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New York Times, Tuesday, May 5, 1998

Author:
Stephanie Spadaccini
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Across : Method: Abbr.
TotalDebutLatest
441/27/197710/5/1999
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
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Stephanie Spadaccini

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 34 for Ms. Spadaccini. Tuesday freshness: 14%
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© 1998, The New York Times5/5/98 ( No. 17,710 )
Across
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May honorees : MAMAS
6
___ A to Z : FROM
10
Notability : FAME
14
Nimble : AGILE
15
___ avis : RARA
16
Designer Cassini : OLEG
17
Blakley of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" : RONEE
18
Famous New York cop Eddie : EGAN
19
Preceding : UPTO
20
Buckle : KNUCKLEUNDER
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Method: Abbr. : SYS
24
Sympathetic attention : EAR
25
OB/___ (certain doctor) : GYN
26
Front of a semi : CAB
29
James of "Gunsmoke" : ARNESS
31
Open-ceilinged rooms : ATRIA
33
Got 100 on, as a test : ACED
36
Expire : DIE
37
Pre-book book : SCROLL
38
41
Prom queen props : TIARAS
42
Wonderland drink : TEA
43
Betting ratio : ODDS
44
Photographer Adams : ANSEL
45
Window shade, e.g. : ROLLUP
47
"Norma ___" : RAE
48
Tell a whopper : LIE
50
Part of a balance : PAN
51
Everything : ALL
54
Buckle : EATHUMBLEPIE
57
___-in-the-bone (deeply ingrained) : BRED
60
Intravenous infusions : SERA
61
Obtain, as vengeance : EXACT
62
"You ___?" (butler's question) : RANG
63
Pith : MEAT
64
Small plant shoot : SPRIG
65
Sailor's cry : AHOY
66
Model Macpherson : ELLE
67
___ voce : SOTTO
Down
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School grades : MARKS
2
It hurts : AGONY
3
Part of a school grade, maybe : MINUS
4
Guinness or Baldwin : ALEC
5
Person who's it : SEEKER
6
Carte blanche : FREEREIN
7
Spaghetti sauce brand : RAGU
8
Shaggy apes : ORANGS
9
1975 #1 Barry Manilow hit : MANDY
10
Late afternoon : FOUR
11
Mountain near Zurich : ALP
12
N.Y.C. opera house, with "the" : MET
13
Self : EGO
21
"The Blues Brothers" director John : LANDIS
22
Put into practice : ENACT
26
Throng : CROWD
27
Was laid up : AILED
28
Cotillions : BALLS
29
Idolize : ADORE
30
Fistfight : SETTO
32
Group of Girl Scouts, e.g. : TROOP
33
Essence of roses : ATTAR
34
Canton's country : CHINA
35
Rub out : ERASE
37
Underwater experiment site : SEALAB
39
When repeated, a Washington city : WALLA
40
Spouse : HELPMATE
45
Do a shoemaker's job : REHEEL
46
Word of qualification : UNLESS
49
Not quite grammatical answer to "Who's there?" : ITSME
51
Detached : APART
52
Legal : LICIT
53
Loosen one's hold : LETGO
54
Stressed out : EDGY
55
Russia's ___ Mountains : URAL
56
World's fair, for short : EXPO
57
Bikini top : BRA
58
"Hooray!" : RAH
59
Musician Brian : ENO

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