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New York Times, Monday, May 3, 2004

Author:
Gregory E. Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
30-Down : Santa's little helper
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Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQVZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 110 for Mr. Paul. Monday freshness: 2%
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© 2004, The New York Times5/3/4 ( No. 19,900 )
Across
1
Did laps in a pool : SWAM
5
Foolhardy : RASH
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"She loves me ... she loves me not" flower : DAISY
14
"Horrors!" : OHNO
15
"Cómo ___ usted?" : ESTA
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Blast from the past : OLDIE
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Spick-and-span : NEAT
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Genesis twin : ESAU
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F.B.I. worker : AGENT
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Achieve initial success : GETTOFIRSTBASE
23
Singletons : ONES
24
Bullfight cheer : OLE
25
Suffix with lion : ESS
28
Oar-powered ship : TRIREME
31
Like a fiddle : FIT
34
"Scratch and win" game : LOTTO
36
Pub brew : ALE
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Sweep under the rug : HIDE
38
Estimates : BALLPARKFIGURES
42
Intl. oil group : OPEC
43
Take to court : SUE
44
Use crib notes : CHEAT
45
Cheyenne's locale: Abbr. : WYO
46
Kind of underwear : THERMAL
49
Foxy : SLY
50
"___ Drives Me Crazy" (Fine Young Cannibals hit) : SHE
51
Western tribe : UTES
53
Completely mistaken : OUTINLEFTFIELD
60
Improperly long sentence : RUNON
61
Risk-free : SAFE
62
Number not on a grandfather clock : XIII
63
Space shuttle gasket : ORING
64
With warts and all : ASIS
65
Elm or elder : TREE
66
___ Park, Colo. : ESTES
67
Camper's cover : TENT
68
Hankerings : YENS
Down
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Spiritual, e.g. : SONG
2
Cry on a roller coaster : WHEE
3
Med. school class : ANAT
4
E pluribus unum, for instance : MOTTO
5
"___ Madness" (1936 antidrug film) : REEFER
6
Whence St. Francis : ASSISI
7
Night twinkler : STAR
8
Düsseldorf dwelling : HAUS
9
Within one's power : DOABLE
10
Pond buildup : ALGAE
11
March 15, e.g. : IDES
12
Trig term : SINE
13
"Are we there ___?" : YET
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In first place : ONTOP
22
Marisa of "My Cousin Vinny" : TOMEI
25
Arm joint : ELBOW
26
Unrinsed, maybe : SOAPY
27
Fifth-century pope : STLEO
29
Autumn yard worker : RAKER
30
Santa's little helper : ELF
31
Pink-slips : FIRES
32
Perfect : IDEAL
33
Short-tempered : TESTY
35
Nurse's skill, for short : TLC
37
"What'd you say?" : HUH
39
Gray : ASHEN
40
Feel sorry about : RUE
41
Symbol at the head of a musical staff : GCLEF
46
First ___ first : THINGS
47
Breakfast bread : MUFFIN
48
Swear (to) : ATTEST
50
Masonry : STONE
52
Nearing retirement age, maybe : SIXTY
53
Yours and mine : OURS
54
The "U" in I.C.U. : UNIT
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Future atty.'s exam : LSAT
56
Facilitate : EASE
57
Dublin's land : EIRE
58
Legal claim : LIEN
59
Goes kaput : DIES
60
Salmon eggs : ROE

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