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New York Times, Monday, January 27, 1997

Author:
F. Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
63-Across : Soaked
TotalDebutLatest
15411/22/19939/1/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1425262552948
RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.5550233%
Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {GJQWXZ} This is puzzle # 27 for Mr. Piscop. Monday freshness: 72%
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C
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© 1997, The New York Times1/27/97 ( No. 17,247 )
Across
1
Desert plants : CACTI
6
Swap : TRADE
11
Stomach muscles, for short : ABS
14
Extraterrestrial : ALIEN
15
King or queen : RULER
16
Do some soft-shoe : TAP
17
Big name in video rentals : BLOCKBUSTER
19
Kimono accessory : OBI
20
Musical partner of Crosby and Stills : NASH
21
Madison Avenue worker : ADMAN
23
Big monkeys : BABOONS
27
French artist Henri : MATISSE
29
Adjusts to fit : ADAPTS
30
Extreme cruelty : SADISM
31
Religious factions : SECTS
32
Top floor : ATTIC
33
Rainbow shape : ARC
36
Lodge members : ELKS
37
Air raid alert : SIREN
38
Words of comprehension : ISEE
39
Tiny bit, as of cream : DAB
40
Asia's ___ Peninsula : MALAY
41
Bus station posting: Abbr. : SCHED
42
Mickey of "National Velvet" : ROONEY
44
Word said to a photographer : CHEESE
45
Split with a hatchet : CLEAVED
47
Scorched : CHARRED
48
Contract with a car dealer : LEASE
49
Limerick, e.g. : POEM
50
Bic filler : INK
51
58
"We're number ___!" : ONE
59
Eskimo boat : UMIAK
60
Lariat's end : NOOSE
61
Neighbor of Isr. : SYR
62
Little finger : PINKY
63
Soaked : SOPPY
Down
1
Quick way around town : CAB
2
The whole shooting match : ALL
3
A.F.L.'s partner : CIO
4
Gumshoe : TEC
5
Tied up : INKNOTS
6
Supporting beam : TRUSS
7
"High priority!" : RUSH
8
Supermodel Carol : ALT
9
Ruby or Sandra : DEE
10
Unpredictable : ERRATIC
11
Cyclotron : ATOMSMASHER
12
Rum cakes : BABAS
13
Vertebra locale : SPINE
18
Prohibits : BANS
22
Malign, in slang : DIS
23
Established : BASED
24
Writer ___ Rogers St. Johns : ADELA
25
Exhausting task : BACKBREAKER
26
Chooses : OPTS
27
Chum, to a Brit : MATEY
28
Tennis score : ADIN
30
Homeless animal : STRAY
32
Felt crummy : AILED
34
Pee Wee of Ebbets Field : REESE
35
Yielded : CEDED
37
Having one's marbles : SANE
38
Cake finisher : ICER
40
Advances : MOVESUP
41
Tribal healers : SHAMANS
43
Western treaty grp. : OAS
44
Sonny's ex : CHER
45
Advertising awards : CLIOS
46
Comedian Bruce : LENNY
47
Overly self-confident : COCKY
49
Mountain : PEAK
52
"___ Blue?" (1929 #1 hit) : AMI
53
Five smackeroos : FIN
54
Dove sound : COO
55
Keystone character : KOP
56
Sixth sense, for short : ESP
57
Juan Carlos, e.g. : REY

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