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New York Times, Wednesday, December 17, 1997

Author:
Michael S. Maurer
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Across : Vituperated
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
255/4/19921/10/20183
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
32511310
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.5568637%
Michael S. Maurer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 3 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Maurer. Wednesday freshness: 10%
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© 1997, The New York Times12/17/97 ( No. 17,571 )
Across
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Obsessive whaler : AHAB
5
Zeno follower : STOIC
10
N.F.C. division : EAST
14
Fraternity party wear : TOGA
15
Follow : TRACE
16
Tell it to the judge : PLEA
17
Quip, part 1 : THESNEAKYSPIDER
20
Slangy turndown : NODICE
21
City on the Puyallup River : TACOMA
22
Energy provider, in slang : CARB
24
Islets : CAYS
25
Third degree? : PHD
28
Moody's best : AAA
29
Bear, in Madrid : OSO
30
Noisy trains : ELS
33
War party's act : RAID
35
Put some teeth into : GNAW
37
"Oliver Twist" villain : FAGIN
39
Quip, part 2 : INVITEDTHEFLYTO
42
Ring-tailed animal : COATI
43
Submarine, on sonar : BLIP
44
Impressionist : APER
45
Reunion attendees : KIN
46
For : PRO
48
Put down, modern-style : DIS
50
Uno, due, ___ : TRE
51
Top : APEX
52
Cigar ending : ETTE
54
Vituperated : ABUSED
57
___ corpus : HABEAS
61
Quip, part 3 : VISITITSWEBSITE
65
Stretched (out) : EKED
66
Be in store for : AWAIT
67
Louis Jolliet discovery of 1669 : ERIE
68
Relinquish : CEDE
69
Yards : LAWNS
70
Clears : NETS
Down
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Memo starter: Abbr. : ATTN
2
Christmas exclamation : HOHO
3
Old-timers, with "the" : AGED
4
Kind of training : BASIC
5
Not exactly first cabin : STEERAGE
6
___-la-la : TRA
7
Kind of finish : OAK
8
Treacherous, as roads : ICY
9
Fronton equipment : CESTAS
10
Heroic tales : EPICS
11
Ray of Hollywood : ALDO
12
Appear : SEEM
13
O'Hara spread : TARA
18
Final Four org. : NCAA
19
Joke's punchline, e.g. : PAYOFF
23
Smallish ballpark : BANDBOX
24
Sturdy leather : COWHIDE
25
Puncture : PRICK
26
Capital NE of Vientiane : HANOI
27
Sofa : DIVAN
30
Land called "Mizraim" in the Bible : EGYPT
31
Bottle size : LITER
32
Zzzz : SNORE
34
E, in Morse : DIT
36
It borders Fla. : ATL
38
It borders Fla. : ALA
40
Fur scarf : TIPPET
41
Insults : EPITHETS
47
Modern phone feature : REDIAL
49
Puncture : STAB
51
In reserve : ASIDE
53
"The Beverly Hillbillies" actor : EBSEN
54
___ plaisir : AVEC
55
Pedal : BIKE
56
Not mint : USED
58
Cork's locale : EIRE
59
Busy : ATIT
60
Dates : SEES
62
Northwest competitor : TWA
63
Adage : SAW
64
Carry the day : WIN

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