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New York Times, Friday, November 21, 1997

Author:
Chuck Deodene
Editor:
Will Shortz
64-Across : Work boot feature
TotalDebutLatest
4211/16/19942/26/2021
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02398128
CircleScrabDebutFresh
31.5824265%
Chuck Deodene

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {BQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Deodene. Friday freshness: 11%
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© 1997, The New York Times11/21/97 ( No. 17,545 )
Across
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Israel, to some : HOMELAND
9
Closet odorizer : SACHET
15
Source of cubes : ICEMAKER
16
Individually : APIECE
17
Jazzy rhythm technique : STOPTIME
18
Four-wheeler : GOCART
19
Promulgate : SOW
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Hybrid : CROSS
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Ziegfeld offering : REVUE
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___ Na Na : SHA
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Like sex symbols : SULTRY
26
Hit bottom? : SPANK
29
Italian monk : FRA
30
Gulf war ally : OMAN
33
"L.A. Law" lawyer : ARNIE
34
Average guys : JOES
35
Plane capt.'s announcement : ETA
36
"Just simmer down!" : KEEPYOURSHIRTON
40
Kind of beetle : ELM
41
Aerosol : MIST
42
African antelope : NYALA
43
A four-star meal it's not : SLOP
45
Med. center ward : ICU
46
Leaks : TELLS
47
Indian of southern Mexico : MIXTEC
49
Prefix with handle : MIS
50
Tuscany town : SIENA
52
Blow the joint : SCRAM
54
Frat letter : CHI
57
Bait : ENTICE
59
Symptoms of otitis : EARACHES
61
Operatives : AGENTS
62
Battle of Britain fighter : SPITFIRE
63
Dumas's "La Reine ___" : MARGOT
64
Work boot feature : STEELTOE
Down
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Heckle, in a way : HISS
2
VIII : OCTO
3
Plaintive cry : MEOW
4
Akihito, e.g.: Abbr. : EMP
5
Kind of kid : LATCHKEY
6
Director Kurosawa : AKIRA
7
Early comics name : NEMO
8
Executive's fashion credo : DRESSFORSUCCESS
9
Wilt : SAG
10
To the left : APORT
11
"O tempora, O mores!" speaker : CICERO
12
It's just a racket to some : HEAVYMETAL
13
Decorator's shade : ECRU
14
Where les yeux are : TETE
21
Optimal, as a bet : SUREST
23
Salon sound : SNIP
25
Truss : LASH
26
"Land ___!" : SAKES
27
Alberto VO5 rival : PRELL
28
Wind instrument : ANEMOMETER
31
A-test site, perhaps : ATOLL
32
Some baby holders : NANAS
34
Saliva : JUICES
37
Drop : OMIT
38
Soul mate : INTIMATE
39
Bar selections : RYES
44
Heartsick (for) : PINING
48
Kind of knife : XACTO
49
English novelist Corelli : MARIE
50
Vein : SEAM
51
Swenson of "Benson" : INGA
53
Absorbed : RAPT
54
Voucher : CHIT
55
Parade honoree : HERO
56
"Uh-huh" : ISEE
58
Inflationary suffix : EST
60
Toronto Argonauts' org. : CFL

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