n | Title: USA Today 02/05/01 "IT'S ONLY A GAME" | n | Title: New York Times, Monday, May 3, 2004 |
| Author: Philip J. Anderson/Charles Preston | | Author: Gregory E. Paul |
| Copyright: USA Today | | Editor: Will Shortz |
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n | BOPS#GALE#GATED | n | SWAM#RASH#DAISY |
| IRAE#ADEN#ABODE | | OHNO#ESTA#OLDIE |
| LIRA#FLED#MERGE | | NEAT#ESAU#AGENT |
| GETTOFIRSTBASE# | | GETTOFIRSTBASE# |
n | ELI#NEB##RIM### | n | ###ONES##OLE### |
| ##CATS#BRIT#ARE | | ESS#TRIREME#FIT |
| ARUBA#TAIN#SGTS | | LOTTO##ALE#HIDE |
| BALLPARKFIGURES | | BALLPARKFIGURES |
n | BRAY#DIET#OBESE | n | OPEC#SUE##CHEAT |
| AER#MOOD#POSE## | | WYO#THERMAL#SLY |
| ###AAR##OAF#MBA | | ###SHE##UTES### |
| #OUTINLEFTFIELD | | #OUTINLEFTFIELD |
n | MORAL#ANTI#SNEE | n | RUNON#SAFE#XIII |
| ANILE#MIEN#ETAL | | ORING#ASIS#TREE |
| LASER#EDNA#ESTA | | ESTES#TENT#YENS |
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n | A1. Dances, 40s style ~ BOPS | n | A1. Did laps in a pool ~ SWAM |
| A5. Strong wind ~ GALE | | A5. Foolhardy ~ RASH |
| A9. Like some communities ~ GATED | | A9. “She loves me … she loves me not” flower ~ DAISY |
| A14. <I>Dies ___<I> ~ IRAE | | A14. “Horrors!” ~ OHNO |
| A15. Former British colony ~ ADEN | | A15. “Cómo ___ usted?” ~ ESTA |
| A16. Dwelling ~ ABODE | | A16. Blast from the past ~ OLDIE |
| A17. Money, in Milan ~ LIRA | | A17. Spick-and-span ~ NEAT |
| A18. Left the scene hurriedly ~ FLED | | A18. Genesis twin ~ ESAU |
| A19. Amalgamate ~ MERGE | | A19. F.B.I. worker ~ AGENT |
| A20. Make a start? ~ GETTOFIRSTBASE | | A20. Achieve initial success ~ GETTOFIRSTBASE |
| A23. Samuels mentor ~ ELI | | A23. Singletons ~ ONES |
| A24. Beak ~ NEB | | A24. Bullfight cheer ~ OLE |
| A25. Periphery ~ RIM | | A25. Suffix with lion ~ ESS |
| A26. 1983 Tony winner ~ CATS | | A28. Oar-powered ship ~ TRIREME |
| A28. Manchester man ~ BRIT | | A31. Like a fiddle ~ FIT |
| A30. .0247 of an acre ~ ARE | | A34. “Scratch and win” game ~ LOTTO |
| A33. Island off Venezuela ~ ARUBA | | A36. Pub brew ~ ALE |
| A35. Mirror backing ~ TAIN | | A37. Sweep under the rug ~ HIDE |
| A36. NCOs ~ SGTS | | A38. Estimates ~ BALLPARKFIGURES |
| A37. Umps, approximately? ~ BALLPARKFIGURES | | A42. Intl. oil group ~ OPEC |
| A40. Sound like an ass ~ BRAY | | A43. Take to court ~ SUE |
| A41. Japanese parliament ~ DIET | | A44. Use crib notes ~ CHEAT |
| A42. Corpulent ~ OBESE | | A45. Cheyenne’s locale: Abbr. ~ WYO |
| A43. ___ Lingus ~ AER | | A46. Kind of underwear ~ THERMAL |
| A44. <I>___ Indigo<I> ~ MOOD | | A49. Foxy ~ SLY |
| A45. Sit ~ POSE | | A50. “___ Drives Me Crazy” (Fine Young Cannibals hit) ~ SHE |
| A46. Rhine tributary ~ AAR | | A51. Western tribe ~ UTES |
| A47. Clumsy guy ~ OAF | | A53. Completely mistaken ~ OUTINLEFTFIELD |
| A48. Degree for a CEO ~ MBA | | A60. Improperly long sentence ~ RUNON |
| A51. Without a clue? ~ OUTINLEFTFIELD | | A61. Risk-free ~ SAFE |
| A56. Aesops message ~ MORAL | | A62. Number not on a grandfather clock ~ XIII |
| A57. Negative one ~ ANTI | | A63. Space shuttle gasket ~ ORING |
| A58. Dirk ~ SNEE | | A64. With warts and all ~ ASIS |
