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New York Times, Monday, January 13, 1997

Author:
G. E. Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Across : Grotto
TotalDebutLatest
1169/13/199410/17/2005
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.502306%
Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {BFJQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 42 for Mr. Paul. Monday freshness: 29%
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© 1997, The New York Times1/13/97 ( No. 17,233 )
Across
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Poverty : WANT
5
Mutual of ___ : OMAHA
10
Track tipster : TOUT
14
Neighborhood : AREA
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Artist Bonheur and others : ROSAS
16
Like Solomon : WISE
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Watch face : DIAL
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Whitney's partner in airplanes : PRATT
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Pizazz : ELAN
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1970's New York Knick's nickname : EARLTHEPEARL
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Western alliance: Abbr. : OAS
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Sidestep : EVADE
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Grotto : CAVERN
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20- and 51-Across, e.g. : ATHLETES
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States firmly : AVERS
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To ___ (precisely) : ATEE
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"___ the season to be jolly" : TIS
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Hank Ketcham comic strip : DENNISTHEMENACE
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Purpose : END
43
Harrow's rival : ETON
44
Dog: Fr. : CHIEN
45
When American elections are held : TUESDAYS
48
Rio ___ (border river) : GRANDE
49
Take care of, as duties : SEETO
50
Nearly worthless coin : SOU
51
1960-66 N.B.A. scoring leader, informally : WILTTHESTILT
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Jellystone Park bear : YOGI
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"I don't give ___!" : AHOOT
63
Scent : ODOR
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G.I. addresses : APOS
65
Jazz singer Vaughan : SARAH
66
Burn soother : ALOE
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Didn't part with : KEPT
68
Pickpocketed : STOLE
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Physics unit : DYNE
Down
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Walk in the baby pool : WADE
2
La Scala solo : ARIA
3
Not distant : NEAR
4
Six-foot or more : TALL
5
Annie, e.g., in the comics : ORPHAN
6
Folkways : MORES
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"Rush!" : ASAP
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Abhor : HATE
9
30's movie dog : ASTA
10
Midnight : TWELVE
11
Source of Rockefeller money : OIL
12
Red, white and blue initials : USA
13
Hamilton's bill : TEN
21
Trunks : TORSI
22
Seminary subj. : REL
25
Reach : ATTAIN
26
Cleared, as a winter windshield : DEICED
27
Ancient Palestinian : ESSENE
28
West Pointers : CADETS
29
Boulevard : AVENUE
30
Buyer : VENDEE
31
Suffix with east or west : ERN
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One of the Three Musketeers : ATHOS
33
MTV's target viewer : TEEN
34
Haw's partner : HEM
36
Bar member: Abbr. : ATTY
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Poseidon's realm : SEA
40
Pale colors : ECRUS
41
Shelter grp. : NHA
46
Double curve, as in yarn : STWIST
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"How ___ love thee? Let me..." : DOI
48
"Faust" dramatist : GOETHE
50
Sand bar : SHOAL
52
Sweetheart : LASS
53
"Anything but ___!" : THAT
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Bullfight bull : TORO
55
"The Wind in the Willows" character : TOAD
56
Without thought : IDLY
57
Diving bird : LOON
58
Chestnut or walnut : TREE
59
Talk, talk, talk : YAK
60
Unlock, in poetry : OPE
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Republicans, collectively : GOP

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