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New York Times, Wednesday, November 18, 1998

Author:
Stephanie Spadaccini
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Across : Game of chance
TotalDebutLatest
441/27/197710/5/1999
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.54126814%
Stephanie Spadaccini

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JKQX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 36 for Ms. Spadaccini. Wednesday freshness: 8%
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© 1998, The New York Times11/18/98 ( No. 17,907 )
Across
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Game of chance : BEANO
6
Exit quickly : FLEE
10
Part of a profit calculation : COST
14
Kind of surgery : LASER
15
Red shade : RUBY
16
1983 award for David Mamet : OBIE
17
Indian ___ : OCEAN
18
Medicinal plant : ALOE
19
Riviera city : NICE
20
French wine made the old-fashioned way? : CHATEAULAFEET
23
Sphere : ORB
24
Rolaids rival : TUMS
25
Machine part? : POL
28
Birthday-to-birthday span : YEAR
31
Dom DeLuise sitcom "___ Luck" : LOTSA
34
Mine, in Amiens : AMOI
36
Newsman Elie : ABEL
38
Loathsome individuals : TOADS
40
French delicacy served at McDonald's? : PATTYDEFOIEGRAS
43
Jazzman Shapiro : ARTIE
44
Valley : DELL
45
"It ___ Necessarily So" : AINT
46
Young man : SONNY
48
Beggar's duds : RAGS
50
"Hel-l-l-lp!" : SOS
51
Plus others : ETAL
53
Ill. neighbor : WIS
55
Low-cal version of a hi-cal French dessert? : GRAPESSUZETTE
61
Pound of literature : EZRA
63
___ Duro Canyon, Tex. : PALO
64
Salinger's "Franny and ___" : ZOOEY
65
Become frayed : WEAR
66
What feuding families may get : EVEN
67
Kind of cycle : LUNAR
68
Whirlpool : EDDY
69
Moist : DEWY
70
TV actress Christine : ELISE
Down
1
Group, as of votes : BLOC
2
Apiece : EACH
3
In a muddle : ASEA
4
"Cool!" : NEATO
5
Obstinate : ORNERY
6
The lady of the Haus : FRAU
7
Downtime : LULL
8
W.W. II vessel : EBOAT
9
Quite a sight : EYEFUL
10
Pioneer's wagon : CONESTOGA
11
Life sentences? : OBIT
12
"___ 'em, Rover!" : SIC
13
Driving aid? : TEE
21
Draw ___ on (aim at) : ABEAD
22
Ham it up : EMOTE
25
Family man : PAPA
26
Bradley and Sharif : OMARS
27
Get-rich-quick method : LOTTO
29
Not up : ABED
30
Hand over (to) : REFER
32
Ganges garb : SARIS
33
"A Bell for ___" : ADANO
35
A going concern? : ITINERARY
37
1970 Kinks hit : LOLA
39
Some jets : SSTS
41
Busybody : YENTA
42
Labor grp. since 1900 : ILGWU
47
Went "blah-blah-blah" : YAPPED
49
Be very hot : SIZZLE
52
Split : LEAVE
54
1988 Olympics site : SEOUL
55
Alum : GRAD
56
Whole bunch : SLEW
57
Trinitron TV maker : SONY
58
"Beloved" author Morrison : TONI
59
Genteel affairs : TEAS
60
Jane who becomes Mrs. Rochester : EYRE
61
Wool gatherer : EWE
62
Brit's finale : ZED

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