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New York Times, Wednesday, September 11, 1996

Author:
B. E. Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
50-Across : The Ox-Bow Incident, e.g.
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1938/7/199612/22/202321
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
385152119522716
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
531.631,16472%
Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FQ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Quigley. Wednesday freshness: 32%
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Z
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M
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© 1996, The New York Times9/11/96 ( No. 17,109 )
Across
1
Epsilon follower : ZETA
5
Maze choices : PATHS
10
Diner side dish : SLAW
14
Tributes in verse : ODES
15
Not far off : ABOUT
16
March blower : TUBA
17
Scouting units : DENS
18
Prairie dog? : RANGEROVER
20
Its job is taxing : IRS
21
Calligrapher : LETTERER
22
Hilo hello : ALOHA
24
Angel, perhaps : ORNAMENT
28
Made of clay : CERAMIC
31
High school for Hercule : LYCEE
32
Great valor : HEROISM
36
Kind of trick : HAT
37
Dog identification? : XMARKSTHESPOT
41
"My man!" : BRO
42
Stanley ___ (early auto) : STEAMER
43
Pertaining to element 56 : BARIC
46
Regan's poisoner : GONERIL
50
The Ox-Bow Incident, e.g. : LYNCHING
54
Freedom within a relationship : SPACE
55
Queen's subject : HONEYBEE
58
Animation unit : CEL
59
Play with a dog? : OEDIPUSREX
62
Coors drink advertised as "zomething different" : ZIMA
63
Enroll in : JOIN
64
"Nixon" director : STONE
65
___ instant (at once) : INAN
66
Hitch : SNAG
67
Steve Forbes is surrounded by them : ESSES
68
Remain undecided : PEND
Down
1
High signs? : ZODIAC
2
Channel swimmer Gertrude : EDERLE
3
Certain muscle : TENSOR
4
Donkey's uncle : ASS
5
Reduce, as expenses : PARE
6
Like ___ out of hell : ABAT
7
Scout's rider : TONTO
8
More colossal : HUGER
9
Noted shock jock : STERN
10
Turbulent : STORMY
11
1964 Murray Schisgal play : LUV
12
1860's White House name : ABE
13
Tolstoy topic : WAR
19
Convincing : REAL
21
Less convincing : LAMER
23
Sarcastic laugh : HAHA
25
Comeback : ECHO
26
Straight : NEAT
27
Hanoi New Year : TET
29
Gets under one's skin : IRKS
30
Bargaining basis : COST
33
Mineral suffix : ITE
34
Rug variety : SHAG
35
Office communique : MEMO
37
Fracture detector : XRAY
38
Eve's counterpart : MORN
39
Smarts : SENSE
40
Ready for surgery : PREP
41
Petroleum meas. : BBL
44
Chinese book of divination : ICHING
45
Blender setting : CHOP
47
"Phedre" playwright : RACINE
48
Delivery person of old : ICEMAN
49
University founder Stanford : LELAND
51
Occupied : INUSE
52
Fits snugly : NESTS
53
Greek fast food : GYROS
56
Response to "Come va?" : BENE
57
Former partners : EXES
59
Breakfast drinks : OJS
60
Years and years : EON
61
24 horas : DIA
62
Spice : ZIP

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