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New York Times, Wednesday, April 23, 1997

Author:
Cathy Millhauser
Editor:
Will Shortz
48-Across : Worker with a scythe
TotalDebutLatest
881/26/19925/15/2011
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410143552
RebusCircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
211.58657442%
Cathy Allis

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 31 for Ms. Allis. Wednesday freshness: 12%
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© 1997, The New York Times4/23/97 ( No. 17,333 )
Across
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Jim at the bar : BEAM
5
Long Island town : ISLIP
10
"Want to hear a secret?" : PSST
14
It's tender in Turin : LIRA
15
Actress Gia : SCALA
16
Bar assoc. member : ATTY
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Like a gemologist's drinks? : ONTHEROCKS
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Kisser : TRAP
20
Migrants' advocate Chavez : CESAR
21
Sans mixers : NEAT
22
Latest thing : RAGE
23
Carafe quantity : LITER
25
Fictional hotel hellion : ELOISE
27
First-rate : CHOICE
30
Static ___ : CLING
31
Film director Wertmuller : LINA
32
Adventure hero ___ Williams : REMO
35
Grateful? : ASHES
38
Tailward, on jets : AFT
39
Sangria container : PITCHER
41
Gentle handling, initially : TLC
42
___ dicit (legal refusal) : NIHIL
44
Ike's onetime singing partner : TINA
45
Luau entertainment : HULA
46
Skip over : ELIDE
48
Worker with a scythe : REAPER
50
"The Song of the Earth" composer : MAHLER
52
Highly hackneyed : BANAL
54
Baseball's Jesus : ALOU
55
Actor Guinness : ALEC
57
Gin flavorers : SLOES
61
Asset : PLUS
62
Like a platform diver's drinks? : WITHATWIST
64
Mislay : LOSE
65
Fur source : OTTER
66
Sparkling wine spot : ASTI
67
Baa-maids? : EWES
68
In the poorhouse : NEEDY
69
Two semesters : YEAR
Down
1
Voting group : BLOC
2
Deutsche article : EINE
3
Song and dance, e.g. : ARTS
4
Gospel's Jackson : MAHALIA
5
Mt. Carmel site: Abbr. : ISR
6
Treat with tea : SCONE
7
One who spikes the punch : LACER
8
Chase of "Now, Voyager" : ILKA
9
Drawing that's easy on the eyes : PASTEL
10
Bar regulars, e.g. : PATRONS
11
Like an astronaut's drinks? : STRAIGHTUP
12
Deer sirs : STAGS
13
Melville adventure : TYPEE
18
Lexicographer Partridge : ERIC
24
TV's Hatcher : TERI
26
Detector target : LIAR
27
Scotch family : CLAN
28
LP player : HIFI
29
Like a roofer's drinks? : ONTHEHOUSE
30
Lawyer Roy : COHN
33
Diminutive suffix : ETTE
34
Sprint rival : MCI
36
Word for a madame : ELLE
37
Lasting impression : SCAR
39
Barre room bend : PLIE
40
Bring home : EARN
43
Mistreats : ILLUSES
45
Vestibule : HALLWAY
47
Tap : DRAWON
49
Part of SEATO : EAST
50
Fudge flavor : MAPLE
51
Let have : ALLOW
52
Davis of "Now, Voyager" : BETTE
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Hurt : ACHED
56
Miller beer option : LITE
58
Seine feeder : OISE
59
"Como ___ usted?" : ESTA
60
Do a bartending job : STIR
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It may finish second : ARY

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