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New York Times, Thursday, September 23, 2004

Author:
Jerry E. Rosman
Editor:
Will Shortz
43-Down : Heavy hitter
TotalDebutLatest
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Jerry E. Rosman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QVWXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Rosman. Thursday freshness: 8%
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© 2004, The New York Times9/23/4 ( No. 20,043 )
Across
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"Ignorance ___ excuse" : ISNO
5
Large quantity of writing : REAMS
10
Live folk album of 1968 : ARLO
14
Annual prize named after a Canadian governor general : STANLEYCUP
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Visited : SEEN
17
1985 sci-fi rerun? : BACKTOTHEFUTURE
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They might be chained : TIRES
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Constellation near Scorpius : ARA
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___-la : TRA
22
Undercoat : PRIMER
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New spouse's acquisitions, maybe : STEPSONS
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Hippodrome events : RACES
27
That girl : SHE
28
Not in : PASSE
29
Bach's "Air ___ G String" : ONA
30
Dug in : ATE
31
Seek help : BEG
32
1990 sci-fi rerun? : TOTALRECALL
37
Decide : OPT
38
Pot addition : BET
39
"Six Feet Under" network : HBO
42
___ art (text graphics) : ASCII
45
Collared one : PET
46
Singer McLachlan : SARAH
48
Like an owl's eyes : CLOSESET
50
Budweiser offerings : LAGERS
51
See 22-Down : TEM
52
Not originals of letters, for short : CCS
53
Après-ski beverage : COCOA
54
1983 sci-fi rerun? : RETURNOFTHEJEDI
59
Storybook meanie : OGRE
60
Carnivores : MEATEATERS
61
Egg container : NEST
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It's placed at the counter : ORDER
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___ the kill : INAT
Down
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Suffix with expert : ISE
2
Sailors' passage: Abbr. : STR
3
Like some knots : NAUTICAL
4
Punctual : ONTIME
5
Make allusions (to) : REFER
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Scrutinizes : EYES
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"Alas" in Augsburg : ACH
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Change dramatically : MUTATE
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Puffball emanation : SPORE
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"Don't ___!" : ASK
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Odd pages : RECTOS
12
Picks up : LEARNS
13
Part way to scoring : ONBASE
15
Angler's collection : LURES
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Click and Clack, the ___ Brothers : TAPPET
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With 51-Across, for the nonce : PRO
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Published : RAN
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Dessert eaten with a spoon : SHERBET
25
Palm starch : SAGO
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__-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec : STE
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Do one's part? : ACT
31
Cave denizen : BAT
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Hi's partner : LOIS
34
Each : APIECE
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Court call : LET
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Loom : THREATEN
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Keep out : BAR
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Exclamations of surprise : OHS
42
Shout on the set : ACTION
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Heavy hitter : SLEDGE
44
Rising stars : COMERS
45
Drive up the wall : PESTER
46
Pelvic bones : SACRA
47
Rabbitlike rodent : AGOUTI
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Ordinary Joe : SCHMO
50
Extrovert's opposite : LONER
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Homing pigeon's home : COTE
55
Black : JET
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Furbys, once : FAD
57
Distinctive time : ERA
58
Q-U link : RST

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