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New York Times, Monday, October 4, 1999

Author:
Joey Crumley
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Across : Worked the field
TotalDebutLatest
25/31/199910/4/1999
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0200000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5128%
Joey Crumley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QW} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Crumley. Monday freshness: 15%
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© 1999, The New York Times10/4/99 ( No. 18,227 )
Across
1
Pre-entree course : SALAD
6
___ Canaveral : CAPE
10
Cheetah feature : SPOT
14
Palate appendage : UVULA
15
Mozart's "Il mio tesoro," e.g. : ARIA
16
Soothing succulent : ALOE
17
Spillane detective : MIKEHAMMER
19
Completely demolish : RAZE
20
Cover : OVERLIE
21
Quills : SPINES
23
Worked the field : TILLED
26
Enzyme suffix : ASE
27
"Don't get any funny ___!" : IDEAS
29
Abominable Snowman : YETI
31
Number after due : TRE
34
Telephone attachment : CORD
35
Hercules type : HEMAN
36
Popular dog's name : REX
37
"Gimme ___!" (start of an Iowa State cheer) : ANI
38
Deduces : REASONS
40
___ de France : ILE
41
Nada : NIL
42
Ohio tire city : AKRON
43
Watering holes : SPAS
44
Actor Mineo : SAL
45
Tavern offering : BEER
46
Like craft shows : ARTSY
48
Darjeeling or oolong : TEA
50
One who's been initiated : MEMBER
52
Turns away : AVERTS
55
Like pottery : CERAMIC
59
___ of Arc : JOAN
60
Grade school marching orders : SINGLEFILE
63
After-hours money sources, for short : ATMS
64
Shade provider : TREE
65
Scrawny chicken parts : NECKS
66
Musical symbol : REST
67
Swami : SAGE
68
Sugary snack, say : TREAT
Down
1
Kind of wrestling : SUMO
2
Tel ___ : AVIV
3
Book before John : LUKE
4
Warned : ALERTED
5
Showy bloom : DAHLIA
6
Oasis animal : CAMEL
7
Take up weapons : ARM
8
Epitome of easiness : PIE
9
Obstacles for barbers : EARS
10
Madras dresses : SARIS
11
Flights : PLANETRIPS
12
Seep : OOZE
13
Golfer's bagful : TEES
18
Is under the weather : AILS
22
Nuisances : PAINS
24
Rundown shack, e.g. : EYESORE
25
Evil one : DEMON
27
Ancient Aegean land : IONIA
28
Precision squads : DRILLTEAMS
30
Turn into leather : TAN
32
Race with a baton : RELAY
33
Men in Liz's past : EXES
34
Trash holders : CANS
35
Sheik's bevy : HAREM
38
Morocco's capital : RABAT
39
Barely make, with "out" : EKE
43
Aerial assailant : STRAFER
46
Genesis brother : ABEL
47
Sublet : RERENT
49
Dadaist Max : ERNST
51
Former NBC newsman Frank : MCGEE
52
Not fully closed : AJAR
53
November exhortation : VOTE
54
J.F.K. arrivals : SSTS
56
Cheese lovers? : MICE
57
Actress Chase : ILKA
58
"___ la vie" : CEST
61
Golden-ager's nest egg, for short : IRA
62
A photog saves it : NEG

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