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New York Times, Monday, September 8, 1997

Author:
Robert Goldberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Across : Eastern philosophy
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19/8/1997
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Robert Goldberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 80, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVZ} Spans: 3 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Goldberg. Monday freshness: 6%
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© 1997, The New York Times9/8/97 ( No. 17,471 )
Across
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One of the Three B's of classical music : BACH
5
Milkshake conduit : STRAW
10
Church recess : APSE
14
Field measure : ACRE
15
Nile capital : CAIRO
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Close, as an envelope : SEAL
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"Horse Feathers" stars : THEMARXBROTHERS
20
Put in stitches : SEW
21
Orders to plow horses : GEES
22
Eagle's nest : AERIE
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Pencil's innards : LEAD
24
New York nine : METS
26
Eastern philosophy : TAOISM
29
Scandalous gossip : DIRT
30
Getty product : GAS
33
Broadcasts : AIRS
34
Larger than quarto : FOLIO
35
9-to-5 grind : RUT
36
Genre of 17- and 56-Across : SLAPSTICKCOMEDY
40
Vietnamese holiday : TET
41
Picnic places : PARKS
42
First murder victim : ABEL
43
Gawk at : EYE
44
Prevaricates : LIES
45
Placid : SERENE
47
Hairless : BALD
48
Stocking flaws : RUNS
49
West Indies, e.g. : ISLES
52
Connect, as girders : WELD
53
Where: Lat. : UBI
56
"The Outlaws Is Coming" stars : THETHREESTOOGES
60
Jacket : COAT
61
Hot coal : EMBER
62
Escape battle : FLEE
63
"___ springs eternal" : HOPE
64
Like many attics : DUSTY
65
Classify, as blood : TYPE
Down
1
Cave dwellers : BATS
2
Feel sore : ACHE
3
Rowing sport : CREW
4
Skirt's edge : HEM
5
Reaction on a roller coaster : SCREAM
6
Burdened : TAXED
7
Barbecued dish slathered with sauce : RIBS
8
Flightboard abbr. : ARR
9
Court : WOO
10
Cigar residue : ASHES
11
Equal : PEER
12
Indian dress : SARI
13
"What ___ is new?" : ELSE
18
Long, long time : AGES
19
Skin art : TATTOO
23
Speech problem : LISP
24
Dairy products : MILKS
25
Newsman Sevareid : ERIC
26
Flavor : TASTE
27
Choreographer Alvin : AILEY
28
Declaim : ORATE
29
Links with a space station : DOCKS
30
Diving bird : GREBE
31
Poet W. H. ___ : AUDEN
32
Flair : STYLE
34
Out of a job : FIRED
37
Quite a display : SPLASH
38
Mermaid feature : TAIL
39
Pathfinder's locale : MARS
45
Torrid : SULTRY
46
Inner: Prefix : ENDO
47
Divine Miss M : BETTE
48
Stopwatch button : RESET
49
Compulsive desire : ITCH
50
"Begone!" : SHOO
51
Quantum ___ : LEAP
52
Insect snares : WEBS
53
Hideous : UGLY
54
Pager sound : BEEP
55
Expression of understanding : ISEE
57
Claret color : RED
58
Ostrich kin : EMU
59
Frequently : OFT

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