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New York Times, Tuesday, July 30, 1996

Author:
E. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Across : Elephant of children's books
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QX} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 6 for Ms. Gorski. Tuesday freshness: 24%
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© 1996, The New York Times7/30/96 ( No. 17,066 )
Across
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Read carefully (over) : PORE
5
Elephant of children's books : BABAR
10
Nourish : FEED
14
Soon, in verse : ANON
15
Flavorful seed : ANISE
16
Aware of : ONTO
17
Swing standard : PUTTINONTHERITZ
20
Gains altitude : ASCENDS
21
Indy 500 time : RACEDAY
22
Matter in court : RES
23
Searcher for the Northwest Passage : CABOT
24
Mad, Elle and Mademoiselle, briefly : MAGS
27
"___went thataway" : THEY
29
"I could___horse!" : EATA
33
Pal, in Arles : AMI
34
Carson's predecessor : PAAR
35
Individual beings : SELVES
37
Rock standard : JUMPINJACKFLASH
40
"Puppy Love" singer, 1972 : OSMOND
41
Diamond star Willie : MAYS
42
Suffix with project : ILE
43
Projection room item : REEL
44
Window part : SILL
45
Kennedy, for one : CLAN
46
Sachet scent : LILAC
49
Suffix with cash : IER
51
Miracle-working : MAGICAL
54
Tuned out, so to speak : IGNORED
58
Folk standard : BLOWININTHEWIND
60
Compact, e.g. : AUTO
61
Put into law : ENACT
62
Lady of La Mancha : DONA
63
Unwelcome cloud : SMOG
64
Clockmaker Thomas et al. : SETHS
65
Judge's order : STAY
Down
1
Mama's mate : PAPA
2
Burden : ONUS
3
Some college training : ROTC
4
Walks in : ENTERS
5
Longtime Dick Clark show, for short : BANDSTAND
6
Years in Spain : ANOS
7
Storage unit : BIN
8
Off the right path : ASTRAY
9
Betty Ford Center activity : REHAB
10
Prognosticate : FORETELL
11
Oklahoma city : ENID
12
Singer James : ETTA
13
Ready to conk out : DOZY
18
Like Bach's Violin Sonata No. 3 : INE
19
Environmental prefix : ECO
23
Earthenware : CERAMIC
24
College choice : MAJOR
25
Entertain : AMUSE
26
"___Shelter" (1970 movie) : GIMME
28
Leon Uris novel, with "The" : HAJ
30
Use : AVAIL
31
Inventor Nikola : TESLA
32
Wan : ASHEN
34
Access to an A.T.M. : PIN
35
Attic windows : SKYLIGHTS
36
Awful grades : EFS
38
Tadpole : POLLIWOG
39
Baseball's Ripken : CAL
44
Kind of solution : SALINE
45
Throngs : CROWDS
47
Here, to Henri : ICI
48
Olympic pool divisions : LANES
50
Toronto-to-Montreal dir. : ENE
51
Wharton grads : MBAS
52
Grad : ALUM
53
"___Jail" (Monopoly directive) : GOTO
54
Problem for a person in handcuffs? : ITCH
55
Really funny person : RIOT
56
Sicilian resort : ENNA
57
June 6, 1944 : DDAY
59
___King Cole : NAT

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