Monday

monday, december 03, 2007
harvey estes / will shortz
ny times online premium crossword puzzle



















difficulty factor: none to speak of...




theme: powerful words

20A STRONG
36A MIGHTY
49A POTENT


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in the "notes of record" category
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in the "not necessarily explained just by the answer" category
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in the "your mileage may vary" category:
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dann
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1A part of a molecule 5A supply-and-demand subj. 9A pepsi and rc 14A prom night transportation 15A furry tunneler 16A face-to-face exams 17A alda of "what women want" 18A othello's false friend 19A white-plumed wader 20A profanity, e.g. 23A 2007 film "_ and the real girl" 24A "bonanza" star greene 25A sit behind bars 28A memorial designer maya _ 29A cowboy boot attachment 32A madonna title role 33A flies off the handle 35A mail carrier's beat: abbr. 36A 1995 woody alien comedy 39A number before "ignition ... liftoff!" 40A bank robber's job 41A dressed to the _ 42A arctic floater 44A suffix with meth- 45A "no exit" playwright 46A becomes frayed 48A hand protector 49A classic "jeopardy!" category 54A henhouse perch 55A earthenware jar 56A college in new rochelle, n.y. 57A from days of yore 58A bring up, as children 59A be certain about 60A saltine brand 61A home of the invaders in wells's "the war of the worlds" 62A snaky swimmers 1D self-pitying cry 2D pinball foul 3D sharif of "doctor zhivago" 4D monument carved from a single stone 5D settler from a foreign land 6D snowman's eyes 7D olympic gymnast korbut 8D nighttime advertising sign, maybe 9D _ de lion, epithet for richard i 10D church hymn accompaniers 11D easily read type 12D away from the wind 13D lander at j.f.k., once 21D football's broadway joe 22D dead duck 25D brit's service discharge 26D sheeplike 27D golfer named a.p. male athlete of the year four times 28D senior moment, e.g. 30D pure-and-simple 31D witherspoon of "walk the line" 33D cloudburst 34D beethoven specialty 37D have a hankering 38D off-road two-wheeler 43D gird oneself 45D indian instruments 47D prudential rival 48D grinding tooth 49D extremity of the earth 50D "not guilty,"for one 51D companionless 52D hydroxyl-carbon compound 53D toothed tools 54D peri gilpin's "frasier" role

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