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New York Times, Wednesday, September 25, 1996

Author:
R. Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Rallying words
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
31.571,11574%
Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQVX} This is puzzle # 44 for Mr. Norris. Wednesday freshness: 15%
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© 1996, The New York Times9/25/96 ( No. 17,123 )
Across
1
Go for game : HUNT
5
Put up with : ABIDE
10
Pinochle holding : MELD
14
Onetime B.&O. rival : ERIE
15
"The Prisoner of ___" : ZENDA
16
Mimicked : APED
17
One eager for dinner : LIPSMACKER
19
She played Ginger on "Gilligan's Island" : TINA
20
Rallying words : PEPTALKS
21
Real one : MCCOY
22
Devious : SLY
23
Collectible car : REO
24
Dash gauge : TACH
26
Big hit on the diamond : GRANDSLAMMER
31
Overly emotional : GUSHY
34
Terrific, slangily : RAD
35
Ethereal : AIRY
36
Bread spread : OLEO
37
"Pal Joey" writer : OHARA
39
Hoods in hoods : KLAN
40
Change, sometimes : ONES
41
60's battleground, briefly : NAM
42
Former Attorney General Edwin : MEESE
43
Unwelcome guest : PARTYCRASHER
47
Seven days in May, e.g. : WEEK
48
Wine cask : TUN
49
Tooth doctor's org. : ADA
52
Not together : APART
55
Makeshift desk area : TABLETOP
57
Highway hauler : SEMI
58
Child of the 50's, e.g. : BABYBOOMER
60
Many : ALOT
61
PC communications : EMAIL
62
Small winning margin : NOSE
63
Short dog, for short : PEKE
64
Greene of "Bonanza" : LORNE
65
J.F.K. arrivals : SSTS
Down
1
Succors : HELPS
2
Archangel of the Apocrypha : URIEL
3
Rather cool : NIPPY
4
Boards, e.g. : TEST
5
Flowering shrub : AZALEA
6
Call : BECKON
7
Seals, as deals : INKS
8
Running mate for R.M.N. : DDE
9
Musical talent : EAR
10
Yente, in "Fiddler on the Roof" : MATCHMAKER
11
Miniseries, maybe : EPIC
12
Letterman rival : LENO
13
Make-or-break time : DDAY
18
Hook up with : MARRY
21
Big inits. in records : MCA
24
Winter Palace resident : TSAR
25
Capt. Pierce portrayer : ALDA
26
Work behind the scenes, in a way : GHOSTWRITE
27
"Chicago Hope," e.g : DRAMA
28
What a marker may mark : MILE
29
Important periods : ERAS
30
Baseball's Sandberg : RYNE
31
Sticky stuff : GOOP
32
Part of the arm : ULNA
33
Oracle : SEER
37
Less than rarely : ONCE
38
"Listen!" : HARK
42
___ Park, N.J. : MENLO
44
At this time : YET
45
Not leave home : STAYIN
46
Big name in big telescopes : HUBBLE
49
Vapor, in Greece : ATMOS
50
Accomplish, as thou might : DOEST
51
___-ski : APRES
52
"Make it snappy!" : ASAP
53
Brazilian soccer star : PELE
54
Frenziedly : AMOK
55
Skier's aid : TBAR
56
Ages and ages : EONS
58
___ canto : BEL
59
Latin 101 word : AMO

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