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New York Times, Monday, January 19, 1998

Author:
Gregory E. Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Down : Michener novel
TotalDebutLatest
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Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 55 for Mr. Paul. Monday freshness: 8%
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© 1998, The New York Times1/19/98 ( No. 17,604 )
Across
1
Opera house box : LOGE
5
Geography book : ATLAS
10
Golfer's alert : FORE
14
Gung-ho : AVID
15
Aplomb : POISE
16
Missing from the Marines, say : AWOL
17
Trio in Bethlehem : MAGI
18
Kindergarten adhesive : PASTE
19
Onionlike plant : LEEK
20
Noël Coward play : BLITHESPIRIT
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Dobbin's nibble : OAT
24
Postsurgical program : REHAB
28
"Total ___" (1990 film) : RECALL
32
Set free : LIBERATE
35
Internet messages : EMAIL
36
"You'd ___ Nice to Come Home To" : BESO
37
Trouble : WOE
38
"Ho, ho, ho" sayer : JOLLYGREENGIANT
42
Ike's W.W. II command : ETO
43
Flunky : AIDE
44
Disney mermaid : ARIEL
45
Arts and crafts class : CERAMICS
48
Garb : ATTIRE
49
Secret rendezvous : TRYST
50
Sold-out sign : SRO
51
Nickname for Hubert Humphrey, with "the" : HAPPYWARRIOR
59
On ___ (without commitment) : SPEC
62
Knight's wear : ARMOR
63
Not working : IDLE
64
Prefix with bucks : MEGA
65
Drink served with marshmallows : COCOA
66
Grain for farm animals : FEED
67
Atop : UPON
68
Get used (to) : ADAPT
69
Town NNE of Santa Fe : TAOS
Down
1
Gentle one : LAMB
2
Skating rink, e.g. : OVAL
3
Lerner and Loewe musical : GIGI
4
Rewrite : EDIT
5
Sex ___ : APPEAL
6
Wedding offering to the bride and groom : TOAST
7
Daffy Duck's impediment : LISP
8
Italian wine region : ASTI
9
Psychic : SEER
10
Stumble : FALTER
11
Be in arrears : OWE
12
Future flounder : ROE
13
Big game animal : ELK
21
Christmas decoration : HOLLY
22
Indignation : IRE
25
Michener novel : HAWAII
26
Penitent : ATONER
27
Ladybug, e.g. : BEETLE
28
Veto : REJECT
29
Ham : EMOTER
30
Dieter's unit: Var. : CALORY
31
Be bedridden : AIL
32
Yorkshire city : LEEDS
33
"Uh-huh" : ISEE
34
Rock's ___ Jovi : BON
36
___-a-brac : BRIC
39
Moo goo ___ pan : GAI
40
University of Florida student : GATOR
41
N.Y.C. subway : IRT
46
Waste receptacle : ASHCAN
47
N.Y.C. subway overseer : MTA
48
Genesis mountain : ARARAT
50
Hawk's descent : SWOOP
52
White-spotted rodent : PACA
53
Egg on : PROD
54
Community org. with a gym : YMCA
55
Break in friendly relations : RIFT
56
Notion : IDEA
57
Parkay product : OLEO
58
Cincinnati nine : REDS
59
Home of the Mustangs, for short : SMU
60
Oomph : PEP
61
It may need massaging : EGO

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