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New York Times, Wednesday, April 9, 1997

Author:
Norman S. Wizer
Editor:
Will Shortz
44-Across : Least laugh-out-loud, as humor
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Norman S. Wizer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 28 for Mr. Wizer. Wednesday freshness: 23%
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© 1997, The New York Times4/9/97 ( No. 17,319 )
Across
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Cheek : SASS
5
Runs in neutral : IDLES
10
Latitude : PLAY
14
Woody's son : ARLO
15
State capital or its river : BOISE
16
Artist Magritte : RENE
17
Ham operator's dog? : HEADSETTER
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Prefix with -hedron : OCTA
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Napkin's place : LAP
21
Buffalo hunter : CREE
22
Feast of Lots honoree : ESTHER
24
Dam : WEIR
25
Showing a fancy for : INTO
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Cooked cereal : FARINA
29
Kind of roll : CRESCENT
33
Think a thought : OPINE
34
Reading, for a famous example : GAOL
35
Mishmash : OLIO
36
Called the butler : RANG
37
Not set : RUNNY
38
Large green moth : LUNA
39
Work units : ERGS
40
They're kept under lids at night : EYES
41
___ the hills : OLDAS
42
Drop in : STOPOVER
44
Least laugh-out-loud, as humor : DRIEST
45
Parroted : APED
46
Can't stand : HATE
47
Two-dimensional : PLANAR
50
Future jr. : SOPH
51
Leg. title : SEN
54
Kharagpur queen : RANI
55
Hairdresser's dog? : SHAMPOODLE
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30's migrant : OKIE
59
Flip chart site : EASEL
60
Woolen caps : TAMS
61
Farmer's locale? : DELL
62
Metric unit : STERE
63
Boxer's stat : TKOS
Down
1
Satirist Mort : SAHL
2
Gazetteer info : AREA
3
Big shot in ice hockey : SLAP
4
Lay turf : SOD
5
Locale of the Cantabrian Mountains : IBERIA
6
Mother hen, e.g. : DOTER
7
Low-cal : LITE
8
Lubbock-to-Fort Worth dir. : ESE
9
In a calm manner : SERENELY
10
Diplomat's dog? : PROTOCOLLIE
11
Poland's Walesa : LECH
12
Kitty feed : ANTE
13
Junior, e.g. : YEAR
18
Scape : SCENE
23
Peter and Paul: Abbr. : STS
24
Pilot's dog? : WINGSPANIEL
25
Best Actor of 1990 : IRONS
26
Shouts on the links : FORES
27
Disjointedly : APART
28
Spoken-word #1 hit of 1964 : RINGO
29
One administering corporal punishment : CANER
30
Shake off : ELUDE
31
Hirschfeld hidings : NINAS
32
Brown : TOAST
34
Reinforced with a rope : GUYED
37
Exhibits dyslexia : REVERSES
41
Lawn products brand : ORTHO
43
W.W.II agcy. : OPA
44
Parti-colored : DAPPLE
46
Noted marine watercolorist : HOMER
47
Egg on : PROD
48
Cottage site : LAKE
49
Indigo dye : ANIL
50
Enclosure with a MS. : SASE
51
Neighbor of Minn. : SDAK
52
Pollster Roper : ELMO
53
Hero of 60's TV and 80's film : NESS
56
Toque, for one : HAT
57
Six-time home run champ : OTT

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