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New York Times, Tuesday, June 19, 2001

Author:
Tyler Hinman
Editor:
Will Shortz
68-Across : Take to the soapbox
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Tyler Hinman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QW} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Hinman. Tuesday freshness: 1%
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© 2001, The New York Times6/19/1 ( No. 18,851 )
Across
1
Delhi dress : SARI
5
Bloke : CHAP
9
String bean's opposite : FATSO
14
Take note of : HEED
15
City on the Tiber : ROME
16
Can't stomach : ABHOR
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Song for Lily Pons : ARIA
18
Manual reader, say : USER
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Where you might find a 7-Down : SLIDE
20
Ale on the top shelf? : HIGHESTBITTER
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Lady of León : SENORA
24
Clay, now : ALI
25
Radio V.I.P.'s : DJS
28
Botheration : ADO
30
Cracker-requesting bird : PARROT
33
Jason's ship : ARGO
37
Malevolent : EVIL
40
Supreme Ross : DIANA
41
Packard of Hewlett-Packard, say? : CORPORATELATTER
44
Like a 10 : IDEAL
45
Apple's apple, e.g. : LOGO
46
Gusto : ZEST
47
One who'll give you a hand : DEALER
49
Lunch hour : ONE
51
W. C. Fields persona : SOT
52
"Shoot!" : ASK
55
Bad thing to bear : GRUDGE
60
Smart goat? : BUTTINGGENIUS
64
Public spat : SCENE
66
Goose egg : ZERO
67
X and Y, maybe : AXES
68
Take to the soapbox : ORATE
69
Pizzazz : ELAN
70
Show respect to a judge : RISE
71
Lord of poetry : BYRON
72
Eye sore : STYE
73
Subway Series team : METS
Down
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Persian potentates : SHAHS
2
Lofty home : AERIE
3
Be in charge : REIGN
4
Coeur d'Alene's home : IDAHO
5
Nader, notably : CRUSADER
6
Parasite's place : HOST
7
Amorphous creature : AMEBA
8
Jeopardy : PERIL
9
Yom Kippur ritual : FAST
10
Up to the job : ABLE
11
Junky : THIRDRATE
12
"Auld" land : SOD
13
Hematite, for one : ORE
21
Chapter in history : ERA
22
Stiff's omission : TIP
26
Olympic track gold medalist Marion : JONES
27
Kick off : START
29
Oxeye window shape : OVAL
31
Org. concerned with tooth care : ADA
32
Cracker name : RITZ
33
H2SO4 and such : ACIDS
34
Place for a fast buck : RODEO
35
Ursa Major : GREATBEAR
36
Birthstone after sapphire : OPAL
38
"How was ___ know?" : ITO
39
Building block brand : LEGO
42
Ringside cheer : OLE
43
Like the dinosaurs : LONGGONE
48
Squealer : RAT
50
Before, to bards : ERE
53
Analyzes, with "up" : SIZES
54
Prepared to be dubbed : KNELT
56
Render harmless : UNARM
57
The Old South : DIXIE
58
Partygoer : GUEST
59
Twisty turns : ESSES
61
Golden rule word : UNTO
62
Suffix with nine, but not ten : TEEN
63
Civil War side, with "the" : GRAY
64
Weep : SOB
65
Weep : CRY

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