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New York Times, Thursday, November 25, 1993

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Will Shortz
40-Across : Oncoming
TotalDebutLatest
1332/15/19788/8/2000
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1522243222108
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.521912422%
Joy L. Wouk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {BJQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 125 for Ms. Wouk. Thursday freshness: 2%
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© 1993, The New York Times11/25/93 ( No. 16,088 )
Across
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Snake with a nasty bite : ASP
4
Snide : CATTY
9
Doggone pest? : FLEA
13
Rung : STEP
15
Sap sucker : APHID
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Galley propellers : OARS
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Tight closure : SEAL
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Bulls and Bears, e.g. : TEAMS
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Abdul-Jabbar's alma mater : UCLA
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Slippery : EELY
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"Cubist" Rubik : ERNO
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Nixon's infamous '72 org. : CREEP
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Aftershock : TREMOR
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Poisonous Asian snake : KRAIT
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Some General Motors cars : OPELS
29
Flower named for a Swedish botanist : DAHLIA
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Freighters' delays : DEMURRAGES
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Gull's cousin : TERN
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Friendship : AMITY
39
Disencumber : RID
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Oncoming : AHEAD
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Well-off : RICH
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"And then..." stories : ADVENTURES
44
"Light" ammunition? : TRACER
46
"...bombs bursting ___" : INAIR
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___ a million : ONEIN
49
Nag : PESTER
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Easily split rock : SHALE
56
Eye : OGLE
58
Unsavory bar : DIVE
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It can be a stretch : LIMO
60
Witch's home : ENDOR
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First name in cookies : AMOS
62
Astronaut Shepard : ALAN
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Radio hostess Hansen : LIANE
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Harness fitting : YOKE
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Award for "Kiss of the Spider Woman" : TONY
66
Hen, perhaps : LAYER
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Just in : NEW
Down
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Figure in black? : ASSET
2
Guide : STEER
3
Painter Charles Willson ___ : PEALE
4
Party provider : CATERER
5
Mimic : APER
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November 25, this year : THANKSGIVINGDAY
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Indonesian island : TIMOR
8
Football gains: Abbr. : YDS
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Date for 6-down : FOURTHTHURSDAY
10
Doily material : LACE
11
First name in detective fiction : ERLE
12
Immediately : ASAP
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Site of the first 6-down : PLYMOUTHCOLONY
22
O.S.S. successor : CIA
24
Grand Ole ___ : OPRY
26
Plugs, of a sort : ADS
28
Hog fat : LARD
30
Lecherous look : LEER
31
"Dies ___" : IRAE
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No ifs, ___ ... : ANDS
33
Bull's-eye hitter : DART
34
Abu Dhabi V.I.P. : EMIR
35
Isinglass : MICA
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Churchill successor : EDEN
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End in ___ (draw) : ATIE
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"We ___ not amused" : ARE
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Officer in charge of the king's table linen : NAPERER
45
Wind dir. : ENE
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Ancient land on the Aegean : IONIA
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"___ of Athens" : TIMON
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Bring out : EVOKE
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Fix stitching : RESEW
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Louver : SLAT
54
Hawaiian port : HILO
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"That's one small step for ___ ..." : AMAN
57
Solitary : LONE
60
Building wing : ELL

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1 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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