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New York Times, Monday, August 1, 2005

Author:
Kendall Twigg
Editor:
Will Shortz
56-Down : "Out of Africa" author Dinesen
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Kendall Twigg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Twigg. Monday freshness: 49%
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© 2005, The New York Times8/1/5 ( No. 20,355 )
Across
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Dennis the Menace-type kids : BRATS
6
Luxuriates : BASKS
11
"Just ___ thought!" : ASI
14
Love to pieces : ADORE
15
Maine college town : ORONO
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Stanley Cup org. : NHL
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Start a negotiation : MAKEANOFFER
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Dover's state: Abbr. : DEL
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Minor setback : SNAG
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Raises canines? : TEETHES
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Body parts with claws : PAWS
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Pizzas : PIES
28
Mrs. Chaplin : OONA
29
Miner's discovery : ORE
30
Give a little, take a little : MEETHALFWAY
33
Euripides drama : MEDEA
35
"___ a gun!" : SONOF
36
Late, as a payment : PASTDUE
39
Incited : EGGEDON
43
Street-smart : CANNY
45
Spine-tingling : EERIE
46
Agree : COMETOTERMS
51
SSE's opposite : NNW
52
"This won't hurt ___" : ABIT
53
Seen once in a blue moon : RARE
54
Korean soldiers : ROKS
55
To the point : CONCISE
58
Nick and Nora's dog of story and film : ASTA
60
___-tac-toe : TIC
61
Shake on it : SEALTHEDEAL
66
Put into service : USE
67
Jazz great Shaw : ARTIE
68
___ cum laude : MAGNA
69
Basic version: Abbr. : STD
70
Atwitter, with "up" : KEYED
71
Fork feature : PRONG
Down
1
"Kapow!" : BAM
2
Nutritional inits. : RDA
3
"All systems go" : AOK
4
Lock of hair : TRESS
5
Actor Connery : SEAN
6
Dance energetically : BOOGIE
7
Terrier's sound : ARF
8
Tap dancing without taps : SOFTSHOE
9
Patella's place : KNEE
10
Achy : SORE
11
"You said a mouthful!" : ANDHOW
12
Singer Easton : SHEENA
13
"Amen!" : ILLSAY
18
Back of the neck : NAPE
22
Chewy candy : TOFFEE
23
Ceremonial splendor : POMP
24
Square footage : AREA
25
Ties the knot : WEDS
27
UFO occupants : ETS
30
Angry with : MADAT
31
"The Ice Storm" director ___ Lee : ANG
32
Theater seats : LOGES
34
"... yadda, yadda, yadda" : ETCETC
37
One, in Madrid : UNO
38
Petition : ENTREATY
40
First 007 film : DRNO
41
Pigpen cry : OINK
42
Front page fill : NEWS
44
Nay's opposite : YEA
46
It has points in Arizona : CACTUS
47
Double-reed woodwind player : OBOIST
48
Chopped into small pieces, as food : MINCED
49
Not suitable for kids, as a movie : RRATED
50
Go well together : MESH
54
Speeder spotter : RADAR
56
"Out of Africa" author Dinesen : ISAK
57
Parched : SERE
59
Office worker just for the day : TEMP
62
Commit perjury : LIE
63
Sense of self : EGO
64
Raggedy doll : ANN
65
Fall behind : LAG

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