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New York Times, Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Author:
Steven Ginzburg
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Down : Precollege exam
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Steven Ginzburg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Ginzburg. Tuesday freshness: 11%
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M
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K
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W
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© 2008, The New York Times6/17/8 ( No. 21,406 )
Across
1
Bride's title : MRS
4
Cry of success : GOTIT
9
Sudden influx : SPATE
14
It keeps going and going ... : EON
15
Express one's point of view : OPINE
16
Put to rest : ALLAY
17
In the style of : ALA
18
Furniture within easy walking distance of the kitchen : DINNERTABLE
20
Actor Mos ___ : DEF
21
Takes care of : SEESTO
22
Jabbers : YAKS
23
Give off : EXUDE
25
Beer ingredients : HOPS
27
Start : ONSET
31
Show of lowbrow taste : KITSCH
35
Show signs of an impending storm : CLOUDOVER
39
Chevy S.U.V. : TAHOE
40
Pimpernel or prairie clover : HERB
41
___ colony : PENAL
43
Cheer competitor : TIDE
44
Quick on one's feet : AGILE
46
Headed straight down : NOSEDIVED
48
Popular thesaurus : ROGETS
50
African heavyweight, for short : RHINO
51
Throb : ACHE
53
Perennial teenage feeling : ANGST
57
Overly self-assured : SMUG
60
Popular place : INSPOT
64
Consumed : ATE
65
Invitation info ... or two alternate endings for the starts of the answers to 18-Across, 10-Down and 24-Down : DATEANDTIME
67
X : TEN
68
Going gray : AGING
69
Paradise for the parched : OASIS
70
Feedbag bit : OAT
71
Some tartan garments : KILTS
72
Lawman Earp : WYATT
73
Apt. units : RMS
Down
1
Union general at Gettysburg : MEADE
2
Geneva-based watchmaker : ROLEX
3
Major muddle : SNAFU
4
Much-needed help : GODSEND
5
Early Ron Howard role : OPIE
6
Fork prong : TINE
7
Alehouses : INNS
8
Canines, e.g. : TEETH
9
Precollege exam : SAT
10
Popular Sony product : PLAYSTATION
11
Jessica of "Fantastic Four" : ALBA
12
It's cheap, proverbially : TALK
13
Ogles : EYES
19
Corner piece : ROOK
24
Spy who lives dangerously : DOUBLEAGENT
26
Peach stone : PIT
28
Soak (up) : SOP
29
Tied, as a score : EVEN
30
Pavarotti, for one : TENOR
32
Weapon in a gang fight : SHIV
33
What a programmer writes : CODE
34
Pay attention to : HEED
35
Blacken : CHAR
36
Brand of blocks : LEGO
37
Not a dup. : ORIG
38
Done without due consideration : RASH
42
Island garland : LEI
45
List ender : ETC
47
Procedure in a paternity suit : DNATEST
49
It's usually over a foot : SHIN
52
Give, as a grant : ENDOW
54
University of Florida mascot : GATOR
55
Heating choice : STEAM
56
Some desert dwellings : TENTS
57
Mt. Rushmore's locale: Abbr. : SDAK
58
Trio in a Christmas story : MAGI
59
Electric or water co. : UTIL
61
Dog command : STAY
62
Site of some Galileo experiments : PISA
63
Leave out : OMIT
66
Lawyers in cabinets: Abbr. : AGS

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