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New York Times, Friday, August 16, 1996

Author:
M. Gaffney
Editor:
Will Shortz
52-Across : Crowning point
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
587/24/19949/6/20001
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1401615157
ScrabDebutFresh
1.6152461%
Matt Gaffney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 26 for Mr. Gaffney. Friday freshness: 53%
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© 1996, The New York Times8/16/96 ( No. 17,083 )
Across
1
Relaxed : TOOKAREST
10
Not included: Abbr. : ADDL
14
"Saluton! Kiel vi fartas?," e.g. : ESPERANTO
15
A.P.'s 1961 Athlete of the Year : MARIS
17
Ignoring bedtime : STAYINGUP
18
Use a lever : PRISE
19
Like many bathrooms : TILED
20
Crazy about : INTO
22
Novelist ___ S. Connell Jr. : EVAN
23
Dis : SASS
24
Showed a desire to be in : ANTED
25
First name in country : REBA
26
Smoothed, as feathers : PREENED
28
Tyke : TOT
29
Under assault : BESIEGED
33
Centric start : ETHNO
35
Kind of set : ERECTOR
36
More easily understood : CLEARER
38
"Life ___ Fast Lane" : INTHE
39
Early book illustrations : WOODCUTS
40
Denials : NOS
41
Sends back to the slammer : REMANDS
44
Appropriate : GRAB
46
Look (into) : DELVE
47
The enemy : THEM
51
Like some signals : BUSY
52
Crowning point : ACME
53
Eucalyptus eater : KOALA
54
The Beatles' "Free As ___" : ABIRD
56
Christ, for example : CARPENTER
58
___ harm (let be) : DIDNO
59
1986 World Cup winner : ARGENTINA
60
Sharp : KEEN
61
Accelerates : STEPSONIT
Down
1
Pushes to the limit : TESTS
2
Ancient Rome's port : OSTIA
3
Stones for rings : OPALS
4
Republican politician Alan : KEYES
5
Unfertile : ARID
6
Managed : RAN
7
Bechtel employee : ENGINEER
8
Hindered, as growth : STUNTED
9
Grist for a list : TOPTEN
10
Sound booster : AMP
11
Adventurer : DARER
12
Many a McDonald's : DRIVETHRU
13
"The Cosby Show" actress : LISABONET
16
Pre-Twins baseball club : SENATORS
21
A little poetry : ODE
24
Ship that sailed from Iolcos : ARGO
26
One of the Greats : PETER
27
Landowners own them : DEEDS
29
Misbehavior : BEINGBAD
30
Noted blockhead? : ERNORUBIK
31
Tables : SETSASIDE
32
"___ bin ein Berliner" : ICH
34
"Tic ___ Dough" : TAC
36
Come together : CONVERGE
37
Ore galore : LODE
39
Arkansas-based chain : WALMART
42
Author LeShan : EDA
43
Visitors' centers : MECCAS
45
Musician-composer David : BYRNE
47
Fictional Potawatomi Indian : TONTO
48
___ hand (abjectly) : HATIN
49
Best seller set in 1940's Greece : ELENI
50
Corday victim, 1793 : MARAT
53
Male dolls : KENS
55
"Family" head : DON
57
Enthusiasm : PEP

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