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New York Times, Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Across : Pitts of old Hollywood
TotalDebutLatest
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
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Mel Taub

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQW} Spans: 4 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 77 for Mr. Taub. Wednesday freshness: 34%
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© 2005, The New York Times8/24/5 ( No. 20,378 )
Across
1
Spur on a climbing iron : GAFF
5
Temple V.I.P. : RABBI
10
Less than a one-star movie : BOMB
14
Saragossa's river : EBRO
15
Lake Geneva spa : EVIAN
16
Mishmash : OLIO
17
Macedonian king to those who knew him when : ALEXTHEORDINARY
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Old-fashioned ingredient : RYE
21
Medieval merchants' guild : HANSE
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Dug up : MINED
23
Pitts of old Hollywood : ZASU
24
Quantity: Abbr. : AMT
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Czar to those who knew him when : PETETHEMEDIOCRE
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Waters naturally : RAINS
34
Summit : APEX
35
Bagel filler : LOX
36
Herr Bismarck : OTTO
37
Store away : LAYIN
39
Be ominous : BODE
40
"___ the fields we go" : OER
41
It's a long story : SAGA
42
Fiddle with : ALTER
43
Prussian king to those who knew him when : FREDTHENOTSOHOT
47
"Lady" preceder, often : OUR
48
Put up : POST
49
Draconian : STERN
52
Aplomb : POISE
54
Wanted notice: Abbr. : APB
57
Czarina to those who knew her when : KATETHEPASSABLE
60
Mosque V.I.P. : IMAM
61
Use a soapbox : ORATE
62
Kill : DOIN
63
New York's Carnegie ___ : DELI
64
Whimpered : PULED
65
1956 hotspot : SUEZ
Down
1
Reverse, e.g. : GEAR
2
Well : ABLY
3
Unfettered : FREE
4
Sexy lass : FOX
5
Go over and over : REHASH
6
Way of approach : AVENUE
7
Brief lives : BIOS
8
Stripped : BARE
9
Third line on a ballot: Abbr. : IND
10
Kind of shark : BONITO
11
"The Good Earth" heroine : OLAN
12
Difficult place to walk : MIRE
13
Hopalong Cassidy actor : BOYD
18
"___ life!" : THATS
19
Commingle : IMMIX
23
Stoicism founder : ZENO
24
Yemeni port : ADEN
25
86 is a high one : PROOF
26
Gormandizer : EATER
27
British chemical lab measurement : TITRE
28
Like the corn god Yum Kax : MAYAN
29
Prefix with center : EPI
30
Minister's calling, with "the" : CLOTH
31
Bulldogger's venue : RODEO
32
Use with effort : EXERT
37
1939 co-star of Haley and Bolger : LAHR
38
86 is a high one : AGE
39
Stain : BLOT
41
Jumping garbage cans on a motorcycle, e.g. : STUNT
42
Dolts : ASSES
44
Moolah : DOREMI
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Narcotic : OPIATE
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Like some coins and salads : TOSSED
49
Lose traction : SKID
50
Far from risqué : TAME
51
Enumerator's ending : ETAL
52
Indiana town where Cole Porter was born : PERU
53
Iridescent stone : OPAL
54
Leigh Hunt's "___ Ben Adhem" : ABOU
55
Dance exercise : PLIE
56
German auto pioneer : BENZ
58
Quaint dance : HOP
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Yellow Pages displays : ADS

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