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New York Times, Thursday, April 29, 2004

Author:
Steven Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
8-Down : Slippery
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
77/22/200312/16/20072
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
2310100
CircleScrabbleFresh
11.5326%
Steve Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Kahn. Thursday freshness: 23%
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© 2004, The New York Times4/29/4 ( No. 19,896 )
Across
1
Banned pollutants, briefly : PCBS
5
Suckers : SAPS
9
Writer ___ Rogers St. Johns : ADELA
14
Gamblers' letters : IOUS
15
Finish with loops : PURL
16
Make merry : REVEL
17
"Don't procrastinate" : CCCTHEDAY
19
Traction aid : CLEAT
20
Hunky-dory : AOK
21
Oklahoma city : ENID
22
Hammerheads : SHARKS
23
Counsel best heeded : AWORDTOTHEYYY
26
Muggers : HAMS
27
Scattered : RARE
28
Invitation heading : WHERE
30
It'll grow on you : HAIR
32
Took a card : DREW
36
Flapper's wrap : BOA
37
Stir-fry pods : SNOWPPP
40
Something that may need massaging : EGO
41
Con : ANTI
43
Wearers of wool coats : EWES
44
Pigeon's perch : LEDGE
46
Itsy-bitsy biter : GNAT
48
Yacht spot : PIER
49
Caution against neglect : UUUITORLOSEIT
54
Secure : ATTACH
55
Feels fluish : AILS
56
Part of a byte : BIT
58
"... ___ man put asunder" : LETNO
59
Lethal stingers : KILLERBBB
61
"He's ___ nowhere man" (Beatles lyric) : AREAL
62
Man, for one : ISLE
63
Clark's partner : LOIS
64
Leif's language : NORSE
65
Freshman, probably : TEEN
66
Jacket feature : SNAP
Down
1
Type size : PICA
2
Après-ski treat : COCOA
3
A Little Rascal : BUCKWHEAT
4
Retired flier : SST
5
Shells out : SPENDS
6
Public company's requirement : AUDIT
7
Locale for a Velázquez : PRADO
8
Slippery : SLY
9
One who takes a bow? : ARCHER
10
Late : DELAYED
11
"___ Heartbeat" (Amy Grant hit) : EVERY
12
Sievelike : LEAKY
13
Mtn. stats : ALTS
18
Carrier of orders from Zeus : HERMES
22
Tacky? : SHARP
24
Paddle : OAR
25
Jaunts : TRIPS
28
Ring org. : WBA
29
Snookums : HON
30
Bookstore section : HOWTO
31
Overwhelming emotion : AWE
33
Award for second place : REDRIBBON
34
Deviled item : EGG
35
Misfortune : WOE
38
Not o'er : NEATH
39
Puckered fabric : PLISSE
42
Tropical lizards : IGUANAS
45
Shoebox letters : EEE
47
Designer Miller : NICOLE
48
Common allergen : POLLEN
49
In ___ (unborn) : UTERO
50
Give voice to : UTTER
51
Up the ante : RAISE
52
De Gaulle's birthplace : LILLE
53
Leg bone : TIBIA
54
King of comedy : ALAN
57
Recipe amt. : TBSP
59
Word with mess or press : KIT
60
Literary monogram : RLS

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