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New York Times, Monday, July 27, 1998

Author:
Steven Picus
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Across : Bee house
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Steven Picus

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 1 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Picus. Monday freshness: 58%
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© 1998, The New York Times7/27/98 ( No. 17,793 )
Across
1
Thicket : COPSE
6
Droop : SAG
9
Arguments : SPATS
14
Month of showers : APRIL
15
___-haw : HEE
16
Return to base after a fly ball : TAGUP
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Sentry's position : GUARDPOST
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Lyric poem : EPODE
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Superlative ending : EST
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New currency on the Continent : EURO
22
Be relevant to : BEARON
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Volunteer : STEPFORWARD
25
Central points : MIDSTS
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Genetic letters : RNA
30
It might make you say "Aha!" : IDEA
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"Aha!" : ISEE
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Tour leader : GUIDE
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Municipal building : COMMUNITYCENTER
42
Nonnational : ALIEN
43
Surf's sound : ROAR
44
Sorts : ILKS
45
Lamb's mother : EWE
47
Plug's place : OUTLET
49
Quarterback option : FORWARDPASS
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Bee house : APIARY
56
Site of Napoleon's first exile : ELBA
57
Rink surface : ICE
60
Lacquer part : RESIN
61
V.I.P. protector : BODYGUARD
63
Minotaur's island : CRETE
64
French article : UNE
65
Goaded, with "on" : EGGED
66
Kind of seal : EARED
67
Neighbor of Isr. : SYR
68
Flamboyant : SHOWY
Down
1
Hamster's home : CAGE
2
Numbered composition : OPUS
3
Kind of fall : PRAT
4
Knight, by definition : SIR
5
Firstborn : ELDEST
6
Water's edge : SHORE
7
"The Lion and the Mouse" writer : AESOP
8
Receive : GET
9
Cheap ship accommodations : STEERAGE
10
Tree with oblong leaves : PAPAW
11
Greek marketplace : AGORA
12
House style : TUDOR
13
Go on a buying spree : SPEND
18
Contributes : PUTSIN
22
"___ appétit!" : BON
24
Norse love goddess : FREYA
25
Isinglass : MICA
26
Movie star : IDOL
27
Prefix with god : DEMI
28
Word said before "time" and "place" : SAME
32
Fathered : SIRED
33
D.D.E.'s command in W.W. II : ETO
35
Company part : UNIT
36
"___ be a cold day..." : ITLL
37
Astronaut Slayton : DEKE
38
Once, once : ERST
40
Like some income on a 1040 : UNEARNED
41
Stills and Nash partner : CROSBY
46
Twisted : WRY
48
Practices : USAGES
49
You can't take it seriously : FARCE
50
"The Barber of Seville," e.g. : OPERA
51
Stair part : RISER
52
Actor Ralph of "The Waltons" : WAITE
53
Flashy flower : PEONY
54
Birch relative : ALDER
57
"Othello" villain : IAGO
58
Airplane staff : CREW
59
Small whirlpool : EDDY
61
Tour transportation : BUS
62
"That's horrid!" : UGH

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