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New York Times, Wednesday, January 28, 1998

Author:
Mark Gottlieb
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Across : Rapscallion
TotalDebutLatest
210/27/19971/28/1998
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.5651%
Mark Gottlieb

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Gottlieb. Wednesday freshness: 0%
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© 1998, The New York Times1/28/98 ( No. 17,613 )
Across
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Siamese and Persian : CATS
5
Creator of Rabbit and Piglet : MILNE
10
Soak up some sun : BASK
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Touched down : ALIT
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10 on a scale of 1 to 10 : IDEAL
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Minute ___ : RICE
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Look on tiptoe, say : PEER
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Burglar deterrent : ALARM
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Russia's ___ Mountains : URAL
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Ivy preferred by vegetarians? : CREAMEDCORNELL
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Used car caveat : ASIS
24
Cuddly bear : TEDDY
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Rapscallion : SCAMP
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West Pointer : CADET
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Chit : IOU
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Goalie's spot : CREASE
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Crunchy sandwich : TACO
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Ivy found in Haiti? : PORTAUPRINCETON
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Jab back and forth : SPAR
43
Unperturbed : SEDATE
44
Mine find : ORE
45
Arson evidence : ASHES
47
Harsh criticism, so to speak : LUMPS
49
Screening device : SIEVE
52
Riverbank component : SILT
54
Ivy that belongs in a museum? : OBJETDARTMOUTH
60
One who's in it for himself : USER
61
Paris landmark, with "L'" : OPERA
62
It's rough on roaches : RAID
64
Moments, informally : SECS
65
Fix, as a computer program : DEBUG
66
Microwave : NUKE
67
Pot component : ANTE
68
Speechify : ORATE
69
Hodgepodge : STEW
Down
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Insignia site : CAP
2
Actor McCowen : ALEC
3
Wedding cake feature : TIER
4
Flow : STREAM
5
Don Shula's team : MIAMI
6
Runs with no effect : IDLES
7
Kind of balloon : LEAD
8
D.E.A. agent : NARC
9
Ticklish one : ELMO
10
Clairol choice : BRUNETTE
11
Broadcast : AIRED
12
Almost boil : SCALD
13
Relative of jade or emerald : KELLY
21
Org. to adopt a puppy from : ASPCA
22
Road with a no. : RTE
25
Tastes : SIPS
26
Farm combine? : COOP
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A movie star may carry one : AURA
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Jokesters : CARDS
29
Atlas section : ASIA
30
Ding : DENT
33
Send by FedEx, e.g. : RUSH
34
Swordplay : EPEE
36
Teensy bit : ATOM
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Business org. : CORP
38
Change for a five : ONES
40
Cross : TRAVERSE
41
Instrument played while seated : CELLO
46
Prepared : SET
48
Reversals : UTURNS
49
The March King : SOUSA
50
"Hedda Gabler" playwright : IBSEN
51
Button on James Bond's dashboard? : EJECT
52
Swagger : STRUT
53
General perception : IMAGE
55
Dumbbell : DODO
56
Impersonator : APER
57
First name in country : REBA
58
Without slack : TAUT
59
Go on a nature walk : HIKE
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Kind of line : DEW

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