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New York Times, Thursday, February 23, 1995

Author:
Daniel R. Stark
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Across : Patch up
TotalDebutLatest
165/18/199412/5/1998
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Daniel R. Stark

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Stark. Thursday freshness: 2%
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© 1995, The New York Times2/23/95 ( No. 16,543 )
Across
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Gardener's foe : APHID
6
Atkins or Huntley : CHET
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Flat-bottomed boat : SCOW
14
Do-re-mi : MOOLA
15
Sasquatch cousin : YETI
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"No dice!" : UHUH
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"Caribbean Queen" singer : BILLYOCEAN
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Suggestive : RACY
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That one: Sp. : ESE
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Kind of order : TALL
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Liquor purchases : FIFTHS
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Patch up : RESTORE
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Malt shop order : SODA
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Young ___ : UNS
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Wine in a straw-covered bottle : CHIANTI
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Seventh sign : LIBRA
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Writer Sheehy : GAIL
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Cold and wet : DANK
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Novelist ___ S. Connell, Jr. : EVAN
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Pair of socks : MATES
39
Shade : TONE
40
Nob : GENT
41
Tavern fare : ALES
42
___ Galore of "Goldfinger" : PUSSY
43
Intellectual : SCHOLAR
45
___ Spiegel (German magazine) : DER
46
Tackles' neighbors : ENDS
47
Cap feature : EARFLAP
51
Part of a Vandyke : GOATEE
54
Et ___ (and others): Lat. : ALII
55
Saccharin's discoverer ___ Remsen : IRA
56
Hawks' arena, the "The" : OMNI
57
Disturbs the status quo : MAKESWAVES
60
Catch : LAND
61
Hero's tale : EPIC
62
Brainstorms : IDEAS
63
Off duty : FREE
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"___-a-Cop" (Burt Reynolds flick) : RENT
65
Scrub : GORSE
Down
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Fossil resin : AMBER
2
Composure : POISE
3
Pits : HOLES
4
Under the weather : ILL
5
___ 500 : DAYTONA
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Bike : CYCLE
7
Command to Rover : HEEL
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Flight board info: Abbr. : ETA
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Crinkly wrappings : TINFOILS
10
Menu option : SURFANDTURF
11
Exchange pleasantries : CHAT
12
Cry of dismay : OUCH
13
Kids' questions : WHYS
18
Paddles : OARS
23
Mountain overlooking Troy : IDA
25
Make a comeback : TURNTHETIDE
26
Balks : SHIES
28
Feed en masse : CATER
29
New Mexico art locale : TAOS
30
Tourist establishments : INNS
31
Piece of dark meat : LEG
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Composer Charles : IVES
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Judge's bench : BANC
34
Festive occasions : GALAS
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Choirmaster's announcement : KEY
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Landlubber's plaint : MALDEMER
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Male fashion of Washington's time : PERIWIG
44
Series opener? : ONE
45
Platform : DAIS
47
Pick : ELECT
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Iron-rich dish : LIVER
49
Zones : AREAS
50
Out-of-date : PASSE
51
Game on the greens : GOLF
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Jerusalem's Mosque of ___ : OMAR
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Mrs. Lindbergh : ANNE
54
Similar : AKIN
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Make like : APE
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Foofaraw : ADO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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