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New York Times, Tuesday, October 24, 1995

Author:
Stephanie Spadaccini
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Juicy reading
TotalDebutLatest
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Stephanie Spadaccini

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QWXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 12 for Ms. Spadaccini. Tuesday freshness: 46%
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© 1995, The New York Times10/24/95 ( No. 16,786 )
Across
1
Amulet : CHARM
6
Box office hit, slangily : BOFF
10
Coasted : SLID
14
Movie cowboy Lash ___ : LARUE
15
Atmosphere : AURA
16
Peg Bracken's "I ___ to Cook Book" : HATE
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Discharge : EGEST
18
Read quickly : SCAN
19
Russian "John" : IVAN
20
Juicy reading : TRASHYNOVELS
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A B C's : BASICS
25
Slippery guy : EEL
26
Seeded bread : RYE
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"Runaway" singer Shannon : DEL
28
Comic Margaret : CHO
29
Three, in Ulm : DREI
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Conceits : EGOS
33
Corrida cheer : OLE
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Pants' lowest point : ANKLE
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Nutrition is not their concern : JUNKFOODJUNKIES
43
Get close to, old-style : ANEAR
44
Sneaky laugh : HEH
45
Flaccid : SOFT
46
Argument : TIFF
49
Hijinks : FUN
51
Grand Central, e.g.: Abbr. : STA
52
Recede : EBB
55
German article : DIE
56
Playful, as a kitten : FRISKY
58
City dweller's awakener, maybe : GARBAGETRUCK
61
Sticky stuff : GLUE
62
Sheltered : ALEE
63
"G.E. College Bowl" host Robert : EARLE
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Give off : EMIT
68
Depend (on) : RELY
69
Tough guy : STOIC
70
Unit of force : DYNE
71
Mineral rocks : ORES
72
Allegro, e.g. : TEMPO
Down
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Maison's key : CLE
2
Witch : HAG
3
"We ___ the Champions" (1978 hit) : ARE
4
Loses limberness : RUSTS
5
System of measurement : METRIC
6
Recital performance : BASSSOLO
7
Reaction to a pinch : OUCH
8
Like old lamp cords : FRAYED
9
One who completely misses the ball : FANNER
10
Street knife : SHIV
11
Tennis's Rod : LAVER
12
Where Como is : ITALY
13
Tightly packed : DENSE
21
Flu clue : ACHOO
22
New York city : OLEAN
23
Commenced : BEGUN
24
Autobiographical book by Adm. Byrd : ALONE
27
"It's ___ vu all over again": Yogi Berra : DEJA
30
Signs on the dotted line : INKS
32
32-card game : SKAT
34
Old English letter : EDH
36
Newsstand : KIOSK
37
Southpaw : LEFTY
38
"Cómo ___?" : ESTA
40
Mexican artist Kahlo : FRIDA
41
Anne of TV's "Topper" : JEFFREYS
42
Swahili "freedom" : UHURU
47
The barber of Seville : FIGARO
48
Bug's antenna : FEELER
50
Most genteel : NICEST
52
Prodded, with "on" : EGGED
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Mild and pleasant : BALMY
54
U.C.L.A. player : BRUIN
57
Rollerblade : SKATE
59
___ noire : BETE
60
Prompter's beginning : TELE
64
Computer acronym : ROM
65
Back talk : LIP
66
Author Umberto : ECO

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