Author: | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
Editor: | Will Shortz |
1 C | 2 H | 3 I | 4 E | 5 F | 6 C | 7 O | 8 L | 9 A | 10 C | 11 A | 12 S | 13 H |
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14 R | O | D | E | O | 15 A | L | A | R | 16 L | I | P | O |
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17 A | L | L | E | N | 18 R | E | S | T | 19 O | S | L | O |
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20 B | Y | E | 21 D | 22 E | P | O | S | I | 23 T | S | L | I | P |
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24 S | U | R | E | 25 S | H | E | E | T | S |
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26 T | 27 E | 28 E | T | E | R | T | 29 O | 30 T | T | E | R | |||
31 Y | I | K | E | S | 32 F | O | R | E | 33 N | 34 A | 35 B |
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36 P | R | E | P | 37 D | 38 I | T | T | Y | 39 A | O | N | E |
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40 O | E | D | 41 R | I | D | E | 42 U | N | I | T | E |
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43 B | U | S | I | N | 44 E | 45 S | S | T | R | I | P |
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46 P | 47 E | 48 O | R | I | A | 49 N | O | E | S | |||||
50 U | R | B | A | N | S | 51 P | 52 R | A | W | L | 53 R | 54 E | 55 F |
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56 T | O | O | K | 57 T | E | A | M | 58 E | 59 V | I | T | A |
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60 I | D | E | E | 61 E | T | T | E | 62 S | A | G | A | L |
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63 N | E | S | S | 64 R | E | E | L | 65 S | T | A | L | L |
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1. Boss : CHIEF 6. Pepsi, for one : COLA 10. Not check or charge : CASH 14. Event with bucking broncos : RODEO 15. Banned orchard spray : ALAR 16. Prefix with suction : LIPO 17. Woody of "Manhattan" : ALLEN 18. Take a breather : REST 19. Norway's capital : OSLO 20. "See you later" : BYE 21. Check mate? : DEPOSITSLIP 24. Beyond doubt : SURE 25. Some linens : SHEETS 26. Balance beam? : TEETERTOTTER 31. "Yow!" : YIKES 32. Cry heard on a fairway : FORE 33. Catch, as a perp : NAB 36. Before-test work, informally : PREP 37. Simple song : DITTY 39. Super-duper : AONE 40. Brit. word reference : OED 41. Ferris wheel or bumper cars : RIDE 42. Join : UNITE 43. Firm offer? : BUSINESSTRIP 46. Illinois city symbolizing middle America : PEORIA 49. Refusals : NOES 50. Vegas spread? : URBANSPRAWL 53. Person in a zebra-striped shirt, informally : REF 56. Opposite of gave : TOOK 57. Whom the cheerleaders cheer : TEAM 58. Hit musical set in Argentina : EVITA 60. ___ fixe (obsession) : IDEE 61. Suffix with major : ETTE 62. Katey of "Married … With Children" : SAGAL 63. Loch ___ monster : NESS 64. Film unit : REEL 65. Stable enclosure : STALL |
1. One who complains, complains, complains : CRAB 2. "___ smokes!" : HOLY 3. Doing nothing : IDLE 4. Wide shoe designation : EEE 5. Cheese dishes : FONDUES 6. Aladdin's transportation : CARPET 7. Butter substitute : OLEO 8. Glasgow gal : LASS 9. Beautiful skill : ARTISTRY 10. Deal finalizer : CLOSER 11. Grocery pathway : AISLE 12. Leave, slangily : SPLIT 13. B-ball : HOOPS 22. Mess up : ERR 23. "How do I love ___?" : THEE 24. Tread : STEP 26. Mispelled, for misspelled, e.g. : TYPO 27. Irish republic : EIRE 28. Barely made, with "out" : EKED 29. Frequently : OFTEN 30. Kiddie : TOT 33. Pinot ___ (wine) : NOIR 34. Voting no : ANTI 35. When repeated, Road Runner's sound : BEEP 37. Fiasco : DISASTER 38. Dictator Amin : IDI 39. Relatives of termites : ANTS 41. Completely botch : RUIN 42. Futile : USELESS 43. Car stoppers : BRAKES 44. Tooth layer : ENAMEL 45. Boar's mate : SOW 46. Yeltsin's successor as leader of Russia : PUTIN 47. Eat away at : ERODE 48. Woodwinds : OBOES 51. Red Rose : PETE 52. $5.15/hour, e.g. : RATE 53. Latvia's capital : RIGA 54. Footnote abbr. : ETAL 55. Autumn : FALL 59. Dyemaker's container : VAT |
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.
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