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New York Times, Monday, April 4, 2005

Author:
Christina Houlihan Kelly
Editor:
Will Shortz
Christina Houlihan Kelly
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Christina Houlihan Kelly

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Kelly. NYT links: Across Lite
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© 2005, The New York TimesNo. 0404 ( 20,236 )
Across
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Boss : CHIEF
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Pepsi, for one : COLA
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Not check or charge : CASH
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Event with bucking broncos : RODEO
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Banned orchard spray : ALAR
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Prefix with suction : LIPO
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Woody of "Manhattan" : ALLEN
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Take a breather : REST
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Norway's capital : OSLO
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"See you later" : BYE
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Check mate? : DEPOSITSLIP
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Beyond doubt : SURE
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Some linens : SHEETS
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Balance beam? : TEETERTOTTER
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"Yow!" : YIKES
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Cry heard on a fairway : FORE
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Catch, as a perp : NAB
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Before-test work, informally : PREP
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Simple song : DITTY
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Super-duper : AONE
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Brit. word reference : OED
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Ferris wheel or bumper cars : RIDE
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Join : UNITE
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Firm offer? : BUSINESSTRIP
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Illinois city symbolizing middle America : PEORIA
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Refusals : NOES
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Vegas spread? : URBANSPRAWL
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Person in a zebra-striped shirt, informally : REF
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Opposite of gave : TOOK
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Whom the cheerleaders cheer : TEAM
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Hit musical set in Argentina : EVITA
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___ fixe (obsession) : IDEE
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Suffix with major : ETTE
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Katey of "Married … With Children" : SAGAL
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Loch ___ monster : NESS
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Film unit : REEL
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Stable enclosure : STALL
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One who complains, complains, complains : CRAB
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"___ smokes!" : HOLY
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Doing nothing : IDLE
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Wide shoe designation : EEE
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Cheese dishes : FONDUES
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Aladdin's transportation : CARPET
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Butter substitute : OLEO
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Glasgow gal : LASS
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Beautiful skill : ARTISTRY
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Deal finalizer : CLOSER
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Grocery pathway : AISLE
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Leave, slangily : SPLIT
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B-ball : HOOPS
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Mess up : ERR
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"How do I love ___?" : THEE
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Tread : STEP
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Mispelled, for misspelled, e.g. : TYPO
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Irish republic : EIRE
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Barely made, with "out" : EKED
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Frequently : OFTEN
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Kiddie : TOT
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Pinot ___ (wine) : NOIR
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Voting no : ANTI
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When repeated, Road Runner's sound : BEEP
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Fiasco : DISASTER
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Dictator Amin : IDI
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Relatives of termites : ANTS
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Completely botch : RUIN
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Futile : USELESS
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Car stoppers : BRAKES
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Tooth layer : ENAMEL
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Boar's mate : SOW
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Yeltsin's successor as leader of Russia : PUTIN
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Eat away at : ERODE
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Woodwinds : OBOES
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Red Rose : PETE
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$5.15/hour, e.g. : RATE
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Latvia's capital : RIGA
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Footnote abbr. : ETAL
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Autumn : FALL
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Dyemaker's container : VAT

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