| A59. Old womanish ~ ANILE | | A65. Elm or elder ~ TREE |
| A60. Demeanor ~ MIEN | | A66. ___ Park, Colo. ~ ESTES |
| A61. Catchall abbreviation, for Ovid ~ ETAL | | A67. Camper’s cover ~ TENT |
| A62. Surgeons tool ~ LASER | | A68. Hankerings ~ YENS |
| A63. Purviance or OBrien ~ EDNA | | |
| A64. This, in Galicia ~ ESTA | | |
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t | D1. Oily place on an oiler ~ BILGE | t | D1. Spiritual, e.g. ~ SONG |
| D2. Projecting window ~ ORIEL | | D2. Cry on a roller coaster ~ WHEE |
| D3. Choosy ~ PARTICULAR | | D3. Med. school class ~ ANAT |
| D4. Pants part ~ SEAT | | D4. E pluribus unum, for instance ~ MOTTO |
| D5. Public blunders ~ GAFFES | | D5. “___ Madness” (1936 antidrug film) ~ REEFER |
| D6. Wing it ~ ADLIB | | D6. Whence St. Francis ~ ASSISI |
| D7. Ogle ~ LEER | | D7. Night twinkler ~ STAR |
| D8. Concludes ~ ENDS | | D8. Düsseldorf dwelling ~ HAUS |
| D9. Tals option ~ GAMBIT | | D9. Within one’s power ~ DOABLE |
| D10. At right angles to the keel ~ ABEAM | | D10. Pond buildup ~ ALGAE |
| D11. Rocky heights ~ TORS | | D11. March 15, e.g. ~ IDES |
| D12. Nose out ~ EDGE | | D12. Trig term ~ SINE |
| D13. Barely acceptable grade? ~ DEE | | D13. “Are we there ___?” ~ YET |
| D21. Saloon sign ~ ONTAP | | D21. In first place ~ ONTOP |
| D22. Singer Lopez ~ TRINI | | D22. Marisa of “My Cousin Vinny” ~ TOMEI |
| D27. Capably ~ ABLY | | D25. Arm joint ~ ELBOW |
| D28. ___ Alaska ~ BAKED | | D26. Unrinsed, maybe ~ SOAPY |
| D29. Fissure ~ RIFT | | D27. Fifth-century pope ~ STLEO |
| D30. Pacts ~ AGREEMENTS | | D29. Autumn yard worker ~ RAKER |
| D31. AAA recommendations ~ RTES | | D30. Santa’s little helper ~ ELF |
| D32. Being: L. ~ ESSE | | D31. Pink-slips ~ FIRES |
| D33. Hebrew father ~ ABBA | | D32. Perfect ~ IDEAL |
| D34. Steak specification ~ RARE | | D33. Short-tempered ~ TESTY |
| D35. Small group ~ TRIO | | D35. Nurse’s skill, for short ~ TLC |
| D36. Deli offerings ~ SUBS | | D37. “What’d you say?” ~ HUH |
| D38. Embellish ~ ADORN | | D39. Gray ~ ASHEN |
| D39. Burst ~ GOOFF | | D40. Feel sorry about ~ RUE |
| D44. <I>The Naked and the Dead<I> author ~ MAILER | | D41. Symbol at the head of a musical staff ~ GCLEF |
| D45. Corrosion on a statue ~ PATINA | | D46. First ___ first ~ THINGS |
| D46. Beginning of a Dickens title ~ ATALE | | D47. Breakfast bread ~ MUFFIN |
| D47. Frequently ~ OFTEN | | D48. Swear (to) ~ ATTEST |
| D49. Sound like a sheep ~ BLEAT | | D50. Masonry ~ STONE |
| D50. ___ Rogers St. Johns ~ ADELA | | D52. Nearing retirement age, maybe ~ SIXTY |
| D51. Mrs. Chaplin, the fourth ~ OONA | | D53. Yours and mine ~ OURS |
| D52. <I>Battle Cry<I> author ~ URIS | | D54. The “U” in I.C.U. ~ UNIT |
| D53. Fabric with metallic threads ~ LAME | | D55. Future atty.’s exam ~ LSAT |
| D54. Blyton, of kiddie-lit ~ ENID | | D56. Facilitate ~ EASE |
| D55. Acknowledging words ~ ISEE | | D57. Dublin’s land ~ EIRE |
| D56. ___ de mer ~ MAL | | D58. Legal claim ~ LIEN |
| | | D59. Goes kaput ~ DIES |
| | | D60. Salmon eggs ~ ROE |
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