Crossword Edited by Will Shortz
No. 0503
ACROSS
Lines at the
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cinema?
Trim, as text
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What a winner
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takes, it’s said
___ Prize
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(satirical scientific award since 1991)
Seaweed around
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sushi
Oolong, e.g.
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Mix at a mixer,
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say
Annual
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video game competition, for short
Event first
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televised in 1953, with “the” Finishes
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S.U.V. alternative
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Hoppy brew
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Gobbled up
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Texter’s “Can you
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believe it?!”
Metaphor for
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lies, in a Walter
Scott poem Pinnacle
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Took without
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asking
One day ___ time
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Historical
39 & 43
period found in each set of circled letters Long, long time
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Add up to
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Bearded beasts
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Fit perfectly
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The first “O” of
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O.O.O.
Fled
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Cube root of
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1,000 Intel-gathering
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mission
Opening with
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leaks?
Feature of a
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deerstalker
Baton Rouge
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sch.
Surviving, but
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just barely A braggart has a
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big one
Opposite of “for
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here”
Humble response
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to “How do you do it?” “Unbelievable!”
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Site of a fabled
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gift horse
Snags
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DOWN
Coins that are
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1.35 mm thick “Go ahead, tell
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me the answer” Latin phrase
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before a year Yule ___
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(Christmas confection)
Like kiwis and
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plum tomatoes,
by shape Astonished
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exclamations Competition
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participant
Homer Simpson’s
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signature cries Vexation
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The first “O” of
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O-O-O
Gazillions
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NSFW, probably
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Young chaps
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Aboveboard
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Many California
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wines
___ Richards
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a.k.a. Mr. Fantastic “Couldn’t have
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said it any better”
Partner
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“Smells Like ___
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Spirit” (Nirvana song)
Divine Father
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Needed further
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explanation Shakespearean
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words to a traitor Howls at the
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moon
Terrific, in slang
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With 52-Down,
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39-Across leader from 1949 to 1976
Singer James
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In the near
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future
Greek vowel
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Feverish
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symptom
“Good going!”
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Suspicious (of)
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Class with
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angles, for short See 36-Down
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Batman or Harry
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Potter, e.g. Tributary of the
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Missouri River
Unclothed figures
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“I’m glad that’s
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over!”
Jafar’s parrot in
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“Aladdin”
Have memorized
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Breakfast brand
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Green dispensers
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Cousin ___ (“The
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Addams Family” character) Neither’s partner
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Basis for some
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vaccines