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nys2002-06-24

Title: Revolver, 6/24/02 (Monday)
Author: by Randall J. Hartman / Edited by Peter Gordon (puzzleeditor@nysun.com)
Copyright: © 2002 Peter Gordon

nw2007-02-13 (25%)

Title: 2/13/07 YOU'RE THE TOP
Author: by Sally R. Stein, edited by Stanley Newman
Copyright: © Creators Syndicate

A1. Tournament winner ~ CHAMP

A1. Hits head-on ~ RAMS

A1. Cottontail's tail ~ SCUT

A6. Wounded by a bullet ~ SHOT

A5. Long story ~ SAGA

A5. Spanish painter Joan ~ MIRO

A10. Air apparent? ~ SMOG

A9. Dug up minerals ~ MINED

A9. Biblical king ~ DAVID

A14. Donnybrook ~ MELEE

A14. Support in a crime ~ ABET

A14. Advocate ~ URGE

A15. Mariner's yarn ~ TALE

A15. Stage accessory ~ PROP

A15. Face-to-face exam ~ ORAL

A16. Melody ~ TUNE

A16. Atlantic, for one ~ OCEAN

A16. Slur over, as a vowel ~ ELIDE

A17. Essential ~ VITAL

A17. One of Columbus' ships ~ NINA

A17. Also-ran in '96 ~ DOLE

A18. They might be split ~ ENDS

A18. Nevada city ~ RENO

A18. 007 ~ BOND

A19. News bit ~ ITEM

A19. Royal headpiece ~ TIARA

A19. Gummy ~ GOOEY

A20. "Harlem Shuffle" band, with "the" ~ ROLLINGSTONES

A20. Climactic moments ~ TURNINGPOINTS

A20. Old yarn-making machines ~ SPINNINGWHEELS

A23. 6, on a phone dial ~ MNO

A23. Santa __, CA ~ ANA

A23. Arias, usually ~ SOLI

A24. Playground game ~ TAG

A24. Visibility problem ~ FOG

A24. Boat propellers ~ OARS

A25. Stranded at the altar ~ JILTED

A25. Least common ~ RAREST

A25. Fourposter, e.g. ~ BED

A29. Border on ~ ABUT

A29. Lima or garbanzo ~ BEAN

A28. Polite behavior ~ DECORUM

A31. Mom-and-pop org. ~ PTA

A31. Brown shade ~ TAN

A30. Clinch, as a deal ~ ICE

A34. Computer letters ~ EMAIL

A34. Drama with music ~ OPERA

A33. Open-air courtyards ~ ATRIA

A35. Hoity-toity type ~ SNOB

A35. Hereditary ruler ~ KING

A35. Utmost (Abbr.) ~ ULT

A36. Greek god of love ~ EROS

A36. Art Deco artist ~ ERTE

A36. Building site ~ PLOT

A37. Sufi mystic ~ WHIRLINGDERVISH

A37. Asian mystic dancer ~ WHIRLINGDERVISH

A37. Eastern dancer ~ WHIRLINGDERVISH

A40. Land of the leprechauns ~ EIRE

A40. Annoying noises ~ DINS

A41. Singer Lovett ~ LYLE

A41. The longest river in the world ~ NILE

A41. Cow sounds ~ MOOS

A42. "Stupid me!" ~ DOH

A42. Therefore ~ HENCE

A42. Western film ~ OATER

A43. Type of angle ~ ACUTE

A43. CDs' predecessors ~ LPS

A43. Golf-course lengths: Abbr. ~ YDS

A44. Crafty ~ SLY

A44. Director Preminger ~ OTTO

A44. Schoolbook ~ TEXT

A45. Some living room pieces ~ SETTEES

A45. Main arteries ~ AORTAS

A45. Capital of Alaska ~ JUNEAU

A48. Cover with graffiti, e.g. ~ MAR

A46. Veneration ~ AWE

A46. Boston __ Party ~ TEA

A49. Deposed Iranian leader ~ SHAH

A47. Like every prime number above 2 ~ ODD

A47. Brain-scan letters ~ EEG

A50. High tenor ~ ALTO

A48. 18th century machine ~ SPINNINGJENNY

A48. Yarn-making device of yore ~ SPINNINGWHEEL

