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New York Times, Wednesday, September 6, 2000
Author:
Matt Gaffney
Editor:
Will Shortz
7-Down : Kind of bolt
This puzzle:
Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JVXZ} This is puzzle # 58 for Mr. Gaffney. Wednesday freshness: 47%
1 G | 2 A | 3 L | 4 A | 5 L | 6 A | 7 S | 8 E | 9 R | 10 S | 11 H | 12 A | 13 Q |
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14 I | B | E | T | 15 U | L | T | R | A | 16 M | E | N | U |
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17 G | E | T | T | 18 Y | S | B | U | R | G | 19 A | I | D | E |
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20 I | S | O | L | A | T | E | D | 21 G | 22 O | R | D | I | E |
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23 E | L | S | E | 24 F | I | F | T | E | E | N |
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25 U | 26 P | 27 S | E | T | 28 L | E | N | T | I | L | ||||
29 R | O | T | 30 A | 31 S | 32 K | I | N | G | 33 E | B | 34 B | 35 S |
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36 G | O | R | 37 E | 38 C | I | S | C | O | 39 S | E | R | A |
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40 E | L | A | N | 41 A | T | T | E | N | 42 D | 43 R | I | P |
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44 S | T | 45 I | L | T | S | 46 W | 47 A | G | E | S |
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48 S | 49 O | B | E | R | L | Y | 50 B | 51 E | E | S | ||||
52 P | R | O | N | T | O | 53 S | I | D | E | S | 54 T | 55 E | 56 P |
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57 L | O | U | T | 58 P | 59 I | T | T | S | B | U | R | G | H |
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60 I | N | R | E | 61 E | R | A | S | E | 62 R | O | A | D |
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63 T | O | G | S | 64 D | A | R | Y | L | 65 E | N | D | S |
© 2000, The New York Times9/6/0 ( No. 18,565 )
Across
1
Big bash : GALA
5
Kind of printer : LASER
10
Hoops nickname : SHAQ
14
"Suuure!" : IBET
15
A lot up front? : ULTRA
16
Waiter's offering : MENU
17
Place with a famous address : GETTYSBURG
19
Detail handler, maybe : AIDE
20
Remote : ISOLATED
21
Hockey great Howe : GORDIE
23
Further : ELSE
24
Like many a high school sophomore : FIFTEEN
25
Underdog's goal : UPSET
28
Soup ingredient : LENTIL
29
Balderdash : ROT
30
Kind of price : ASKING
33
Weakens, as support : EBBS
36
Reason for an "R" rating : GORE
38
Great Lakes fish : CISCO
39
Antivenins : SERA
40
Gusto : ELAN
41
Go to : ATTEND
43
Dangerous stretch of water : RIP
44
Clown props : STILTS
46
Union issue : WAGES
48
Best way to drive : SOBERLY
50
Competitions : BEES
52
"Now!" : PRONTO
53
Skirt : SIDESTEP
57
Lummox : LOUT
58
Penguins' home : PITTSBURGH
60
Memo starter : INRE
61
Remove from memory : ERASE
62
Pike : ROAD
63
Clothes : TOGS
64
Hannah of "Splash" : DARYL
65
Some receivers : ENDS
Down
1
Best Picture of 1958 : GIGI
2
Fortas and Vigoda : ABES
3
Mother of Apollo : LETO
4
Predecessor and successor of Churchill : ATTLEE
5
Covets, with "after" : LUSTS
6
"Seascape" playwright : ALBEE
7
Kind of bolt : STUD
8
Get it wrong : ERR
9
Criticizing, slangily : RAGGINGON
10
Wisenheimers : SMARTIES
11
German university town : HEIDELBERG
12
Actress MacDowell : ANDIE
13
It can move in any direction : QUEEN
18
Noted conference center : YALTA
22
Commonly, once : OFT
24
Property marker : FENCE
25
Press : URGE
26
Bit of office fun : POOL
27
Council of Europe site : STRASBOURG
28
"Things to do" and others : LISTS
31
Like some potatoes : SCALLOPED
32
Result of a 26-Down : KITTY
34
Cheese region : BRIE
35
Weakens : SAPS
37
Diplomatic arrangements : ENTENTES
42
Uncool sort : DWEEB
45
N.Y.C. subway : IRT
47
Guarantee : ASSURE
48
Bowling challenge : SPLIT
49
Town NE of Bangor : ORONO
50
Itsy-___ : BITSY
51
The "Ishtar" of cars : EDSEL
53
Hollywood sighting : STAR
54
80's sci-fi flick : TRON
55
"Holy moly!" : EGAD
56
Thesis penners : PHDS
59
Belfast inits. : IRA
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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