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New York Times, Monday, February 27, 1995

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Across : Mosquito marks
TotalDebutLatest
2033/27/19742/8/1999
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1.47891535%
Sidney L. Robbins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {KQVXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 175 for Mr. Robbins. Monday freshness: 10%
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© 1995, The New York Times2/27/95 ( No. 16,547 )
Across
1
Mosquito marks : BITES
6
It might be arched : BROW
10
Talks gangsta-style : RAPS
14
"The Tempest" spirit : ARIEL
15
Country path : LANE
16
Dutch cheese : EDAM
17
Pirates' flag : JOLLYROGER
19
Medical researcher's goal : CURE
20
Aardvark snacks : ANTS
21
More than big : OBESE
22
Onetime hostess Maxwell : ELSA
23
___ Alamos : LOS
24
Spendthrift : WASTER
26
Goods cast overboard : JETSAM
30
Halts : STOPS
32
Kind of label : UNION
33
Con artist's aide : SHILL
34
Baden-Baden, e.g. : SPA
37
Popular sort : JOLLYGOODFELLOW
40
Take advantage of : USE
41
Unaccompanied : ALONE
42
Clamor : NOISE
43
Babble : PRATE
44
In the open, as beliefs : STATED
45
High-spirited horses : STEEDS
48
Etch A Sketch, e.g. : TOY
49
Mil. defense systems : ABMS
50
Escargot : SNAIL
53
Book after John : ACTS
57
Swag : LOOT
58
All-for-one feeling : FELLOWSHIP
60
It's just for openers : ANTE
61
Russia's ___ Mountains : URAL
62
Make amends : ATONE
63
Antler wearer : DEER
64
Red-ink amount : LOSS
65
Stared open-mouthed : GAPED
Down
1
___ California : BAJA
2
Collar straightener : IRON
3
Pinball no-no : TILT
4
Slippery fish : EELS
5
On the ___ (furtively) : SLY
6
Lumps : BLOBS
7
Fury : RAGE
8
Change for a five : ONES
9
"___ of London" (1935 film) : WEREWOLF
10
Playtime : RECESS
11
Grown-up : ADULT
12
Analyze grammatically : PARSE
13
Libel : SMEAR
18
Kitchen, e.g. : ROOM
23
Rigging rope : LANYARD
25
In generous amounts : APLENTY
26
Amulet : JUJU
27
Son of Seth : ENOS
28
Bathroom feature : TILE
29
The sun : SOL
30
Glowed : SHONE
31
Cause of beach erosion : TIDE
33
Lampblack : SOOT
34
Use a letter opener : SLIT
35
Sit : POSE
36
Overwhelmed : AWED
38
Generous drink serving : GLASSFUL
39
Mauna ___ : LOA
43
Ask, ask, ask : PESTER
44
Like Lindbergh's flight : SOLO
45
Meal starter : SALAD
46
Hearty steak : TBONE
47
Overact : EMOTE
48
Money drawers : TILLS
51
Roman "fiddler" : NERO
52
"Oh, woe!" : ALAS
53
Movie pooch : ASTA
54
Mince : CHOP
55
Fork prong : TINE
56
Hightailed it : SPED
59
Joker : WAG

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