, e.g. : DESK
23
Sci. facilities : INSTS
24
Antiknock fluid : ETHYL
26
Obsolescent suffix : ESS
27
Mr. Bumble's position in "Oliver Twist" : BEADLE
30
Verb with thou : ART
33
Cronus or Oceanus : TITAN
35
Salad option : RANCH
37
Cause for swearing : INAUGURATIONDAY
42
Band : COMBO
43
"The Brady Bunch" girl : CINDY
44
Milk source : EWE
45
Danger signal on the prairie : RATTLE
48
"Caught ya!" : AHA
51
Paper towel hawker, in old TV ads : ROSIE
53
Mitchum competitor : ARRID
55
Ragamuffin : WAIF
57
Prior to the 20th Amendment, what 20-Across would do on 37-Across, or when they would do it : MARCHFO(U)RTH
61
Of an old empire : INCAN
63
Like Congress : BIPARTITE
64
Limelight milieu : STAGE
65
Turkish chiefs : AGAS
66
In any case : EVER
67
Sighed (for) : PINED
68
Hand-over-mouth reaction : GASP
69
Dry : SERE
Down
1
One with a pad, maybe : HIPPIE
2
Trims : ADORNS
3
At least : NOLESS
4
Party desirables : ALIST
5
Declined : SLID
6
Mennonite decoration : LACE
7
Former Wall Street insider Boesky : IVAN
8
Fountain order : MALTED
9
Org. for an OB/GYN : AMA
10
One who's left holding the bag : CADDY
11
Old country, maybe : HOMELAND
12
Meteor materials : ORES
13
Pen sound : OINK
18
"___ Autumn" (Woody Herman hit) : TIS
21
N.L. Central team: Abbr. : STL
25
Biblical king : HEROD
27
A.C. letters : BTU
28
Stalk outgrowth : EAR
29
Put on __ : ANACT
31
VCR maker : RCA
32
Lord's Prayer pronoun : THY
33
Primitive percussion instrument : TUB
34
Roles in "Frankenstein" movies : IGORS
36
Even one : ANY
37
Harbor problem : ICE
38
When, for an eager beaver : NOW
39
Cheese type : AMERICAN
40
Dusk-___-dawn : TIL
41
Chemical suffix : INE
46
"Fire" preceder : AIM
47
It gets in hot water : TEABAG
48
Achieve success : ARRIVE
49
One trying to run from home : HITTER
50
Cling : ADHERE
52
Adult : OFAGE
53
A continent: Abbr. : AFR
54
37-Across oaths, e.g. [or] 37-Across parades follow them : RO(U)TES
55
Trace : WISP
56
Oppositionist : ANTI
58
Capital occupied by the Germans in 1941 : RIGA
59
Figureheads? : CPAS
60
Lock securer : HASP
62
"The Simpsons" neighbor : NED

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