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New York Times, Monday, June 29, 1998

Author:
Gregory E. Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Across : Farm fraction
TotalDebutLatest
1169/13/199410/17/2005
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
086291000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.502306%
Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 60 for Mr. Paul. Monday freshness: 5%
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© 1998, The New York Times6/29/98 ( No. 17,765 )
Across
1
Polish's partner : SPIT
5
Silents actress Normand : MABEL
10
Disappearing phone feature : DIAL
14
Busy person's list heading : TODO
15
"The Barber of Seville," e.g. : OPERA
16
Loafing : IDLE
17
Dreadful end : DOOM
18
Hornswoggle : CHEAT
19
Butcher's stock : MEAT
20
Short-lived success : FLASHINTHEPAN
23
Skull : HEAD
24
Building wing : ELL
25
Skirt fold : PLEAT
28
Second-stringer : SUB
31
Command to Bowser : FETCH
35
Windpipe, e.g. : AIRWAY
37
Spigot : TAP
39
Not worth a ___ : SOU
40
Backstabber : SNAKEINTHEGRASS
44
6-3, in tennis : SET
45
Letter before "cue" : PEE
46
Forewarns : ALERTS
47
Crumble, as support : ERODE
50
Any planet : ORB
52
Analyze : ASSAY
53
"Independence Day" invaders : ETS
55
Farm fraction : ACRE
57
Old fogy : STICKINTHEMUD
63
Trendy : CHIC
64
Die down : ABATE
65
Sombrero feature : BRIM
67
One of six for a hexagon : SIDE
68
x, mathwise : TIMES
69
Liquid rock : LAVA
70
Profess : AVER
71
Perfect places : EDENS
72
Enthusiasm : ELAN
Down
1
The usual: Abbr. : STD
2
[It's gone!] : POOF
3
False god : IDOL
4
Hiawatha's weapon : TOMAHAWK
5
Coffee shop order : MOCHA
6
Plant pests : APHIDS
7
Existed : BEEN
8
The "E" in Q.E.D. : ERAT
9
Carpenter's machine : LATHE
10
Feature of a baby face : DIMPLE
11
The very notion : IDEA
12
TV's Thicke : ALAN
13
"___ Me Call You Sweetheart" : LET
21
Caterpillar hairs : SETAE
22
North Pole toymaker : ELF
25
Old hat : PASSE
26
The Titanic, e.g. : LINER
27
Muse of poetry : ERATO
29
Out-and-out : UTTER
30
Old-fashioned "Phooey!" : BAH
32
Russian royals : TSARS
33
___ Rica : COSTA
34
Impudent girl : HUSSY
36
Kennel sound : YIP
38
Black-eyed ___ : PEA
41
Prefix with colonial : NEO
42
Blinding light : GLARE
43
Look like : RESEMBLE
48
Salt, e.g. : DEICER
49
And so on, for short : ETC
51
Close securely, with "down" : BATTEN
54
Rollerblade : SKATE
56
Deep Blue's game : CHESS
57
Switchblade : SHIV
58
Ocean motion : TIDE
59
Footnote abbr. : IBID
60
Christen : NAME
61
Russia's ___ Mountains : URAL
62
Beverly Sills, e.g. : DIVA
63
Civil War letters : CSA
66
Million ___ March : MAN

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