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New York Times, Monday, November 13, 1995

Author:
Norma Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
69-Across : Risk takers may find them shaky
TotalDebutLatest
5212/7/19824/11/2005
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.57473513%
Norma Steinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 41 for Ms. Steinberg. Monday freshness: 76%
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© 1995, The New York Times11/13/95 ( No. 16,806 )
Across
1
Kiss : BUSS
5
Mrs. Parks from Montgomery : ROSA
9
Actress Lawrence : VICKI
14
Russia's ___ Mountains : URAL
15
"___ it my way" (Sinatra lyric) : IDID
16
Was in pain : ACHED
17
Suffix with convert : IBLE
18
Straw vote : POLL
19
Oyster cloister : SHELL
20
Welfare office employees, e.g. : CASEWORKERS
23
Snoop : SPY
24
Rogues : KNAVES
25
Cook, as a turkey : ROAST
27
"Come in!" : ENTER
30
Teeth straighteners : BRACES
33
Dole or Hoskins : BOB
36
Thingamajig : DEVICE
38
___ music (Weavers' genre) : FOLK
39
Walrus tusks : IVORY
41
Fraternity letter : ETA
42
Shade of green : KELLY
43
Curbside cry : TAXI
44
Intl. assn. for learning : UNESCO
46
1981 film "___ Boot" : DAS
47
Skiing areas : SLOPES
49
Midgetlike : SHORT
51
"Cherchez la ___!" : FEMME
53
Illinois city : PEORIA
57
Former mil. auxiliary : WAF
59
Drive fast : BARRELALONG
62
Friend south of the border : AMIGO
64
PBS science series : NOVA
65
Israel's Abba : EBAN
66
Shoestrings : LACES
67
Bridge : SPAN
68
Eat fancily : DINE
69
Risk takers may find them shaky : KNEES
70
Manage, as a bar : TEND
71
Singles : ONES
Down
1
Century or Le Sabre : BUICK
2
City-related : URBAN
3
Hot sauce : SALSA
4
Jacket part : SLEEVE
5
Snappy comeback : RIPOSTE
6
Olfactory stimulation : ODOR
7
Fine stocking material : SILK
8
Psychologist Alfred : ADLER
9
Poughkeepsie campus : VASSAR
10
German "I" : ICH
11
Winter woe : CHESTCOLD
12
Seaweed : KELP
13
Casually : IDLY
21
"Peter Pan" girl : WENDY
22
Caftan : ROBE
26
Ump's call : SAFE
28
Neck and neck : EVEN
29
Ceremonies : RITES
31
Jazzy Fitzgerald : ELLA
32
"The ___ the limit!" : SKYS
33
Computer units : BITS
34
Elliptical : OVAL
35
Ticket sales : BOXOFFICE
37
___ and carry : CASH
40
Ready for harvest : RIPE
42
"M*A*S*H" locale : KOREA
44
West Point inits. : USMA
45
"Billy the Kid" composer : COPLAND
48
Print in relief : EMBOSS
50
Spanish city : TOLEDO
52
Artist Max : ERNST
54
Bruce Wayne's ward : ROBIN
55
Nonsensical : INANE
56
Memorable 1972 hurricane : AGNES
57
Beat the rap : WALK
58
To ___ (unanimously) : AMAN
60
Cowboy's equipment : ROPE
61
Writer Hunter : EVAN
63
"Golly!" : GEE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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