Author: | Dave Mackey |
Editor: | Will Shortz |
1 N | 2 I | 3 T | 4 W | 5 I | 6 T | 7 L | 8 A | 9 I | 10 C | 11 S | 12 A | 13 D |
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14 E | N | R | I | C | H | 15 E | D | D | A | 16 H | I | E |
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17 R | O | U | G | E | E | 18 T | N | O | I | R | 19 O | D | E |
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20 O | N | E | 21 T | O | T | 22 H | 23 A | W | E | D |
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24 S | 25 H | A | D | O | 26 W | 27 B | O | X | E | R | S |
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28 F | 29 U | 30 R | I | O | S | O | 31 R | O | P | E | R | |||
32 U | S | E | M | E | 33 H | E | N | 34 G | 35 H | 36 I |
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37 S | O | L | I | D | 38 F | 39 O | U | N | D | 40 A | 41 T | I | O | N |
42 S | C | I | 43 A | A | H | 44 S | O | F | T | G |
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45 E | 46 T | 47 A | T | S | 48 B | 49 R | I | S | T | L | E |
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50 A | 51 T | F | I | R | S | T | 52 B | L | U | S | H | |||
53 M | R | M | O | M | 54 R | U | N | 55 A | 56 B | 57 O |
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58 B | A | A | 59 L | 60 U | 61 X | U | R | Y | 62 L | 63 I | N | E | R |
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64 L | I | P | 65 E | A | T | S | 66 O | A | K | T | A | G |
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67 E | T | S | 68 T | E | C | H | 69 N | T | E | S | T | S |
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1. Birdbrain : NITWIT 7. Of the flock : LAIC 11. Inferior, as excuses go : SAD 14. Add value to : ENRICH 15. Norse epic : EDDA 16. Step on it : HIE 17. Solitaire card game : ROUGEETNOIR 19. Sapphic work : ODE 20. Wee hour : ONE 21. Pre-K enrollee : TOT 22. Spoke hesitatingly : HAWED 24. Pugs in gyms, at times : SHADOWBOXERS 28. Forcefully, in music : FURIOSO 31. Busy cowpoke : ROPER 32. 1972 Bill Withers hit : USEME 33. Brooder : HEN 34. 4, on a phone : GHI 37. Good thing to build on : SOLIDFOUNDATION 42. Poli ___ : SCI 43. Response to a backrub : AAH 44. Gentle opening? : SOFTG 45. Québec's southern neighbors : ETATS 48. 52-Down part : BRISTLE 50. Initially : ATFIRSTBLUSH 53. 1983 Keaton comedy : MRMOM 54. Bank worry : RUN 55. Blood-typing system : ABO 58. Word repeated in the "Whiffenpoof Song" refrain : BAA 59. Cunard fleet member : LUXURYLINER 64. Collagen target : LIP 65. Greasy spoon sign : EATS 66. Poster stock : OAKTAG 67. Saucer contents, in brief? : ETS 68. Kind of support : TECH 69. Big blasts, for short : NTESTS |
1. "Quo Vadis" role : NERO 2. Knowing, as something private : INON 3. Set straight : TRUE 4. Go nuts, with "out" : WIG 5. It's never in a neat order : ICE 6. Certain sorority members : THETAS 7. Slowly, on a score : LENTO 8. Stir : ADO 9. "Rise and Fall of ___ Amin" (1981 film) : IDI 10. "American Graffiti" extra : CARHOP 11. Item from a registry, perhaps : SHOWERGIFT 12. Good Samaritan : AIDER 13. Knight's list : DEEDS 18. List-starting words : TODO 23. Send packing : AXE 24. ___ Valley, Calif. : SIMI 25. Worked a garden : HOED 26. House ___ : WREN 27. Source of interest : BOND 28. Something to kick up : FUSS 29. Summer Games org. : USOC 30. They show altitude : RELIEFMAPS 33. "Come again?" : HUH 35. Off-Broadway's "___ Baltimore" : HOTL 36. "A Loss of Roses" playwright : INGE 38. Dietary needs : FATS 39. Drying kiln : OAST 40. Tag sale proviso : ASIS 41. Peter of reggae : TOSH 46. Padre's hermano : TIO 47. Decorative band : ARMLET 48. Astigmatic's view : BLUR 49. "Guys and Dolls" is based on his writing : RUNYON 50. Mosey along : AMBLE 51. Red hair or freckles : TRAIT 52. Toiletry kit item : BRUSH 55. Social workers? : ANTS 56. Ready for the sack : BEAT 57. A.A. and A.A.A., for two : ORGS 60. Mideast federation: Abbr. : UAE 61. Band with the 1987 single "Dear God" : XTC 62. Part of a G.P.S. reading: Abbr. : LAT 63. Liked leader? : IKE |
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.
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