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New York Times, Wednesday, March 29, 1995

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Across : Complete failure
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JVZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 38 for Mr. Nosowsky. Wednesday freshness: 50%
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© 1995, The New York Times3/29/95 ( No. 16,577 )
Across
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Quite ___ (many) : AFEW
5
Greenish-blue : AQUA
9
City south of Gainesville : OCALA
14
Phnom ___ : PENH
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Kiss : BUSS
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Sonoran snacks : TACOS
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Insomniac's bane : SLEEPLESSNIGHTS
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Shade maker : ELMTREE
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Unforced : EASY
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State frankly : SAYSO
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Meddlesome : NOSY
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IBM's and clones : PCS
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Pyramids, e.g. : TOMBS
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Weaned pig : SHOAT
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Ogles : STARESAT
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Complete failure : FIASCO
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Lyric for an insomniac? : LIFEISBUTADREAM
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Author Fallaci : ORIANA
40
Attempt to impress, as in conversation : NAMEDROP
41
Set locks? : PERMS
42
Wastes time : IDLES
43
Jargon suffix : ESE
44
Trans-Siberian Railroad stop : OMSK
45
Garb : HABIT
50
Quickly, quickly : ASAP
52
Magnetite, e.g. : IRONORE
54
What an insomniac would like to do, minimally : CATCHFORTYWINKS
58
Alternative to Midway : OHARE
59
Rake : ROUE
60
Bump into : MEET
61
Grew in intensity : WAXED
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A-one : TOPS
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Whirlpool : EDDY
Down
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Church nooks : APSES
2
"Most happy" one : FELLA
3
Ally's opposite : ENEMY
4
Sharpens : WHETS
5
Willing follower? : ABLE
6
Subject of a Mercutio monologue : QUEENMAB
7
Naval letters : USS
8
Size up : ASSESS
9
Mayberry sot : OTIS
10
Sly : CAGY
11
Cry in Coblenz : ACH
12
He fled Sodom : LOT
13
Beast of burden : ASS
18
Diet sheet group : PROTEINS
19
Vote against : NAY
24
Deadens : OBTUNDS
25
Puzzle : POSER
26
Chocolate source : CACAO
27
Jazz dance : STOMP
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Pelion's sister peak : OSSA
30
Second act? : SIDESHOW
31
Difficult : HARD
32
Calculus calculation : SLOPE
33
Radials : TIRES
34
Burning : AFIRE
35
500 sheets : REAM
36
Fortune's partner : FAME
38
Hype : TALKITUP
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Drag on the balance of trade : IMPORT
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Clumsy one : OAF
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Lively: Fr. : ANIME
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Like a filet : BONED
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Annoyed : IRKED
49
Ill-tempered : TESTY
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Maybe it's all a plot? : ACRE
51
Drop off : SHED
53
They may be seeded : RYES
54
"Don't have a ___, man!" : COW
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"So that's why!" : AHA
56
Common add-on : TAX
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Aussie hopper, for short : ROO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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