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New York Times, Tuesday, November 23, 1993

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Across : Nutty
TotalDebutLatest
856/30/19814/25/2002
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
04202127121
RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
11.551076740%
Lois Sidway

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 68 for Ms. Sidway. Tuesday freshness: 55%
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T
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H
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A
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D
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B
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K
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A
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D
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B
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G
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© 1993, The New York Times11/23/93 ( No. 16,086 )
Across
1
Mississippi Senator Cochran : THAD
5
Nutty : BATS
9
Gangbusters at the box office : SOCKO
14
River to the Rhine : AARE
15
Lena of recent films : OLIN
16
Like the skies in "Ulalume" : ASHEN
17
Sorts : ILKS
18
Carty of baseball : RICO
19
Oh, so many moons : YEARS
20
Go astray : LOSEONESWAY
23
Stack-blowing feeling : IRE
24
Countdown start : TEN
25
Tak's opposite : GIE
26
Alphabetic run : RST
27
As a whole : INTOTO
31
Bit : MORSEL
33
Mezzo-soprano Marilyn : HORNE
34
Santa Fe Trail town : TAOS
35
Pickle : BIND
38
Red of firefighting fame : ADAIR
39
Words of wonderment : OHS
40
With respect to : ASFOR
41
"Whip It" rock group : DEVO
42
Drawing card : LURE
43
The Divine Miss M. : BETTE
44
Play the siren : ENTICE
46
Smelt, e.g. : SENSED
47
Aquarium oddity : GAR
49
Cry of delight : OOH
50
It has its point : AWL
51
Harvest goddess : OPS
52
Not yet in full bloom : UNDEVELOPED
58
Tubby the Tuba creator Paul : TRIPP
60
Reed of note : OBOE
61
Light-footed : SPRY
62
Hint : TINGE
63
An order of the court : WRIT
64
W.W. I German admiral : SPEE
65
Pond covering : ALGAE
66
Silent O.K.'s : NODS
67
With defects and all : ASIS
Down
1
Shadow : TAIL
2
Christmas play prop : HALO
3
Synagogue cabinets : ARKS
4
Not dose : DESE
5
World's third-largest island : BORNEO
6
'79 sci-fi thriller : ALIEN
7
Muscle spasms : TICS
8
Bird that summers in the Arctic : SNOWGOOSE
9
Agree : SAYYES
10
Sugary suffix : OSE
11
Many skiers use these when they [see diagonal starting in upper left corner] : CHAIRLIFTS
12
Writers Jean and Walter : KERRS
13
Assault : ONSET
21
Mink's relative : OTTER
22
Pretension : AIRS
27
'64 musical "___a Ball" : IHAD
28
Leaf's starting point : NODE
29
Getting across : TRAVERSING
30
Stew ingredient : ONION
31
Skier Phil : MAHRE
32
Original Jed Clampett : EBSEN
34
Score for Barry Sanders : TOUCHDOWN
36
Observe : NOTE
37
Great Scott of 1857 : DRED
40
Sound as ___ : ABELL
42
Animal that sleeps with its eyes open : LION
45
Noodle topper : TOUPEE
46
Candy : SWEETS
47
Must, slangily : GOTTA
48
Part of an Argentine autumn : APRIL
50
Steer clear of : AVOID
53
River of Spain : EBRO
54
Greek peak : OSSA
55
Third addendum to a letter : PPPS
56
"...___ saw Elba" : EREI
57
Shoemakers' bottles : DYES
59
Trevino's org. : PGA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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