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New York Times, Monday, July 6, 1998

Author:
Sheldon Benardo
Editor:
Will Shortz
63-Across : Cake finisher
TotalDebutLatest
117/6/19988/28/2008
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Sheldon Benardo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 3 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Benardo. Monday freshness: 2%
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© 1998, The New York Times7/6/98 ( No. 17,772 )
Across
1
Presidential caucus state : IOWA
5
Relax : REST
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"The ___ Ranger" : LONE
13
Some of it is junk : MAIL
14
Go ___ detail : INTO
15
Rescued : SAVED
16
French 101 infinitive : ETRE
17
Croaker : FROG
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Revise : AMEND
19
1986 Newman/Cruise movie : THECOLOROFMONEY
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Site of a ship's controls : HELM
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Debtor's note : IOU
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One-named comedian with a talk show : SINBAD
28
Chaos : ANARCHY
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Like a stadium crowd : AROAR
33
Stewpot : OLLA
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___ Grande : RIO
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Cynical foreign policy : DOLLARDIPLOMACY
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Earnings on a bank acct. : INT
41
Lemon and lime drinks : ADES
42
Commie : PINKO
43
Sites of lashes : EYELIDS
46
Pressure : STRESS
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"Are you a man ___ mouse?" : ORA
48
Landlocked African country : MALI
50
Fiddler's refrain : IFIWEREARICHMAN
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Up and about : RISEN
59
TV's talking horse : MRED
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Comfort : EASE
61
Fred's dancing partner : ADELE
62
Not yours : MINE
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Cake finisher : ICER
64
Carol : NOEL
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Picnic invaders : ANTS
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Library byword : READ
Down
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"___ a man with seven wives" : IMET
2
Sworn word : OATH
3
Telegram : WIRE
4
Actor Guinness : ALEC
5
Ransacked : RIFLED
6
Register, as for a course : ENROL
7
Tempest : STORM
8
Like some restaurant orders : TOGO
9
Hope/Crosby co-star Dorothy : LAMOUR
10
Kiln : OVEN
11
State bird of Hawaii : NENE
12
Whirlpool : EDDY
15
Pago Pago's land : SAMOA
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John who wrote "Butterfield 8" : OHARA
21
Last : FINAL
24
"Sexy" lady of Beatles song : SADIE
25
Certain humor : IRONY
26
Actor Nick : NOLTE
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___ Harbour, Fla. : BAL
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Swiss heights : ALPS
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Construction site sight : CRANE
30
Rubes : HICKS
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They're used in walking the dog : YOYOS
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Bettor's stat : ODDS
34
Golf position : LIE
37
Traffic tool : RADAR
38
Kind of nerve : OPTIC
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Russian space station : MIR
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Massachusetts city : LOWELL
45
"Goodnight" girl of song : IRENE
46
Playground equipment : SLIDES
48
California county : MARIN
49
"___ You Glad You're You?" (1945 hit) : ARENT
50
Persia, today : IRAN
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Pooch's name : FIDO
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"Gotcha" : ISEE
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Austen heroine : EMMA
54
Legatee : HEIR
55
Riot spray : MACE
56
Sailing : ASEA
57
Uncool sort : NERD

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