A52. Part of majorettes' routines ~ TWIRLINGBATONS

A55. Crawl space? ~ POOL

A55. Mix together ~ BLEND

A58. Cousin of a raccoon ~ COATI

A56. Way in ~ DOOR

A56. Stallion's mate ~ MARE

A59. ___ contendere (court plea) ~ NOLO

A57. Site of the 1988 Summer Olympics ~ SEOUL

A57. Divulge a secret ~ BLAB

A60. Arduous journey ~ TREK

A59. Rival of Vogue ~ ELLE

A59. Money spent ~ OUTGO

A61. Dish with seasoned rice ~ PILAF

A60. Raison d'___ ~ ETRE

A60. Brother of Cain ~ ABEL

A62. Got taller ~ GREW

A61. Elvis and Fabian, once ~ IDOLS

A61. Ruination ~ BANE

A63. Like elvers ~ EELY

A62. Garden intruder ~ WEED

A62. "Envious" color ~ GREEN

A64. Ready for anything ~ ALERT

A63. Hoover and Grand Coulee, e.g. ~ DAMS

A63. Grounded jet planes: Abbr. ~ SSTS

A65. Back talk ~ SASS

A64. The "A" of FAQ ~ ASKED

A64. Snow vehicle ~ SLED

A66. Dramatic part ~ ROLE

D1. 905, in old Rome ~ CMV

D1. Competed in a 5 Down ~ RAN

D1. Foamy lather ~ SUDS

D2. One with will power? ~ HEIR

D2. Slightly ~ ABIT

D2. Field's yield ~ CROP

D3. Kind of saxophone ~ ALTO

D3. Diner handout ~ MENU

D3. Tangelo fruit ~ UGLI

D4. Cocktail hour follower ~ MEAL

D4. Constellation component ~ STAR

D4. Tenth-graders ~ TEENS

D5. Helter-skelter ~ PELLMELL

D5. Short race ~ SPRINT

D5. On the go ~ MOBILE

D6. Dictation whiz ~ STENO

D6. Battleground ~ ARENA

D6. Perversely apt ~ IRONIC

D7. Put up, as a painting ~ HANG

D7. Chinese percussion instrument ~ GONG

D7. Sounded a bell ~ RANG

D8. Alero and Aurora maker, for short ~ OLDS

D8. Each, slangily ~ APOP

D8. Traditional ~ OLDWORLD

D9. Like some modern babies ~ TESTTUBE

D9. Parliamentary proposal ~ MOTION

D9. Sterilize ~ DEGERM

D10. Bee's defense ~ STING

D10. Cake covering ~ ICING

D10. Common medicinal plants ~ ALOES

D11. Button on a remote ~ MUTE

D11. Orderly ~ NEAT

D11. Six-stringed instrument ~ VIOL

D12. Change for a five ~ ONES

D12. All __ (attentive) ~ EARS

D12. Bad day for Caesar ~ IDES

D13. Ruby or emerald, e.g. ~ GEM

D13. Genetic identifier ~ DNA

D13. "L.A. Law" actress Susan ~ DEY

D21. BMT and IRT's counterpart ~ IND

D21. Twangy-sounding ~ NASAL

D21. Like lymphatic tissue ~ NODAL

D22. Cheerios grain ~ OAT

D22. Old enough ~ OFAGE

D22. ___ couture ~ HAUTE

D25. Precious stone ~ JEWEL

D25. Rambunctious ~ ROWDY

D25. Scolds (with "out") ~ BAWLS

D26. "Understood," in slang ~ IMHIP

D26. Plant pest ~ APHID

D26. Type of alcohol ~ ETHYL

D27. Dens ~ LAIRS

D27. Horse straps ~ REINS

D27. How some jokes are delivered ~ DRILY

D28. Bottom of a makeshift swing ~ TIRE

D28. Makes a mistake ~ ERRS

D29. Should (with "to") ~ OUGHT

D29. ___-Saxon ~ ANGLO

D29. Archie Bunker type ~ BIGOT

D30. Troy, by another name ~ ILIUM

D30. Portend ~ BODE

D30. Remnants ~ ENDS

D31. ___ Mesa, Calif. ~ COSTA

D31. Cursive's opposite ~ PRINT

D31. Overused, as expressions ~ TRITE

D32. Pre-op inhalant, once ~ ETHER

