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New York Times, Thursday, September 8, 1994

Author:
Daniel R. Stark
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Across : Snacks in Santa Rosalia
TotalDebutLatest
165/18/199412/5/1998
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ScrabDebutFresh
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Daniel R. Stark

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 31 Missing: {JQWXZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Stark. Thursday freshness: 92%
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© 1994, The New York Times9/8/94 ( No. 16,375 )
Across
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Snacks in Santa Rosalia : TACOS
6
Upright : GOALPOST
14
Aligned : EVENED
16
Elephantine : UNGAINLY
17
Rainier locale : MONACO
18
Globe flattener, in a way : MERCATOR
19
Interest rate: Abbr. : PCT
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Negotiates a puddle : SLOSHES
22
___ Khan : AGA
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Superman's mother : LARA
25
Lake resort : TAHOE
26
Galway Bay isles : ARAN
27
Accommodate : ADAPT
29
___ openers : FOR
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Positive, for a shutterbug : PRINT
31
Mugged a snoozer : ROLLED
33
Husky runners : ESKIMOS
35
Gouda's cousin : EDAM
37
Berlin one : EINE
38
One kind of clutch : HANDBAG
41
Sarge, for one : NONCOM
45
Playwright-lyricist Comden : BETTY
46
Buff : NUT
48
Reuniongoer : NIECE
49
Harry Golden's "___ in America" : ONLY
50
Watered silk : MOIRE
52
___ rug : AREA
53
Altiplano tuber : OCA
54
Where Holstein cows originated : HOLLAND
56
Catch some rays : TAN
57
Shaven, as a priest's head : TONSURED
59
Fix, as boundaries : DEFINE
61
Rooming-house convenience : HOTPLATE
62
Foul-ups : SNAFUS
63
Quiet firework : SPARKLER
64
"Hero and Leander" episode : TRYST
Down
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Charteris detective Simon ___ : TEMPLAR
2
Alligator pear : AVOCADO
3
Old telephone exchange : CENTRAL
4
Stop ___ dime : ONA
5
Slangy instants : SECS
6
Private eye : GUMSHOE
7
Kind of town : ONEHORSE
8
Think alike : AGREE
9
Resins : LACS
10
Actress Zadora : PIA
11
Least of the Great Lakes : ONTARIO
12
Rallying cries : SLOGANS
13
Not an easy boss : TYRANT
15
Blockhead : DOLT
21
Clod : OAF
24
More than enough : APLENTY
26
It's south of the Caucasus : ARMENIA
28
Lingerie item : TEDDY
30
Tree with edible seeds : PINON
32
Apply makeup : DAB
34
Aunts and others : KIN
36
Ill-fated bullfighter : MANOLETE
38
Place for brooding : HENCOOP
39
1996 Olympics site : ATLANTA
40
Dutch coin : GUILDER
42
Notarize : CERTIFY
43
The eldest Titan : OCEANUS
44
Most Scroogelike : MEANEST
45
Fair constructions : BOOTHS
47
___ -la-la : TRA
50
Fable's point : MORAL
51
Tackles' neighbors : ENDS
54
"The Incredible ___" : HULK
55
Hollow : DENT
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Time of yr. : SPR
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___ and away : FAR

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