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New York Times, Wednesday, May 29, 1996

Author:
R. Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
43-Across : Soothe
TotalDebutLatest
1894/27/19948/3/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1814141616120
RebusScrabDebutFresh
31.571,11574%
Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 35 for Mr. Norris. Wednesday freshness: 22%
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© 1996, The New York Times5/29/96 ( No. 17,004 )
Across
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Some pens : BICS
5
Join, as hands : CLASP
10
Ship of 1492 : NINA
14
Zion National Park locale : UTAH
15
Prefix with -gon : PENTA
16
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
17
"Never!" : NOTAPRAYER
19
Bother : PEST
20
Newt : EFT
21
"Never!" : FATCHANCE
23
Share (in) : PARTAKE
26
Rap sheet word : ALIAS
27
Double curve : ESS
28
Mrs. Bunker and others : EDITHS
32
PC accessory : CRT
33
Opposite of ahead : ASTERN
36
Dirndl or sari : DRESS
38
"Never!" : NOTONYOURLIFE
42
Gird (oneself) : STEEL
43
Soothe : BECALM
45
Civil War soldier : REB
48
Popular cruise destination : ALASKA
50
"Norma___" : RAE
51
Arabian Peninsula leader : EMEER
53
It may be found in a table : ELEMENT
56
"Never!" : NOWAYJOSE
60
At once : NOW
61
Affaires d'___ : ETAT
62
"Never!" : INAPIGSEYE
66
Winger co-star, 1982 : GERE
67
"Rosemary's Baby" author : LEVIN
68
Shade trees : ELMS
69
Shangri-la : EDEN
70
Fashion : TREND
71
Stave : SLAT
Down
1
Coiled hairdo : BUN
2
Judge in 1995 news : ITO
3
Tries to please : CATERSTO
4
Treat unfairly, in slang : SHAFT
5
E.M.T. skill : CPR
6
Paged : LEAFED
7
Novelist Seton : ANYA
8
Leave in after all : STET
9
Rouen recreation spot : PARC
10
Katmandu's land : NEPAL
11
Peaceful : IRENIC
12
Org. for Cale Yarborough : NASCAR
13
Swear (to) : ATTEST
18
School org. : PTA
22
Bother : HASSLE
23
Stew item : PEA
24
Professional grp. : ASSN
25
Hound hotel : KENNEL
29
Objects of worship : IDOLS
30
One-man Broadway hit of 1990 : TRU
31
Like some tea : HERBAL
34
Saucer's contents, for short : ETS
35
Kind of club : ROTARY
37
Attack dog command : SIC
39
Assenting vote : YEA
40
Leave-taking : FAREWELL
41
Spirit : ELAN
44
Ran into : MET
45
Go back (on) : RENEGE
46
Didn't act subtly : EMOTED
47
Word of caution : BEWARE
49
Ground : KEEPIN
52
In the stomach : EATEN
54
High school subj. : ENG
55
Malone of the N.B.A. : MOSES
57
Send a Dear John letter : JILT
58
Standout : ONER
59
PC command : SAVE
63
Ill. neighbor : IND
64
Singer Sumac : YMA
65
Superlative suffix : EST

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