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New York Times, Friday, May 20, 1994

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
16-Across : Teases
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2548/27/19928/13/20102
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2947154312630
RebusCircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
611.571,613877%
Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JZ} This is puzzle # 23 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 35%
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© 1994, The New York Times5/20/94 ( No. 16,264 )
Across
1
Dries (off) : TOWELS
7
The color of honey : AMBER
12
Wining and dining place : CABARET
13
Bob of reggae : MARLEY
15
The "thee" of "Of Thee I Sing" : AMERICA
16
Teases : NEEDLES
18
___ soda : SAL
19
Napoli night : NOTTE
21
Least big : WEEST
22
Football no-no : CLIP
24
Prefix equivalent to -ish : QUASI
26
Way on or off : RAMP
27
He told a hare racing story : AESOP
29
Outlets : EXITS
31
Hemingway novel setting : SEA
32
Furniture trim : SKIRT
34
Property restriction : EASEMENT
36
Site of a Lewis and Clark stop, 1804 : SIOUXCITY
38
Inevitable : FOREGONE
41
Up, in a way : NORTH
44
Glaciate : ICE
45
Arises (from) : STEMS
47
"It's ___ never" : NOWOR
49
"Stuffed Shirts" author : LUCE
51
Blithe : HAPPY
53
Find, with "out" : NOSE
54
Wassail flavor enhancer : CLOVE
56
Penicillin target, for short : STREP
58
Sermon subject : SIN
59
Semisoft Danish cheese : HAVARTI
61
Approved : ENACTED
63
Modern phone option : REDIAL
64
Durer and others : ETCHERS
65
Oboelike in sound : REEDY
66
Rest-less, perhaps : SLEEPY
Down
1
Wrapped food : TAMALES
2
Giant stele : OBELISK
3
Disturber of the peace : WAR
4
Hibernia : ERIN
5
Rimsky-Korsakov opera opener : LECOQ
6
Park art : STATUE
7
Definitely not a know-it-all : AMNESIAC
8
Fannie ___ : MAE
9
Steep : BREW
10
Venerable one : ELDER
11
Legal O.K. : RELEASE
12
Abettor of Brutus : CASCA
14
Rubber stamps : YESMEN
17
March honoree (with an aptly numbered clue) : STPAT
20
Free of duties : TAXEXEMPT
23
Balance : POISE
25
"___the bag!" : ITSIN
28
Fussbudgets : PRIGS
30
"Dragonwyck" author : SETON
33
Nail's companion : TOOTH
35
"Discus Thrower" sculptor of ancient Greece : MYRON
37
With worry : UNEASILY
38
Rip off : FILCH
39
Eyepiece, in jargon : OCULAR
40
Bounce back : RECOVER
42
Ballroom dance : TWOSTEP
43
Nylons : HOSIERY
46
Toots : SPREES
48
Pulls apart : RENDS
50
Get around : EVADE
52
Streisand title role : YENTL
55
Detroit River's destination : ERIE
57
Runners try to pick it up : PACE
60
Just a bit : TAD
62
Amigo of Fidel : CHE

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