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New York Times, Wednesday, April 2, 1997

Author:
Mark Elliot Skolsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Across : "___ pray"
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Mark Elliot Skolsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QX} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Skolsky. Wednesday freshness: 56%
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© 1997, The New York Times4/2/97 ( No. 17,312 )
Across
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Abnormal vesicle : CYST
5
Longtime Boston Symphony conductor : OZAWA
10
D.E.A. officer : NARC
14
Miles per hour, e.g. : RATE
15
Suburban San Francisco county : MARIN
16
Like an octopus's defense : INKY
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Inter ___ : ALIA
18
Parenthetical comment : ASIDE
19
Saintly : GOOD
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The Flintstones' favorite track star? : WILMARUDOLPH
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"___ pray" : LETUS
24
NASA launch concern : WEATHER
28
Carl Reiner's "Where's ___?" : POPPA
32
Daunt : SCARE
33
Drink from a dish : LAP
36
The Flintstones' favorite dancer? : FREDASTAIRE
39
Greek concert sites : ODEA
41
Steal away : ELOPE
42
Cattle encourager : PROD
43
The Flintstones' favorite Congressman? : BARNEYFRANK
46
Calendar spans: Abbr. : YRS
47
Drain : EMPTY
48
Popular Deco lithographs : ERTES
50
Covets : DESIRES
53
Organize, as an exhibit : MOUNT
57
The Flintstones' favorite baker? : BETTYCROCKER
61
Skater Starbuck : JOJO
64
Bunk : HOOEY
65
Word in many Gardner titles : CASE
66
"The Art of Love" poet : OVID
67
Fish : ANGLE
68
"Como ___ usted?" : ESTA
69
Pebbles, e.g., on "The Flintstones" : BABY
70
Actress Patricia et al. : NEALS
71
Day of ___ : REST
Down
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Swimming stroke : CRAWL
2
Bulldog : YALIE
3
Circus prop : STILT
4
Join forces (with) : TEAMUP
5
Bradley or Sharif : OMAR
6
Pitts of "Life With Father" : ZASU
7
Droughtlike : ARID
8
Golf ___ : WIDOW
9
Give extreme unction to, old-style : ANELE
10
Brandy, perhaps : NIGHTCAP
11
Year in Spain : ANO
12
"Citizen Kane" studio : RKO
13
Dancer Charisse : CYD
21
Beginning : ASOF
22
History : PAST
25
Dangerous, colloquially : HAIRY
26
Trial's partner : ERROR
27
Oboes, e.g. : REEDS
29
Quarry : PREY
30
Ill-gotten gains : PELF
31
Put on a pedestal : ADORE
33
Like oak leaves : LOBED
34
"There Is Nothin' Like ___" : ADAME
35
Police blotter types : PERPS
37
Be on ___ with (equal) : APAR
38
Posted : SENT
40
Immunity unit : ANTIBODY
44
Australia's largest lake : EYRE
45
___ Sabe : KEMO
49
Football : SOCCER
51
Wharton's "___ Frome" : ETHAN
52
Best Director of 1986 and 1989 : STONE
54
Imperial decree : UKASE
55
Settles in : NESTS
56
Doctor : TREAT
58
Hatha-___ : YOGA
59
Word with T or dry : CELL
60
Whiskies : RYES
61
Psalms preceder : JOB
62
Fertility clinic needs : OVA
63
Foresail : JIB

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