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New York Times, Saturday, November 23, 1996

Author:
R. Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
59-Across : Do over
TotalDebutLatest
1821/12/197810/27/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
485442212852
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.534304631%
Richard Silvestri

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 35 Missing: {JKQYZ} This is puzzle # 57 for Mr. Silvestri. Saturday freshness: 32%
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© 1996, The New York Times11/23/96 ( No. 17,182 )
Across
1
Kind of soup : ALPHABET
9
Alley "oops" : SPLIT
14
Not absolute : RELATIVE
15
Cream : CHOICE
16
Sap and sweat : EXUDATES
17
"Taxi" co-star : HENNER
18
Brownie's eye? : LENS
19
Shaker leaders : ELDERS
20
Prepare to perform : REHEARSE
24
Indisposed : AVERSE
25
Traps out : ADORNS
26
Rodeo entrant : ROPER
28
Restraining order? : CANIT
29
Lady's title : DAME
30
Butt : CIG
33
Put out : EMANATE
35
Cant : INCLINE
38
Common ID : SSN
39
Wild place : WEST
41
Gym apparatus : HORSE
42
Moriarty's specialty : CRIME
44
Limelike : CITRUS
45
Subway entrances : STILES
48
Grace period? : MEALTIME
50
Flat taker : TENANT
51
Sidi ___, Morocco : IFNI
52
Refer obliquely : ALLUDE
53
Self-satisfied : PRIDEFUL
58
Let : LEASED
59
Do over : RENOVATE
60
Humble : LOWER
61
Heston film, with "The" : OMEGAMAN
Down
1
Verb for you : ARE
2
Roman law : LEX
3
Perfect start? : PLU
4
Taken advantage of : HAD
5
Hippomenes beat her : ATALANTA
6
Dangerous dogs : BITERS
7
Squares : EVENS
8
Mosaic piece : TESSERA
9
Put aside : SHELVE
10
Chew over : PONDER
11
Eye enhancer : LINER
12
Decorators, of a sort : ICERS
13
Not windy : TERSE
15
Reduce : CHEAPEN
20
Belmont card : RACES
21
Dutch exports : EDAMS
22
Province of China : HONAN
23
Land of poetry : ERIN
27
Drop : OMIT
29
Judge : DEEM
30
Sky sight : CIRRI
31
To recap : INSUM
32
Skein components : GEESE
34
Sick : TWISTED
36
Frank plus : CHILIDOG
37
Mississippi Senator : LOTT
40
Part-time player : SEMIPRO
42
Grandfather ___ : CLAUSE
43
Make available : RENDER
44
Eyetooth : CANINE
45
Play for time : STALL
46
Prefix with logical : TELEO
47
Wedding acquisition : INLAW
49
Stu on "77 Sunset Strip" : EFREM
54
Spacewalk, to NASA : EVA
55
Genealogical study: Abbr. : FAM
56
Hagen of the stage : UTA
57
60's singer Barry : LEN

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