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New York Times, Tuesday, April 23, 1996

Author:
N. Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Across : Polka___
TotalDebutLatest
5212/7/19824/11/2005
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
7141210351
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.57473513%
Norma Steinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 44 Missing: {JKQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 45 for Ms. Steinberg. Tuesday freshness: 2%
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© 1996, The New York Times4/23/96 ( No. 16,968 )
Across
1
Scarlett's place : TARA
5
Entree to the Internet : MODEM
10
Relinquish : CEDE
14
"___as we speak..." : EVEN
15
Blazing : AFIRE
16
World War II foe : AXIS
17
Turn down : DENY
18
Yankee great Roger : MARIS
19
Coin : MINT
20
Dairy case item : COTTAGECHEESE
23
Stockings : HOSE
24
Polka___ : DOTS
25
Nautical quarters : CABIN
28
Consecrate : BLESS
31
Pizzeria appliance : OVEN
32
Traveling bag : VALISE
34
Pollster Harris : LOU
37
Protest formally : LODGEACOMPLAINT
40
Profound respect : AWE
41
747's route : AIRWAY
42
Parasites : LICE
43
Archipelago components : ISLES
44
Outfield hits : FLIES
45
Wile E. Coyote's supplier : ACME
47
Cohorts : PALS
49
Expose : SHEDLIGHTUPON
55
Touchdown : GOAL
56
Swashbuckler Flynn : ERROL
57
Tennis's Lendl : IVAN
59
Novelist Bagnold : ENID
60
Subject for a royal watcher : DIANA
61
Hacienda, e.g. : CASA
62
Horne or Olin : LENA
63
Fools : ASSES
64
Panache : ELAN
Down
1
Danson of "Cheers" : TED
2
___plaisir : AVEC
3
Janet of Justice : RENO
4
"___you can do..." : ANYTHING
5
Half of a 1960's pop group : MAMAS
6
Coming___ : OFAGE
7
Desperate : DIRE
8
Newsman Sevareid : ERIC
9
Dovetail : MESH
10
Walk-on parts : CAMEOS
11
Be : EXIST
12
Sups : DINES
13
Erhard's discipline : EST
21
Won___soup : TON
22
Classic Ford : EDSEL
25
Soft drink : COLA
26
Swear : AVOW
27
Literary carpenter Adam : BEDE
28
Huffs and puffs : BLOWS
29
Succotash bean : LIMA
30
Spot : ESPY
32
Colorado skiing haven : VAIL
33
Farmer's measurement : ACRE
34
Next-to-last year in Claudius's reign : LIII
35
In days of old : ONCE
36
Colorado Indians : UTES
38
Slackened : EASED
39
Popular pie seasoning : ALLSPICE
43
Mrs. Marcos : IMELDA
44
24-hour ___ : FLU
45
In unison : ASONE
46
Kind of letter : CHAIN
47
Call : PHONE
48
Greek strongman : ATLAS
50
Helen's mother : LEDA
51
Spring flower : IRIS
52
Mardi___ : GRAS
53
Elliptical : OVAL
54
Cape Canaveral org. : NASA
55
Set : GEL
58
Bert Bobbsey's twin : NAN

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