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New York Times, Monday, December 20, 1993

Author:
Norma Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Across : Late actor Phoenix
TotalDebutLatest
5212/7/19824/11/2005
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.57473513%
Norma Steinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {GJQZ} This is puzzle # 37 for Ms. Steinberg. Monday freshness: 27%
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© 1993, The New York Times12/20/93 ( No. 16,113 )
Across
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"Shane" star : LADD
5
Late actor Phoenix : RIVER
10
"Dark Lady" singer, 1974 : CHER
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"___in a manger..." : AWAY
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Author Zola : EMILE
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"___, from New York..." : LIVE
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Haircuts? : MANEEVENTS
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Kathleen Battle offering : ARIA
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"___ we having fun yet?" : ARE
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Glowing : LIT
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Kuwaiti structure : OILWELL
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Opening word : SESAME
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Broadway show based on a comic strip : ANNIE
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Dubuque native : IOWAN
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Imperturbable : SEDATE
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Become frayed : WEAR
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Former spouses : EXES
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Conceited smile : SMIRK
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Hawkeye portrayer : ALDA
40
Recording auditions : DEMOS
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Garfield's canine pal : ODIE
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Pilots let them down : FLAPS
45
Cushy : SOFT
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Catches some Z's : NAPS
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It fugits : TEMPUS
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Gullible : NAIVE
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Sufficient : AMPLE
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Knucklehead : NITWIT
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Horoscope heading : SCORPIO
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Police blotter abbr. : AKA
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Prospector's find : ORE
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World rotator? : LOVE
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Fake embroidery? : CREWELHOAX
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Augury : OMEN
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"This way in" sign : ENTER
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___ carotene : BETA
69
Emcee Parks : BERT
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Nursery packets : SEEDS
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Flowery verses : ODES
Down
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Actor Lorenzo : LAMAS
2
Conscious : AWARE
3
Odense residents : DANES
4
Recolor : DYE
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Critiqued : REVIEWED
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"... ___a man with seven wives" : IMET
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___ordinaire : VIN
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"Candle in the Wind" singer ___John : ELTON
9
Copal and others : RESINS
10
Vandalized art work? : CLAWEDMONET
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Put on staff : HIRE
12
Heinous : EVIL
13
Kind of estate : REAL
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Movie Tarzan ___Lincoln : ELMO
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Whoppers : LIES
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Smog? : AIRAPPARENT
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Showy flower : ANEMONE
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Lumber camp implements : AXES
30
Verdi heroine : AIDA
31
Stumble : TRIP
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Makes do, with "out" : EKES
33
Float : WAFT
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Madame's pronoun : ELLE
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Eden resident : ADAM
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Divan : SOFA
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Scoundrels : STINKERS
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Its usefulness goes to waste : SUMP
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Cumin and cardamom : SPICES
50
Test tube : VIAL
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Actor Greene : LORNE
54
Courted : WOOED
55
Livid : IRATE
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Ann Richards's bailiwick : TEXAS
57
Poor fellow : SLOB
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"Be our guest!" : COME
59
Concluded : OVER
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Thunderstruck : AWED
64
Part of a year in Provence : ETE
65
Cable add-on : HBO

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