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New York Times, Monday, February 2, 1998

Author:
Gregory E. Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Across : Building wing
TotalDebutLatest
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Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 56 for Mr. Paul. Monday freshness: 0%
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© 1998, The New York Times2/2/98 ( No. 17,618 )
Across
1
Cleopatra's love ___ Antony : MARC
5
Scrabble play : WORD
9
Cosmetician Lauder : ESTEE
14
On the briny : ASEA
15
Verdi's "D'amor sull'ali rosee," e.g. : ARIA
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Con man : CHEAT
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List component : ITEM
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Datum : FACT
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Bronco catcher : LASSO
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Good-time Charlie : LIFEOFTHEPARTY
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Norway's capital : OSLO
24
Embarrassing sound, maybe : RIP
25
Mouse catcher : CAT
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Airedale, for one : TERRIER
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Volcanic fallout : ASH
34
Playing marble : AGATE
36
Building wing : ELL
37
Forearm bone : ULNA
38
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Mishmash : OLIO
43
Coach Parseghian : ARA
44
Kingdom : REALM
45
Fishing gear : NET
46
Chicago newspaper : TRIBUNE
49
"Treasure Island" monogram : RLS
50
Wilt : SAG
51
Use Western Union, e.g. : SEND
53
Noble one : SALTOFTHEEARTH
60
Diamond weight : CARAT
61
Bit of thatching : REED
62
Like hen's teeth : RARE
63
Martini garnish : OLIVE
64
___ Spencer, brother of Princess Diana : EARL
65
Stadium section : TIER
66
Passover meal : SEDER
67
"If all ___ fails..." : ELSE
68
Child's Christmas gift : SLED
Down
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Pony Express load : MAIL
2
___ spumante : ASTI
3
Coral ridge : REEF
4
Alfred Hitchcock film appearance, e.g. : CAMEO
5
Breakfast dish made on an iron : WAFFLE
6
Patrick Henry, for one : ORATOR
7
Rolling in dough : RICH
8
Whom one goes out with : DATE
9
Cream-filled pastry : ECLAIR
10
Astute : SHARP
11
Dry run : TEST
12
"No problem" : EASY
13
Ike's W.W. II command : ETO
21
Bone: Prefix : OSTEO
22
Suave competitor : PRELL
25
Dinner rooster : CAPON
26
Like a gymnast : AGILE
27
Implied : TACIT
29
Recovery clinic : REHAB
30
Suffix with percent : ILE
31
Where "I do's" are exchanged : ALTAR
32
Tackle box item : SNELL
33
Injures : HARMS
35
Ring result, briefly : TKO
37
Indian with a sun dance : UTE
39
North Dakota's largest city : FARGO
40
The first "T" of TNT : TRI
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"Goodnight" girl of song : IRENE
46
Make ragged : TATTER
47
Wedding workers : USHERS
48
Pine leaf : NEEDLE
50
Spartacus, e.g. : SLAVE
52
Pub game : DARTS
53
December 26 event : SALE
54
Rainless : ARID
55
At no cost : FREE
56
Dabbling duck : TEAL
57
Banister : RAIL
58
Arbor Day honoree : TREE
59
Group of cattle : HERD
60
Comedian Bill, to friends : COS

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