D32. Puccini opera of 1900 ~ TOSCA

D32. In between ports ~ ATSEA

D34. Fury ~ IRE

D33. "Angela's ___" ~ ASHES

D33. India's first prime minister ~ NEHRU

D36. Pipe material, for short ~ PVC

D35. Huff ~ SNIT

D35. Fort where gold is kept ~ KNOX

D38. Ten, scalewise ~ IDEAL

D36. "... happily ___ after" ~ EVER

D36. Author Hunter ~ EVAN

D39. Sweet sayings? ~ NOTHINGS

D38. Meant ~ INTENDED

D38. "That is to say . . ." ~ IMEAN

D40. Bob Marley was one ~ RASTA

D39. Zimbabwe's former name ~ RHODESIA

D39. Like sandpaper ~ ROUGH

D45. Short ___ (unsympathetic rejection) ~ SHRIFT

D44. Have the deed to ~ OWN

D44. Muscle-bone connector ~ TENDON

D46. "One of These Nights" group ~ EAGLES

D45. Modifying word: Abbr. ~ ADJ

D45. 19 Across features ~ JEWELS

D47. Arm joints ~ ELBOWS

D46. Felt under the weather ~ AILED

D46. Bit of color ~ TINGE

D49. Guitar relative ~ SITAR

D47. Monsters ~ OGRES

D47. Marsh bird ~ EGRET

D51. Aquatic mammal ~ OTTER

D48. Bottom side of a Top-Sider ~ SOLE

D48. Speak unclearly ~ SLUR

D52. Drudgery ~ TOIL

D49. North ___ (Santa's home) ~ POLE

D49. Sampras of tennis ~ PETE

D53. Corduroy feature ~ WALE

D50. Scintilla ~ IOTA

D50. "__ corny as Kansas . . ." ~ IMAS

D54. Screenwriter Ephron ~ NORA

D51. "Cheers" cheer ~ NORM

D51. Captures ~ NABS

D55. Popular cookie ~ OREO

D52. Actor Beatty and others ~ NEDS

D52. Fades away ~ EBBS

D56. "Little" Dickens girl ~ NELL

D53. Alcove ~ NOOK

D53. Israeli airline ~ ELAL

D57. ___ terrier ~ SKYE

D54. Christmas ~ YULE

D54. Narrow street ~ LANE

D58. Tax expert, briefly ~ CPA

D55. Church bench ~ PEW

D55. Cranberry patch ~ BOG

D58. Drug also called acid ~ LSD

D58. Cot or convertible ~ BED

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A1. Tournament winner ~ CHAMP	A1. Hits head-on ~ RAMS	A1. Cottontail's tail ~ SCUT
A6. Wounded by a bullet ~ SHOT	A5. Long story ~ SAGA	A5. Spanish painter Joan ~ MIRO
A10. Air apparent? ~ SMOG	A9. Dug up minerals ~ MINED	A9. Biblical king ~ DAVID
A14. Donnybrook ~ MELEE	A14. Support in a crime ~ ABET	A14. Advocate ~ URGE
A15. Mariner's yarn ~ TALE	A15. Stage accessory ~ PROP	A15. Face-to-face exam ~ ORAL
A16. Melody ~ TUNE	A16. Atlantic, for one ~ OCEAN	A16. Slur over, as a vowel ~ ELIDE
A17. Essential ~ VITAL	A17. One of Columbus' ships ~ NINA	A17. Also-ran in '96 ~ DOLE
A18. They might be split ~ ENDS	A18. Nevada city ~ RENO	A18. 007 ~ BOND
A19. News bit ~ ITEM	A19. Royal headpiece ~ TIARA	A19. Gummy ~ GOOEY
A20. "Harlem Shuffle" band, with "the" ~ ROLLINGSTONES	A20. Climactic moments ~ TURNINGPOINTS	A20. Old yarn-making machines ~ SPINNINGWHEELS
A23. 6, on a phone dial ~ MNO	A23. Santa __, CA ~ ANA	A23. Arias, usually ~ SOLI
A24. Playground game ~ TAG	A24. Visibility problem ~ FOG	A24. Boat propellers ~ OARS
A25. Stranded at the altar ~ JILTED	A25. Least common ~ RAREST	A25. Fourposter, e.g. ~ BED
