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New York Times, Friday, March 18, 1994

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Across : A "dear" French wine?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
7711/11/19841/22/20233
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3214720373
RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
31.57592888%
Mark Diehl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 38 Missing: {KQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Diehl. Friday freshness: 53%
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© 1994, The New York Times3/18/94 ( No. 16,201 )
Across
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Manatee : SEACOW
7
Desert bloomer : AGAVE
12
Sheepherder's bane : ANTHRAX
14
Slices of life : MOMENTS
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Broadway tribute to wine? : LIFEISACABERNET
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O.T. book before Jer. : ISA
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Imprint, as in the memory : ETCH
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Dr.Scholl's purchase : INSOLE
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Hong Kong, e.g. : FLU
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Relax : LETUP
25
Up to the task : ABLE
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Cheerleaders' number : YELL
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"El ___"('67 Wayne film) : DORADO
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Headed up : LED
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Kind of crazy : STIR
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Under-the-sink item : CLEANER
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A "dear" French wine? : MONSHERRY
39
Insurance payment : PREMIUM
41
Toning salons : SPAS
44
Ill-wisher : FOE
45
Add a design to : EMBOSS
48
Flintstones' pet : DINO
50
Goes (for) : OPTS
52
Architectural overhang : JUTTY
54
Foyer spread : RUG
55
Sale locale : GARAGE
58
Multipurpose protein source : SOYA
59
Lasorda or LaRussa: Abbr. : MGR
60
Artsy wine center? : GRENACHEVILLAGE
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Flower good for winter bouquets : STATICE
64
Involves : ENTAILS
65
Mailroom gizmo : DATER
66
Literary heptad : GABLES
Down
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Add NaCl to : SALIFY
2
Maroons : ENISLES
3
Culpable : ATFAULT
4
Ernesto Guevara, familiarly : CHE
5
Bay window : ORIEL
6
All for naught : WASTED
7
Health org. : AMA
8
Dry Mongolian expanse : GOBI
9
Sherman Hemsley TV series : AMEN
10
Vice follower : VERSA
11
Dignify : ENNOBLE
13
Brand of craft knife : XACTO
15
Person with many bills : TELLER
16
Pegasus, e.g. : STEED
18
Symbol of poverty : CHURCHMOUSE
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Barely tinged : PALE
27
Rickey ingredient : LIME
29
"___ Rosenkavalier" : DER
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Propels, in a way : OARS
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Colosseum setting : ROME
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TV's "___ Blue" : NYPD
37
Pick-up-sticks game : NIM
38
Part of a sentence: Abbr : SUBJ
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Roy Lichtenstein works : POPART
40
Item good for another go-round? : RETREAD
42
Skywriting? : AIRMAIL
43
Be cozy : SNUGGLE
44
Noted world traveler and namesakes : FOGGS
46
A Franklin invention : STOVE
47
Penning up the pigs : STYING
49
Fairy tale meanie : OGRESS
51
Clement Moore character : SANTA
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Conference site of '45 : YALTA
56
Carriage : GAIT
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Nietzsche's "___ Homo" : ECCE
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Not him! : HER
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Retriever, informally : LAB

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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