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New York Times, Wednesday, July 11, 2001

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
59-Down : Shoot the breeze
TotalDebutLatest
1811/12/19783/17/2024
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ScrabblePGramPre‑WSFresh
1.5354631%
Richard Silvestri

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {Q} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 103 for Mr. Silvestri. Wednesday freshness: 9%
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© 2001, The New York Times7/11/1 ( No. 18,873 )
Across
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Calculate astrologically : CAST
5
Smart player : ADAMS
10
Stupefy : DAZE
14
Recorded proceedings : ACTA
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Easily broken : FRAIL
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Rubber-stamp : OKAY
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May dance, maybe : PROM
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Pro follower : FORMA
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___ Horn : CAPE
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Desk item that's nothing to sneeze at? : PEPPERWEIGHT
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Japanese honorific : SAN
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Bartlett relatives : BOSCS
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Hollow : CAVITY
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Eccentric : ABNORMAL
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Originated : AROSE
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Ballet movement : PLIE
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Stat that's good when under 3.00 : ERA
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Folk group that's nothing to sneeze at? : PETERPOLLENMARY
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Wee hour : ONE
43
Netman Nastase : ILIE
44
Chilling : EERIE
45
Vinegar flavoring : TARRAGON
48
Tricky problem : TEASER
49
Krupp works city : ESSEN
50
Deserving a spanking : BAD
51
70's-80's show that's nothing to sneeze at? : EIGHTISSNUFF
59
Corner after "GO" : JAIL
62
1976 best seller that starts in Gambia : ROOTS
63
Lust after, visually : OGLE
64
Differential attachment : AXLE
65
Slacken : ABATE
66
Job opening : SLOT
67
Join of arc? : WELD
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Work with clay : MODEL
69
Big buildup : HYPE
Down
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Comics fellow who hangs out in a pub : CAPP
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Piece of property : ACRE
3
Sign on the corner : STOP
4
Pack down : TAMP
5
Brawl : AFFRAY
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Soak : DROWN
7
Alpine river : AARE
8
"La Bohème" heroine : MIMI
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Smeltery refuse : SLAG
10
Person who's been given the third degree? : DOCTOR
11
Blotter letters : AKA
12
Microwave : ZAP
13
Real looker : EYE
21
Aromatic compound : ESTER
22
TNT alternative : HBO
25
Sullies : SMEARS
26
1976 film featuring telekinesis : CARRIE
27
Buffy is one : SLAYER
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"Breakfast at Tiffany's" author : CAPOTE
29
Action centers : ARENAS
30
Electorate : VOTERS
31
Expert ending : ISE
32
Fagged : ALLIN
33
Nasty comments : BILE
34
Wedding page word : NEE
36
Ralph Lauren brand : POLO
39
Kind of iron : PIG
40
What alimony covers, minimally : NEEDS
41
___ culpa : MEA
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Staggered : REELED
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Singer DiFranco : ANI
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Dangler : TASSEL
50
Please, abroad : BITTE
52
15.432 grains : GRAM
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Odd jobs doer : HOBO
54
Loathsome one : TOAD
55
Bag of chips, maybe : NOSH
56
Unappealing : UGLY
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Lay an egg : FLOP
58
It may be an honor : FETE
59
Shoot the breeze : JAW
60
Let go : AXE
61
Laid up : ILL

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