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New York Times, Monday, July 15, 1996

Author:
S. Spadaccini
Editor:
Will Shortz
48-Across : Streisand title role
TotalDebutLatest
441/27/197710/5/1999
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.54126814%
Stephanie Spadaccini

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JKQZ} This is puzzle # 15 for Ms. Spadaccini. Monday freshness: 45%
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B
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L
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O
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C
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E
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T
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C
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T
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I
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I
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N
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I
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W
A
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L
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N
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O
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T
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T
Y
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A
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G
S
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H
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G
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F
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N
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D
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S
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B
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D
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A
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P
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T
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M
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H
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M
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N
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© 1996, The New York Times7/15/96 ( No. 17,051 )
Across
1
Voting group : BLOC
5
And so on... : ETC
8
Connection : TIEIN
13
The Hawkeye State : IOWA
14
Money to tide one over : LOAN
16
Cat-___-tails : ONINE
17
Gambling game : TWENTYONE
19
Feeling of anxiety : ANGST
20
Metric fractions : TENTHS
21
Is sick : AILS
23
Santa's laughs : HOS
24
12-mo. periods : YRS
25
It's frozen in Frankfurt : EIS
27
"What are you trying to___?" : GETAT
29
Wyoming Indian : ARAPAHO
31
Fleur-de-___ : LYS
33
Began to melt : SOFTENED
36
Rope fiber : SISAL
38
Leopard features : SPOTS
39
Marx's "___Kapital" : DAS
41
Stay : ABIDE
42
Open-air rooms : ATRIA
43
First Lady, 1969-74 : PATNIXON
45
Bering, for one: Abbr. : STR
46
Procedures : METHODS
48
Streisand title role : YENTL
50
Abner's partner on old radio : LUM
51
Resort : SPA
54
Brit. fliers : RAF
56
Platoon, e.g. : UNIT
58
Parish leader : PASTOR
60
First people to get invited : ALIST
62
Booth Tarkington book : SEVENTEEN
64
Turn : PIVOT
65
Cleveland's lake : ERIE
66
Opposing : ANTI
67
Down-at-the-heels : SEEDY
68
Bell and Kettle, e.g. : MAS
69
Pinocchio's give-away : NOSE
Down
1
Itty-___ : BITTY
2
Take down, as a flag : LOWER
3
1936 Olympian Jesse : OWENS
4
Quitter's word : CANT
5
___fields (mythical paradise) : ELYSIAN
6
Overly : TOO
7
Site of Jesus' first miracle : CANA
8
Wedding reception speech : TOAST
9
Hostel : INN
10
Chuck out : EIGHTYSIX
11
___many words : INSO
12
New Jersey five : NETS
15
Corral sound : NEIGH
18
"Black Widow" actress Russell : THERESA
22
Author Buscaglia : LEO
26
Hightailed it : SPED
28
Excuses : ALIBIS
29
Duds : ATTIRE
30
Get used (to) : ADAPT
32
Prefix with masochism : SADO
33
Agcy. that's got your # : SSA
34
Makes a choice : OPTS
35
Old record : FORTYFIVE
36
Sleepy-time guy : SANDMAN
37
"The Ipcress File" author Deighton : LEN
40
Comedian Mort : SAHL
44
"Rugs" : TOUPEES
46
Shasta, e.g.: Abbr. : MTN
47
Beethoven dedication "Fur___" : ELISE
49
Harebrained : NUTTY
51
Office worker : STENO
52
Rhymesters : POETS
53
Golf's Palmer, informally : ARNIE
54
Knocks : RAPS
55
"I cannot tell___" : ALIE
57
Semester : TERM
59
Getz or Kenton : STAN
61
Turf : SOD
63
By way of : VIA

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