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New York Times, Wednesday, June 18, 1997

Author:
Stanley B. Whitten
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Across : Cautious advice
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Stanley B. Whitten

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJKQX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Whitten. Wednesday freshness: 11%
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© 1997, The New York Times6/18/97 ( No. 17,389 )
Across
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Needy : POOR
5
Cautious advice : STOP
9
Rope fiber : SISAL
14
Michigan town or its college : ALMA
15
"___ be in England": Browning : OHTO
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Going too far : ULTRA
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Act of faith : LEAP
18
Ram : BUTT
19
Like Dennis the Menace : BLOND
20
Craze : MANIA
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Like some raises : MERIT
24
Farm distance : ROD
25
Pie in the sky : ANIDLEPROMISE
28
Bro, e.g. : SIB
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Not having a surrounding colonnade, in architecture : APTERAL
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Sixth sense : ESP
35
Japanese wraps : OBIS
38
Sierra ___ : LEONE
39
Guy in the sky : THEMANINTHEMOON
43
City on the Po : TURIN
44
Function as a medical device : LASE
45
6 on the dial : MNO
46
Everlasting : ETERNAL
48
Diamonds, to a gangster : ICE
51
Eye in the sky : GOODYEARBLIMP
57
Go for it : PAR
59
"Ben-Hur" garb : TOGAS
60
Bank patron : SAVER
61
The "her" of "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" : ELIZA
63
Bo Derek's first major film : ORCA
65
Inner tubes, geometrically : TORI
66
Musical composition : NONET
67
"There oughta be ___!" : ALAW
68
First name in mystery : ERLE
69
Shoe material : SUEDE
70
A or O, e.g. : TYPE
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Used henna : DYED
Down
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Majorcan seaport : PALMA
2
New York city on the Allegheny : OLEAN
3
Muscat native : OMANI
4
Canoeist's danger : RAPIDS
5
Kind of story : SOB
6
Hitting sound : THUMP
7
Glossy brown fur : OTTER
8
Some Sunday dinners : POTROASTS
9
Foreign film feature : SUBTITLE
10
Sick : ILL
11
Pantry, e.g. : STOREROOM
12
Cartoonist Peter : ARNO
13
"This Gun for Hire" star : LADD
21
1996 Olympic torch lighter : ALI
23
Rascal : IMP
26
Inky : EBON
27
"...not always what they ___" : SEEM
30
Shortly : ANON
31
Carson successor : LENO
32
Suffix with satin : ETTE
33
Out of business : SHUT
34
Swift falcon : PEREGRINE
36
Ornery farm animal : BILLYGOAT
37
Put ___ good word for : INA
40
Fantastical artist : MIRO
41
Explain, in a way : ANNOTATE
42
Successor : HEIR
47
Flurry : ADO
49
"I Love Lucy" appeared on it : CBS
50
Overjoyed : ELATED
52
Premature : EARLY
53
Abbr. on a CD : ASCAP
54
Banned article of trade : IVORY
55
Actress Oberon : MERLE
56
Snooped : PRIED
57
Ballpoints : PENS
58
60's All-Star Felipe : ALOU
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From A to ___ : ZED
64
Wonder : AWE

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2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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