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New York Times, Wednesday, June 30, 1999

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Across : Refrain from farming?
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {BQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 88 for Mr. Nosowsky. Wednesday freshness: 6%
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© 1999, The New York Times6/30/99 ( No. 18,131 )
Across
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Lad's sweetheart : LASS
5
Saturate : SOAK
9
Refrain from farming? : EIEIO
14
Twice tetra- : OCTA
15
As soon as : ONCE
16
Bout time : ROUND
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With 28-Across, a patriotic opening : WHENINTHECOURSE
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Studied, with "over" : PORED
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Ballyhoos : HYPES
22
Tiebreakers, briefly : OTS
23
Break ground? : HOE
24
Add years to one's life : AGE
26
God of war and poetry : ODIN
28
See 17-Across : OFHUMANEVENTS
34
Kansas City athlete : ROYAL
35
Superfluous : EXTRA
36
"The Secret Life of Salvador ___" : DALI
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Paroxysm : SPASM
42
Warm up : THAW
43
Put in order : ALIGN
45
Riding horse : MOUNT
47
With 63-Across, a patriotic opening : WETHEPEOPLEOF
51
Began, with "off" : TEED
52
Most preferred : PET
53
British rule in India : RAJ
56
S.A.T. company : ETS
59
Get-up-and-go : DRIVE
61
Dropped a line : WROTE
63
See 47-Across : THEUNITEDSTATES
66
Loony : NUTSO
67
Obligation, in court : ONUS
68
"Now hear ___!" : THIS
69
Money in the bank, say : ASSET
70
Ready for plucking : RIPE
71
"...auld lang ___" : SYNE
Down
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Acid test finding : LOWPH
2
Sound of spring, for some : ACHOO
3
Approaching from two directions : STEREO
4
Balanced : SANE
5
"Favorite" person : SON
6
Publicly known : ONTHEMAP
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Sore : ACHY
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Continue : KEEPON
9
Like rushing water : EROSIVE
10
Chit in a pot : IOU
11
Continental currency : EURO
12
Research facil. : INST
13
Ceremonious poetry : ODES
18
Where a person uses an ID to get mail? : IDAHO
19
Give up : CEDE
25
Dolls' friends : GUYS
27
Neighboring : NEXTTO
29
Halloween reaction : FRIGHT
30
Last stand for Travis and Bowie : ALAMO
31
Utmost degree : NTH
32
La-la preceder : TRA
33
Got an eyeful : SAW
36
Margery of children's rhyme : DAW
37
Hearty brew : ALE
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Torched : LIT
40
Collected, as gravy : SOPPEDUP
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Stubborn sort : MULE
44
Is unobliged to : NEEDNOT
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Cereal box stat. : NETWT
48
"Frasier" actress Gilpin : PERI
49
Postproduction worker : EDITOR
50
Effervescent : FROTHY
54
Had a home-cooked meal : ATEIN
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Gov. Ventura of Minnesota : JESSE
56
Sicilian spouter : ETNA
57
So : THUS
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Salon offerings : SETS
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"___, vidi, vici" : VENI
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Charlie Brown exclamation : RATS
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"Oh, what's the ___?" : USE
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Atlanta-to-Miami dir. : SSE

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3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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