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New York Times, Monday, September 28, 1998

Author:
Robert Dillman
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Across : Take ___ at (try)
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Robert Dillman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Dillman. Monday freshness: 5%
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© 1998, The New York Times9/28/98 ( No. 17,856 )
Across
1
The "A" of N.E.A. : ARTS
5
Vittles : GRUB
9
Take ___ at (try) : ASTAB
14
Cookout in Honolulu : LUAU
15
Convenience : EASE
16
Hangman's ___ : NOOSE
17
Snapshots : PICS
18
Perfectly draftable : ONEA
19
1966 movie or song : ALFIE
20
Judge's query to a jury : ONTHEFIRSTCOUNT
23
Army div. : INF
24
Confucian path : TAO
25
Muhammad ___ : ALI
28
Apothecary's weight : DRAM
31
Sparkly rock : GNEISS
36
Nothin' : NADA
38
"___ Coming" (1969 hit) : ELIS
40
Prom, say : DANCE
41
Jury's reply to the judge : GUILTYASCHARGED
44
Irregularly edged : EROSE
45
Word to a fly : SHOO
46
Pioneering 70's video game : PONG
47
___ Cranston (the Shadow, of old radio) : LAMONT
49
Shoemaker's tools : AWLS
51
Golf ball prop : TEE
52
It lacks refinement : ORE
54
___ Abner : LIL
56
Judge's comment to the spectators : ORDERINTHECOURT
65
Actress Adams and others : MAUDS
66
Live wire, so to speak : DOER
67
Nile queen, informally : CLEO
68
Gladiator's battleground : ARENA
69
More than a goblin : OGRE
70
German philosopher : KANT
71
"Stop worrying!" : RELAX
72
Prison area : WARD
73
Within: Prefix : ENTO
Down
1
Brand for Bowser : ALPO
2
Make a mess of : RUIN
3
Diplomat's forte : TACT
4
Fish food? : SUSHI
5
Tale spinner Chaucer : GEOFFREY
6
Rajah's mate : RANI
7
Druggie : USER
8
Admirer of Beauty : BEAST
9
Tight wrapper? : ANACONDA
10
Unassisted : SOLO
11
Bean curd : TOFU
12
X ___ xylophone : ASIN
13
Shade of red : BEET
21
Stop : END
22
Dog's ID : TAG
25
Broadway backer : ANGEL
26
Classic 1944 mystery film : LAURA
27
"Going to the dogs," e.g. : IDIOM
29
"Oh, woe!" : ALAS
30
Baryshnikov, to friends : MISHA
32
Marshal Wyatt : EARP
33
Gold bar : INGOT
34
Public spat : SCENE
35
Marsh plant : SEDGE
37
"Not only that..." : ALSO
39
Garbage boat : SCOW
42
Jazz combo instrument : TENORSAX
43
Yelled : HOLLERED
48
Prefix with chloride : TRI
50
Urge to attack, with "on" : SIC
53
Provide with funds : ENDOW
55
English philosopher : LOCKE
56
"The Rubáiyát" poet : OMAR
57
Stamp designation : RARE
58
Hamilton's last act : DUEL
59
___ St. Vincent Millay : EDNA
60
Costume for Claudius : TOGA
61
Mister, in Münster : HERR
62
___ Bator, Mongolia : ULAN
63
Monthly money : RENT
64
Dog in Oz : TOTO

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