A29. Border on ~ ABUT	A29. Lima or garbanzo ~ BEAN	A28. Polite behavior ~ DECORUM
A31. Mom-and-pop org. ~ PTA	A31. Brown shade ~ TAN	A30. Clinch, as a deal ~ ICE
A34. Computer letters ~ EMAIL	A34. Drama with music ~ OPERA	A33. Open-air courtyards ~ ATRIA
A35. Hoity-toity type ~ SNOB	A35. Hereditary ruler ~ KING	A35. Utmost (Abbr.) ~ ULT
A36. Greek god of love ~ EROS	A36. Art Deco artist ~ ERTE	A36. Building site ~ PLOT
A37. Sufi mystic ~ WHIRLINGDERVISH	A37. Asian mystic dancer ~ WHIRLINGDERVISH	A37. Eastern dancer ~ WHIRLINGDERVISH
A40. Land of the leprechauns ~ EIRE	A40. Annoying noises ~ DINS	A41. Singer Lovett ~ LYLE
A41. The longest river in the world ~ NILE	A41. Cow sounds ~ MOOS	A42. "Stupid me!" ~ DOH
A42. Therefore ~ HENCE	A42. Western film ~ OATER	A43. Type of angle ~ ACUTE
A43. CDs' predecessors ~ LPS	A43. Golf-course lengths: Abbr. ~ YDS	A44. Crafty ~ SLY
A44. Director Preminger ~ OTTO	A44. Schoolbook ~ TEXT	A45. Some living room pieces ~ SETTEES
A45. Main arteries ~ AORTAS	A45. Capital of Alaska ~ JUNEAU	A48. Cover with graffiti, e.g. ~ MAR
A46. Veneration ~ AWE	A46. Boston __ Party ~ TEA	A49. Deposed Iranian leader ~ SHAH
A47. Like every prime number above 2 ~ ODD	A47. Brain-scan letters ~ EEG	A50. High tenor ~ ALTO
A48. 18th century machine ~ SPINNINGJENNY	A48. Yarn-making device of yore ~ SPINNINGWHEEL	A52. Part of majorettes' routines ~ TWIRLINGBATONS
A55. Crawl space? ~ POOL	A55. Mix together ~ BLEND	A58. Cousin of a raccoon ~ COATI
A56. Way in ~ DOOR	A56. Stallion's mate ~ MARE	A59. ___ contendere (court plea) ~ NOLO
A57. Site of the 1988 Summer Olympics ~ SEOUL	A57. Divulge a secret ~ BLAB	A60. Arduous journey ~ TREK
A59. Rival of Vogue ~ ELLE	A59. Money spent ~ OUTGO	A61. Dish with seasoned rice ~ PILAF
A60. Raison d'___ ~ ETRE	A60. Brother of Cain ~ ABEL	A62. Got taller ~ GREW
A61. Elvis and Fabian, once ~ IDOLS	A61. Ruination ~ BANE	A63. Like elvers ~ EELY
A62. Garden intruder ~ WEED	A62. "Envious" color ~ GREEN	A64. Ready for anything ~ ALERT
A63. Hoover and Grand Coulee, e.g. ~ DAMS	A63. Grounded jet planes: Abbr. ~ SSTS	A65. Back talk ~ SASS
A64. The "A" of FAQ ~ ASKED	A64. Snow vehicle ~ SLED	A66. Dramatic part ~ ROLE
D1. 905, in old Rome ~ CMV	D1. Competed in a 5 Down ~ RAN	D1. Foamy lather ~ SUDS
D2. One with will power? ~ HEIR	D2. Slightly ~ ABIT	D2. Field's yield ~ CROP
D3. Kind of saxophone ~ ALTO	D3. Diner handout ~ MENU	D3. Tangelo fruit ~ UGLI
D4. Cocktail hour follower ~ MEAL	D4. Constellation component ~ STAR	D4. Tenth-graders ~ TEENS
D5. Helter-skelter ~ PELLMELL	D5. Short race ~ SPRINT	D5. On the go ~ MOBILE
D6. Dictation whiz ~ STENO	D6. Battleground ~ ARENA	D6. Perversely apt ~ IRONIC
D7. Put up, as a painting ~ HANG	D7. Chinese percussion instrument ~ GONG	D7. Sounded a bell ~ RANG
D8. Alero and Aurora maker, for short ~ OLDS	D8. Each, slangily ~ APOP	D8. Traditional ~ OLDWORLD
