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New York Times, Wednesday, April 3, 1996

Author:
M. Gaffney
Editor:
Will Shortz
34-Across : Traitor to Christ
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
587/24/19949/6/20001
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1401615157
ScrabDebutFresh
1.6152461%
Matt Gaffney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {X} This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Gaffney. Wednesday freshness: 39%
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J
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© 1996, The New York Times4/3/96 ( No. 16,948 )
Across
1
Horace volume : ODES
5
"Cabaret" name : LIZA
9
Door fasteners : HASPS
14
Volcanic flow : LAVA
15
Give___for one's money : ARUN
16
West African capital : ACCRA
17
Film director Reitman : IVAN
18
Washington medical center : WALTERREED
20
Traitor to Norway : VIDKUNQUISLING
22
Best : IDEAL
23
Nitpicker : PEDANT
25
Source of a biblical jawbone : ASS
26
Involuntary muscle spasm : TIC
29
Unspecified number : ANY
30
Bleachers cry : RAH
31
Vermont-born President : ARTHUR
33
Penalty : FINE
34
Traitor to Christ : JUDASISCARIOT
38
Hearty laughs : YUKS
39
Shakespeare hero : CAESAR
40
Aussie bird : EMU
41
Alphabet sequence : IJK
43
Bomb of a bomb : DUD
44
Dupin creator : POE
47
Do technical film work : SPLICE
49
City known for rubber products : AKRON
51
Traitor to the United States : BENEDICTARNOLD
56
Disasters : CALAMITIES
57
Enterprise competitor : AVIS
58
"Maria___" (1941 song) : ELENA
59
O.K. Corral fighter : EARP
60
Say no to : VETO
61
Actor Merlin : OLSEN
62
Pops' mates : MOMS
63
Place of temptation : EDEN
Down
1
Singer Newton-John : OLIVIA
2
Wales's St.___Cathedral : DAVIDS
3
Gets around : EVADES
4
Decaf brand : SANKA
5
White House area : LAWN
6
Invader of 1990 : IRAQ
7
African language : ZULU
8
Con : ANTI
9
Motorcycle maker : HARLEY
10
Bitter : ACRID
11
Hypothetical chain of events : SCENARIO
12
Expecting : PREGNANT
13
Pathetic : SAD
19
Cable staple : ESPN
21
Extreme : ULTRA
24
More and merrier preceder : THE
27
Not his or hers : ITS
28
You may get a peep out of this : CHICK
29
Like a pendulum's path : ARCED
31
Paid spots : ADS
32
___Today : USA
33
Cone bearer : FIR
34
Basketball showdown : JUMPBALL
35
Kahoolawe instruments : UKULELES
36
Tempe sch. : ASU
37
Traffic tracker : RADAR
38
Oui or si : YES
41
He cometh : ICEMAN
42
"Star Wars" knight : JEDI
44
Showed : PROVED
45
Sea rock : OOLITE
46
Finishes with : ENDSON
48
Ridiculous : INANE
50
Scamp : KNAVE
52
Agenda part : ITEM
53
"Bye" : CIAO
54
Time for a President or a convict : TERM
55
Mean snakes : ASPS
56
Corp. honcho : CEO

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