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New York Times, Wednesday, March 24, 1999

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Across : Looked with desire
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {KQZ} This is puzzle # 26 for Ms. Salomon. Wednesday freshness: 5%
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© 1999, The New York Times3/24/99 ( No. 18,033 )
Across
1
London Fog, e.g. : COAT
5
Multigenerational story : EPIC
9
Betray, in a way : RATON
14
Up to the task : ABLE
15
Zippo : NADA
16
Play hard to get : EVADE
17
Sage lands? : WISEACRES
19
Torments : VEXES
20
Barfly's roost, perhaps : STOOL
21
"...blackbirds, baked in ___" : APIE
23
Professional suffix : IST
24
Do a post-laundry job : FOLD
27
Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay : EDNA
29
Joe's lands? : COFFEEGROUNDS
34
___ de mots (pun) : JEU
35
Feds : TMEN
36
Looked with desire : LEERED
38
Makes a scene? : ACTS
40
Largest Cornhusker city : OMAHA
42
Have on : WEAR
43
Hotel Bible : GIDEON
45
Peewee people : TOTS
47
One of the "Little Women" : AMY
48
Dieters' lands? : LOWFATSPREADS
51
Last name in cruelty : SADE
52
Took note of : EYED
53
Pal, rapper-style : BRO
56
Spot in the Senate : SEAT
58
Arab emirate : DUBAI
62
Sly character : RAMBO
64
Bad lands? : SORRYLOTS
67
Slicker in the winter : ICIER
68
Superior's inferior : ERIE
69
Gold medalist Lipinski : TARA
70
Insinuate : GETAT
71
Dummy : DODO
72
Command to a boxer : STAY
Down
1
Crow calls : CAWS
2
Parting words : OBIT
3
Plus : ALSO
4
Make mad : TEEOFF
5
Env. stuffer : ENC
6
Hole number : PAR
7
Inspiration : IDEA
8
Comics ghost : CASPER
9
Money coming in : REVENUE
10
Ancient greeting : AVE
11
It has a prominent horn : TAXI
12
Words from Wordsworth : ODES
13
Catbird seat? : NEST
18
On high : ALOFT
22
Star worship : IDOLATRY
25
Stand buy : LEMONADE
26
Consider : DEEM
28
Once again : ANEW
29
Mr. Rhodes of Rhodes scholarships : CECIL
30
Better : OUTDO
31
Biters : GNATS
32
Hate the thought of : DREAD
33
Tailor's joints : SEAMS
34
Bender : JAG
37
Like some humor : DRY
39
Uses a Singer : SEWS
41
Crossed fingers symbolize it : HOPE
44
Somewhat : OFASORT
46
Like rye, usually : SEEDY
49
Kidded around : TEASED
50
Full-price payers : ADULTS
53
Sailor's stir : BRIG
54
Gallop : RACE
55
Forget about : OMIT
57
Dangerous charger : TORO
59
Go sailing : BOAT
60
Gillette product : ATRA
61
Brit's interjection : ISAY
63
Emmy winner Arthur : BEA
65
Free : RID
66
___ Speedwagon : REO

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