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New York Times, Monday, February 13, 1995

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Will Shortz
37-Across : Small rail bird
TotalDebutLatest
2033/27/19742/8/1999
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01413675122
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.47891535%
Sidney L. Robbins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 37 Missing: {QWXZ} This is puzzle # 174 for Mr. Robbins. Monday freshness: 73%
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© 1995, The New York Times2/13/95 ( No. 16,533 )
Across
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___ Park, N.Y. : REGO
5
Cider season : FALL
9
Layer of paint : COAT
13
Kind of collar : ETON
14
Together, musically : ADUE
15
1982 Stallone action role : RAMBO
16
Florsheim product : SHOE
17
With 62 Across, words of caution : DONTGIVEUP
19
Sen. Kennedy : TED
20
Mr. Lugosi : BELA
21
Athletes' negotiators : AGENTS
22
Spartacus, e.g. : SLAVE
24
Wind: Prefix : PTERO
26
Intelligent sea creature : DOLPHIN
28
Early American statesman ___ King : RUFUS
33
Vituperate : REVILE
35
How some packages are sent : COD
37
Small rail bird : SORA
38
Ones who don't enunciate : ELIDERS
40
Lashes down : SECURES
42
City near Monaco : NICE
43
Restaurant bill : TAB
45
Tropical eels : MORAYS
46
Scouts do good ones : DEEDS
48
Diet : REGIMEN
50
Australian marsupial : KOALA
52
Muse of poetry : ERATO
55
Catered event : AFFAIR
59
Lawyers' degrees : LLBS
61
Auto part : CAM
62
See 17 Across : YOURDAYJOB
64
"___ boy!" : ITSA
65
Sea eagles : ERNES
66
Actor James ___ Jones : EARL
67
"Portnoy's Complaint" author : ROTH
68
6-3, 4-6, 6-1, e.g. : SETS
69
"___ bein!" (French accolade) : TRES
70
Carpet layer's calculation : AREA
Down
1
Pauses : RESTS
2
Singer Waters : ETHEL
3
With 30 Down, what 17 and 62 Across are : GOODADVICE
4
A quarter of four : ONE
5
Lose color : FADE
6
Newspaper publisher Ochs : ADOLPH
7
Asylum resident : LUNATIC
8
Permit : LET
9
Neanderthals' home : CAVE
10
Harbinger : OMEN
11
Adjoin : ABUT
12
Take these out for a spin : TOPS
15
Harshness : RIGOR
18
Civil War vets' org. : GAR
20
___ of the ball : BELLE
23
Canceled : VOIDED
25
Biblical son : ENOS
27
Sprightly : PERT
29
Underworld money lender : USURER
30
See 3 Down : FORANACTOR
31
Chemistry Nobelist Harold : UREY
32
Lip : SASS
33
Sunder : REND
34
Writer Wiesel : ELIE
36
Moore of "Indecent Proposal" : DEMI
39
F.D.R.'s mother ___ Delano : SARA
41
Arrives : COMES
44
Protective glass cover : BELLJAR
47
On the ___ (declining) : SKIDS
49
In abundance : GALORE
51
___ pro nobis : ORA
53
Sip : TASTE
54
D-Day beach : OMAHA
55
Thumbs-up votes : AYES
56
Golfer's shout : FORE
57
Allen of "Candid Camera" : FUNT
58
War deity : ARES
60
Oil quantities: Abbr. : BBLS
63
Still and all : YET
64
Mr. Gershwin : IRA

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