D9. Like some modern babies ~ TESTTUBE	D9. Parliamentary proposal ~ MOTION	D9. Sterilize ~ DEGERM
D10. Bee's defense ~ STING	D10. Cake covering ~ ICING	D10. Common medicinal plants ~ ALOES
D11. Button on a remote ~ MUTE	D11. Orderly ~ NEAT	D11. Six-stringed instrument ~ VIOL
D12. Change for a five ~ ONES	D12. All __ (attentive) ~ EARS	D12. Bad day for Caesar ~ IDES
D13. Ruby or emerald, e.g. ~ GEM	D13. Genetic identifier ~ DNA	D13. "L.A. Law" actress Susan ~ DEY
D21. BMT and IRT's counterpart ~ IND	D21. Twangy-sounding ~ NASAL	D21. Like lymphatic tissue ~ NODAL
D22. Cheerios grain ~ OAT	D22. Old enough ~ OFAGE	D22. ___ couture ~ HAUTE
D25. Precious stone ~ JEWEL	D25. Rambunctious ~ ROWDY	D25. Scolds (with "out") ~ BAWLS
D26. "Understood," in slang ~ IMHIP	D26. Plant pest ~ APHID	D26. Type of alcohol ~ ETHYL
D27. Dens ~ LAIRS	D27. Horse straps ~ REINS	D27. How some jokes are delivered ~ DRILY
D28. Bottom of a makeshift swing ~ TIRE	D28. Makes a mistake ~ ERRS	D29. Should (with "to") ~ OUGHT
D29. ___-Saxon ~ ANGLO	D29. Archie Bunker type ~ BIGOT	D30. Troy, by another name ~ ILIUM
D30. Portend ~ BODE	D30. Remnants ~ ENDS	D31. ___ Mesa, Calif. ~ COSTA
D31. Cursive's opposite ~ PRINT	D31. Overused, as expressions ~ TRITE	D32. Pre-op inhalant, once ~ ETHER
D32. Puccini opera of 1900 ~ TOSCA	D32. In between ports ~ ATSEA	D34. Fury ~ IRE
D33. "Angela's ___" ~ ASHES	D33. India's first prime minister ~ NEHRU	D36. Pipe material, for short ~ PVC
D35. Huff ~ SNIT	D35. Fort where gold is kept ~ KNOX	D38. Ten, scalewise ~ IDEAL
D36. "... happily ___ after" ~ EVER	D36. Author Hunter ~ EVAN	D39. Sweet sayings? ~ NOTHINGS
D38. Meant ~ INTENDED	D38. "That is to say . . ." ~ IMEAN	D40. Bob Marley was one ~ RASTA
D39. Zimbabwe's former name ~ RHODESIA	D39. Like sandpaper ~ ROUGH	D45. Short ___ (unsympathetic rejection) ~ SHRIFT
D44. Have the deed to ~ OWN	D44. Muscle-bone connector ~ TENDON	D46. "One of These Nights" group ~ EAGLES
D45. Modifying word: Abbr. ~ ADJ	D45. 19 Across features ~ JEWELS	D47. Arm joints ~ ELBOWS
D46. Felt under the weather ~ AILED	D46. Bit of color ~ TINGE	D49. Guitar relative ~ SITAR
D47. Monsters ~ OGRES	D47. Marsh bird ~ EGRET	D51. Aquatic mammal ~ OTTER
D48. Bottom side of a Top-Sider ~ SOLE	D48. Speak unclearly ~ SLUR	D52. Drudgery ~ TOIL
D49. North ___ (Santa's home) ~ POLE	D49. Sampras of tennis ~ PETE	D53. Corduroy feature ~ WALE
D50. Scintilla ~ IOTA	D50. "__ corny as Kansas . . ." ~ IMAS	D54. Screenwriter Ephron ~ NORA
D51. "Cheers" cheer ~ NORM	D51. Captures ~ NABS	D55. Popular cookie ~ OREO
D52. Actor Beatty and others ~ NEDS	D52. Fades away ~ EBBS	D56. "Little" Dickens girl ~ NELL
D53. Alcove ~ NOOK	D53. Israeli airline ~ ELAL	D57. ___ terrier ~ SKYE
D54. Christmas ~ YULE	D54. Narrow street ~ LANE	D58. Tax expert, briefly ~ CPA
D55. Church bench ~ PEW	D55. Cranberry patch ~ BOG
D58. Drug also called acid ~ LSD	D58. Cot or convertible ~ BED