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New York Times, Monday, December 16, 1996

Author:
S. Spadaccini
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Across : Blabs
TotalDebutLatest
441/27/197710/5/1999
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.54126814%
Stephanie Spadaccini

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {DJVZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 21 for Ms. Spadaccini. Monday freshness: 7%
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© 1996, The New York Times12/16/96 ( No. 17,205 )
Across
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One-named supermodel : IMAN
5
Ready and willing's partner : ABLE
9
One praised in Mecca : ALLAH
14
Attorney General Janet : RENO
15
Paris's Rue de la ___ : PAIX
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French valley : LOIRE
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Tiny tunnelers : ANTS
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Ingrid's "Casablanca" role : ILSA
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Not evenly padded, as a mattress : LUMPY
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Like an animal... : QUIETASAMOUSE
23
Historical period : ERA
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Use a crowbar : PRY
25
Cream puff, for one : PASTRY
29
Miles per hour, e.g. : RATE
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At the present : NOW
34
In the future : AFTER
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O. Henry's "The Gift of the ___" : MAGI
36
___ Gigio (frequent Ed Sullivan guest) : TOPO
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...vegetable... : COOLASACUCUMBER
40
Pulled to pieces : TORE
41
Ontario tribe : CREE
42
Blabs : TELLS
43
Muddy home : STY
44
The former Mrs. Bono : CHER
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Better than better : FINEST
46
Texas patriot Houston : SAM
47
Buddy : MAC
48
...or mineral : STRONGASAROCK
55
Assign, as a portion : ALLOT
57
Polly, to Tom Sawyer : AUNT
58
"The Andy Griffith Show" role : OPIE
59
River by the Louvre : SEINE
60
Manuscript encl. : SASE
61
What a cowboy calls a lady : MAAM
62
Flute player : PIPER
63
New World abbr. : AMER
64
Alka-Seltzer sound : PLOP
Down
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Mideast hot spot : IRAQ
2
Bill of fare : MENU
3
The "A" of ABM : ANTI
4
Pinocchio's giveaway : NOSE
5
Bee colony : APIARY
6
Light wood : BALSA
7
One of "The Simpsons" : LISA
8
Test : EXAM
9
Magnetism : ALLURE
10
Stinky : LOUSY
11
7-Up ingredient : LIME
12
Dadaist Hans : ARP
13
"Yo!" : HEY
21
___ cotta : TERRA
22
Of the eye : OPTIC
25
Treaties : PACTS
26
"The game is ___": Holmes : AFOOT
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Tale : STORY
28
Prefix with photo or phone : TELE
29
Indy entrant : RACER
30
Tropical fever : AGUE
31
Lofty : NOBLE
32
Foreign-made General Motors cars : OPELS
33
Deserving the booby prize : WORST
35
Stallion's mate : MARE
36
Federal agents, informally : TMEN
38
Noodlehead : SCHMO
39
New York city : UTICA
44
Reagan's predecessor : CARTER
45
Speed demon's cry : FASTER
46
Precious ___ : STONE
47
Parson's home : MANSE
48
Accident on ice : SLIP
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"The Right Stuff" org. : NASA
50
U.S. Pacific territory : GUAM
51
Frolic : ROMP
52
October gem : OPAL
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"See you," in Sorrento : CIAO
54
1996 running mate : KEMP
55
Nile viper : ASP
56
Maui garland : LEI

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