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New York Times, Tuesday, May 19, 1998

Author:
William S. Cotter
Editor:
Will Shortz
67-Across : More than some
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William S. Cotter

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {DJQZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Cotter. Tuesday freshness: 5%
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© 1998, The New York Times5/19/98 ( No. 17,724 )
Across
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Bay of Naples isle : CAPRI
6
Custard base : EGG
9
Hamburger, e.g. : PATTY
14
Marriage : UNION
15
Word for a superior : SIR
16
Nebraska's biggest city : OMAHA
17
Pipe parts : STEMS
18
Sports Illustrated's 1974 Sportsman of the Year : ALI
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Not so strict : LAXER
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"Impossible" achievement : PERPETUALMOTION
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Poly-___ (college major) : SCI
24
Faux pas : SLIP
25
Language name suffix : ISH
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Excise : TAX
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Strikingly unusual things : EXOTICA
35
March Madness org. : NCAA
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Offshore apparatus : RIG
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Prohibitions for Junior : NONOS
40
"Impossible" discovery : FOUNTAINOFYOUTH
44
Reach in amount : RUNTO
45
Parisian article : UNE
46
Toy on a string : KITE
47
Not always : ATTIMES
50
Furry TV alien : ALF
52
Beachgoer's goal : TAN
53
Andy's boy, in 60's TV : OPIE
55
One of ___ own : OUR
57
"Impossible" activity! : PROGRAMMINGAVCR
65
Angler of morays : EELER
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Holm of "Chariots of Fire" : IAN
67
More than some : EVERY
68
Kind of acid : AMINO
69
English ___ : LIT
70
Goosebump-raising : EERIE
71
Inner connection? : SINEW
72
"Don't Bring Me Down" rock grp. : ELO
73
Not neatniks : SLOBS
Down
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Zodiacal delineation : CUSP
2
Get the pot going : ANTE
3
Dock : PIER
4
Frolics : ROMPS
5
Bug : INSECT
6
Birthright seller, in Genesis : ESAU
7
Poisonous desert dwellers, for short : GILAS
8
Radiator front : GRILLE
9
Sportsman's mount : POLOPONY
10
Amo, amas, ___ : AMAT
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Curbside call : TAXI
12
Lt. Kojak : THEO
13
Kitten's plaything : YARN
21
Pageant topper : TIARA
22
Variety : MIX
25
Prefix with structure : INFRA
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Reconnoiterer : SCOUT
27
Visit again and again : HAUNT
29
Top of a clock dial : XII
31
Was in, as a class : TOOK
32
Eskimo : INUIT
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Terra ___ : COTTA
34
Visibly frightened : ASHEN
36
Voting "no" : ANTI
38
African antelope : GNU
41
It's another day : TOMORROW
42
Out ___ limb : ONA
43
One who has life to look forward to? : FELON
48
Smog-battling org. : EPA
49
Pretty as a picture, e.g. : SIMILE
51
"Killing Me Softly" pop group, with "the" : FUGEES
54
Quick communication : EMAIL
56
"Boléro" composer : RAVEL
57
They may be strained in young families : PEAS
58
Do-___ (cabbage) : REMI
59
Actress Lena : OLIN
60
Biological trait carrier : GENE
61
Enjoying, in slang : INTO
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___ Beach, Fla. : VERO
63
Tot's place : CRIB
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Whiskies : RYES

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