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New York Times, Thursday, April 2, 1998

Author:
Alex K. Justin
Editor:
Will Shortz
14-Across : Smooth-tongued
TotalDebutLatest
195/21/19924/2/1998
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
5200345
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.54103557%
Alex K. Justin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 39 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. Justin. Thursday freshness: 27%
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© 1998, The New York Times4/2/98 ( No. 17,677 )
Across
1
Lose it : FLIP
5
Former NATO Mediterranean headquarters : MALTA
10
Illegal block : CLIP
14
Smooth-tongued : OILY
15
Pursuer of the Pleiades : ORION
16
___ erectus : HOMO
17
Polecat's defense : ODOR
18
Disappearing phone features : DIALS
19
"Mrs. Bridge" novelist Connell : EVAN
20
1928 trademark song for Ruth Etting : LOVEMEORLEAVEME
23
Crammers' concerns : EXAMS
24
Ramakrishna's title : SRI
25
For example : SAY
27
Fresno-to-L.A. dir. : SSE
28
Succeeds : MAKESIT
32
Unbalanced : ALOP
34
Restless, to Rachmaninoff : AGITATO
35
University of Delaware mascot : BLUEHEN
39
Less severe : GENTLER
40
A "fine" place? : LIBRARY
41
Tarzan portrayer Lincoln : ELMO
42
Kind of list : ENEMIES
43
Tony winner Hagen : UTA
46
Knucklehead : ASS
47
Op. ___ : CIT
48
Deep sleep : SOPOR
50
1975 song from "A Chorus Line" : WHATIDIDFORLOVE
57
___ monde (society) : HAUT
58
Rated NC-17 : ADULT
59
"Up Where We Belong," for one : DUET
60
Something ___ (a wow) : ELSE
61
Avian chatterbox : MYNAH
62
Entry blank datum: Abbr. : INIT
63
Charity's calculation : NEED
64
Thomas Gray work : ELEGY
65
Actress ___ May Oliver : EDNA
Down
1
Flimflam : FOOL
2
Venetian resort : LIDO
3
1963 Al Martino hit : ILOVEYOUBECAUSE
4
Beaker material : PYREX
5
Surfing equipment? : MODEMS
6
Songlike : ARIOSE
7
Makeup artist? : LIAR
8
Damage done : TOLL
9
"As I Lay Dying" father : ANSE
10
Thin kidskin : CHEVRETTE
11
1968 hit for the Troggs : LOVEISALLAROUND
12
Mosque officiator : IMAM
13
Johnnycake : PONE
21
Bell and Barker : MAS
22
Be polite to a caller, perhaps : ASKIN
25
Mercury model : SABLE
26
Ready to drop : ALLIN
28
'Zine : MAG
29
Go gray : AGE
30
Twos in the news : ITEMS
31
Corrida chargers : TOROS
33
Let : PERMITTED
36
René Préval's domain : HAITI
37
Prior to, to Prior : ERE
38
Gov. Pataki's place: Abbr. : NYS
43
Old Glory : USFLAG
44
Like some smiles : TOOTHY
45
Borrower's concern, briefly : APR
49
It may be golden : OLDIE
50
Under what circumstances : WHEN
51
Hearty partner : HALE
52
Agatha Christie, e.g. : DAME
53
Theocritus work : IDYL
54
Frank Herbert novel : DUNE
55
Style : VEIN
56
Singer James or Jones : ETTA

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