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New York Times, Tuesday, January 20, 1998

Author:
Randall J. Hartman
Editor:
Will Shortz
64-Down : Blockhead
TotalDebutLatest
7411/7/19947/3/2017
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
41.552297%
Randall J. Hartman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. Hartman. Tuesday freshness: 6%
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© 1998, The New York Times1/20/98 ( No. 17,605 )
Across
1
Literary lioness : ELSA
5
Open a crack : AJAR
9
Seeing red : RILED
14
Painter of limp watches : DALI
15
Rational : SANE
16
Elicit : EVOKE
17
Road, for Romulus : ITER
18
Signs : INKS
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"Drove my Chevy to the ___..." (1972 lyric) : LEVEE
20
1991 feminist movie : THELMA&LOUISE
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Old photo : SEPIA
24
Skin layer : DERMA
25
Radical 60's org. : SDS
28
For the taking : FREE
30
Give a licking : TAN
31
4:00, in Kent : TEA
32
300-pound President : TAFT
35
Dog's drink, or resting spot : LAP
37
Bikini alternative : THONG
39
Cousin of the English horn : OBOE
40
Work, as dough : KNEAD
43
Approximately : ORSO
44
Valerie Harper series : RHODA
46
"Much ___ About Nothing" : ADO
47
Certain grains : RYES
48
It thickens the plot : SOD
49
Snowball in "Animal Farm" : PIG
52
Rounds, say : AMMO
54
Mythical monster : ORC
55
Eye opener : ALARM
57
Balance sheet plus : ASSET
61
Cartoon magpies : HECKLE&JECKLE
64
Reluctant : LOATH
66
Zeno's home : ELEA
67
Takes care of the squeaky wheel : OILS
68
Come together : UNITE
69
Armed Forces option : NAVY
70
Sunburn woe : PEEL
71
It's all in the family : GENUS
72
Fires : AXES
73
Ferber of "Show Boat" : EDNA
Down
1
Blue-pencils : EDITS
2
Shop tool : LATHE
3
Result of counting sheep : SLEEP
4
Delivered by a Huey Cobra : AIRLIFTED
5
Home of 3.5 billion : ASIA
6
"Surf City" singers, 1963 : JAN&DEAN
7
It's just over a foot : ANKLE
8
Martha's Vineyard, in the summer : RESORT
9
Trustful : RELIANT
10
Singer Burl : IVES
11
41-week best seller, 1970-71 : LOVESTORY
12
Barely manage, with "out" : EKE
13
Gidget portrayer Sandra : DEE
21
Deface : MAR
22
Actress Thurman : UMA
26
Thickheaded : DENSE
27
Powdered starches : SAGOS
29
Lodge member : ELK
32
Common sculpture : TORSO
33
Hate : ABHOR
34
Ecological succession : FOODCHAIN
36
Princess tormentor : PEA
38
Some check it daily : HOROSCOPE
41
Early outcasts : ADAM&EVE
42
Suffix with star or tsar : DOM
45
Side in many a western : APACHES
50
Type : ILK
51
Lead ore : GALENA
53
Screen siren West : MAE
56
"Chill!" : RELAX
58
Went down a slope : SKIED
59
"Sea of Love" star Barkin : ELLEN
60
Physicist Nikola : TESLA
62
"___, Brute!" : ETTU
63
Noisy birds : JAYS
64
Blockhead : LUG
65
Early afternoon : ONE

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