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New York Times, Wednesday, December 1, 1999

Author:
Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Across : Saws
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1512/1/199910/25/20155
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
10022100
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
241.6410351%
Bill Zais
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {KQXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Zais. This is puzzle # 41 for Ms. Salomon. Wednesday freshness: 76%
Notepad: DIAGONAL
1 Pirate booty
68 More pirate booty
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© 1999, The New York Times12/1/99 ( No. 18,285 )
Across
1
"The Lost Weekend" subject : DTS
4
Scream : RIOT
8
Care provider, to a child : NURSIE
14
Crater feature : RIM
15
"This one's ___" : ONME
16
Land on Lake Victoria : UGANDA
17
"The ___ Daba Honeymoon" : ABA
18
Booty location : SPANISHMAIN
20
Microfiche : FILMCARDS
22
Dance in Dublin : JIG
23
Candle material : TALLOW
24
Runway walker : MODEL
27
Nastiness : VENOM
30
Eggnog topper : NUTMEG
33
Pedro's affirmative : SISI
36
Sawyer of ABC : DIANE
38
Ryan's "Love Story" co-star : ALI
39
Post-E.R. place : ICU
40
X marks it : THESPOT
42
Laid up : ILL
43
Race unit : LEG
44
Gossipy Hopper : HEDDA
45
Eskimo's need : SLED
46
Go a long way : TRAVEL
48
___ the Jebusite, of I and II Chronicles : ORNAN
51
Muscat moola : RIALS
53
Saws : ADAGES
57
Like pocket dicts. : ABR
58
Fall guy : SCAPEGOAT
61
What this puzzle is : TREASUREMAP
64
It may have a silver lining : ORE
65
Some sorority women : OMEGAS
66
Merry-go-round music : LILT
67
Key locale: Abbr. : FLA
68
Bars : ESTOPS
69
Apollo vehicles : LEMS
70
A Chaplin : SYD
Down
1
Early writing : DRAFT
2
Legbone : TIBIA
3
Like some talk : SMALL
4
Revolver, in old slang : ROSCOE
5
Hocked : INPAWN
6
Gen. Bradley : OMAR
7
Care for : TEND
8
Xis' predecessors : NUS
9
"Gross!" : UGH
10
Aircraft engine : RAMJET
11
Nonelectronic correspondence : SNAILMAIL
12
"Got it" : IDIG
13
Ending with Ecuador : EAN
19
School of thought : ISM
21
Year in Edward the Confessor's reign : MLVI
25
___ account (never) : ONNO
26
Tuneful twosome : DUET
28
Had too much, briefly : ODED
29
Bungle : MISDO
31
Fashion mag : ELLE
32
Richly adorn : GILD
33
Bank deposit : SILT
34
Cupcake topper : ICER
35
Sweet vegetable : SUGARBEET
37
On ___ with : APAR
40
"___-Team" : THEA
41
Hot spot : HELL
45
Hose hole : SNAG
47
Shrew : VIRAGO
49
Incendiary stuff : NAPALM
50
Whizzes : ADEPTS
52
Ukr., e.g., once : SSR
54
Slips : GOOFS
55
Like an eager guest, maybe : EARLY
56
Position : STEAD
57
Embracers : ARMS
59
Pen part : CELL
60
Gallic girlfriend : AMIE
61
Stocking part : TOE
62
Easy mark : SAP
63
___ Missouri : USS

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