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New York Times, Monday, November 10, 1997

Author:
Grace Fabbroni
Editor:
Will Shortz
19-Across : Ladder step
TotalDebutLatest
217/12/197711/10/1997
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
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Grace Fabbroni

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 44 Missing: {FJQVX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 21 for Ms. Fabbroni. Monday freshness: 10%
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© 1997, The New York Times11/10/97 ( No. 17,534 )
Across
1
Milky-white gem : OPAL
5
Turned white : PALED
10
Inclusion with a MS. : SASE
14
Trucking rig : SEMI
15
French love : AMOUR
16
Drug ___ (Washington pooh-bah) : CZAR
17
Patronizing person : SNOB
18
Sparkling headwear : TIARA
19
Ladder step : RUNG
20
Start of a quip : DIRTISNOTDIRT
23
Son of Aphrodite : EROS
24
Fencing blade : EPEE
25
Harmony : AMITY
28
On the up-and-up : LEGIT
31
Rioter's take : LOOT
32
Joins : UNITES
34
Hen's pride : EGG
37
Middle of the quip : BUTONLYMATTERIN
40
Adriatic, e.g. : SEA
41
Ryan and Tatum of filmdom : ONEALS
42
Verdi's slave girl : AIDA
43
Tête-à-têtes : CHATS
44
Awry : ASKEW
45
Feedback of a sort : ECHO
47
Like auto shop floors : OILY
49
End of the quip : THEWRONGPLACE
55
___ and tell : SHOW
56
Scarlett, for one : OHARA
57
Snug : COZY
59
Sped : TORE
60
Heavy volumes : TOMES
61
Lamb's sobriquet : ELIA
62
Took advantage of : USED
63
Kasparov's game : CHESS
64
Red light directive : STOP
Down
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C.I.A. predecessor : OSS
2
Await judgment : PEND
3
To me, in Paris : AMOI
4
It kept Bizet busy : LIBRETTO
5
Outdoor lounging area : PATIO
6
Faulty : AMISS
7
Temporary use : LOAN
8
Currency replacing the mark, franc, lira, etc. : EURO
9
"Phooey!" : DRAT
10
Actor's "homework" : SCRIPT
11
Sky-blue : AZURE
12
"À votre ___!" : SANTE
13
Work unit : ERG
21
Word repeated before "again," in a saying : TRY
22
Jefferson, religiously : DEIST
25
Priests' garments : ALBS
26
Grimace : MOUE
27
Smidgen : IOTA
28
Beans in a stew : LIMAS
29
List-ending abbr. : ETAL
30
Catches on : GETS
32
Forearm bone : ULNA
33
Boris's refusal : NYET
34
Actor Estrada : ERIK
35
1947 Literature Nobelist André : GIDE
36
Eat beaver-style : GNAW
38
Not at all : NOHOW
39
Classic 30's-40's radio comedy : EASYACES
43
Reprimanded, with "out" : CHEWED
44
100% : ALL
45
Group character : ETHOS
46
Taking out the garbage, e.g. : CHORE
47
Fairy tale villains : OGRES
48
Bridge declaration : IPASS
50
University mil. group : ROTC
51
"Oops!" : OHOH
52
Reputation : NAME
53
Revolver inventor : COLT
54
Pinza of the Met : EZIO
55
Trio after R : STU
58
Prattle : YAP

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