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New York Times, Monday, July 10, 1995

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Will Shortz
66-Across : Imprecise reply
TotalDebutLatest
2033/27/19742/8/1999
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Sidney L. Robbins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQVZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 182 for Mr. Robbins. Monday freshness: 14%
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G
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U
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F
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© 1995, The New York Times7/10/95 ( No. 16,680 )
Across
1
Large bodies of water : GULFS
6
___ mater : ALMA
10
Stint : TASK
14
Separated : APART
15
Friend of Androcles : LION
16
Actor Jannings : EMIL
17
Imprecise measurement : MOREORLESS
19
Competent : ABLE
20
Last : ENDURE
21
Part of CNN : NEWS
23
Arthur Godfrey instrument : UKE
24
Sample tape : DEMO
26
Calyx part : SEPAL
28
Drink cat-style : LAP
31
Socialist Eugene : DEBS
33
Describe : RELATE
36
Israeli port : ACRE
38
Sandy tract : DENE
40
Well-known : NOTED
41
Imprecise age : THIRTYSOMETHING
44
"Quick, ___, the Flit!" : HENRY
45
Columnist Bombeck : ERMA
46
The "A" in A.M. : ANTE
47
Halts legally : ESTOPS
49
Life is a long one : TERM
51
Three-time George Burns film role : GOD
52
Snoozed : SLEPT
54
Jacob or Esau : TWIN
56
Short cheer : RAH
58
Dear follower : SIRS
60
Out of bed : ARISEN
64
De-wrinkle : IRON
66
Imprecise reply : NOTEXACTLY
68
Tobacco holder : PIPE
69
Miss Cinders of old comics : ELLA
70
Cacklers : GEESE
71
Sunup site : EAST
72
Kind of car or machine : SLOT
73
Sea eagles : ERNES
Down
1
Animals, to hunters : GAME
2
On top of : UPON
3
Tub of ___ : LARD
4
Wizard of id : FREUD
5
Packed away : STORED
6
The whole shebang : ALL
7
Property claim : LIEN
8
City planner Robert : MOSES
9
Reply : ANSWER
10
4:00 social : TEA
11
Walking : AMBULATING
12
Tie material : SILK
13
Swiss artist Paul : KLEE
18
It's good for what ails you : REMEDY
22
Exhausted : SPENT
25
On the heavy side : OBESE
27
Shalom, in Honolulu : ALOHA
28
Metal shaper : LATHE
29
Yearns : ACHES
30
Letterhead suppliers : PRINTSHOPS
32
Jiggerful : SNORT
34
50 minutes past : TENTO
35
Won by a nose, with "out" : EDGED
37
Actor Flynn : ERROL
39
Irish patriot Robert : EMMET
42
Does steno work : TYPES
43
Cause of hearing loss? : EARWAX
48
Backbones : SPINES
50
Illusion : MIRAGE
53
Cave dweller : TROLL
55
More friendly : NICER
56
Ready to pick : RIPE
57
Domingo forte : ARIA
59
Manche capital : STLO
61
British gun : STEN
62
Otherwise : ELSE
63
Humorist Bill et al. : NYES
65
After expenses : NET
67
Dine : EAT

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

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