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New York Times, Tuesday, January 26, 1999

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Down : Crumples into a tiny ball
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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531.631,16472%
Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 26 for Mr. Quigley. Tuesday freshness: 2%
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© 1999, The New York Times1/26/99 ( No. 17,976 )
Across
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Airline founded in 1927 : PANAM
6
Garden smoother : RAKE
10
Bygone Mideast leader : SHAH
14
D-Day beach : OMAHA
15
"Make it quick!" : ASAP
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Showed up : CAME
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"Look who just showed up!" : SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL
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Uncle of rice fame : BEN
21
Court game : ONEONONE
22
Cluckhead : SAP
25
Marooned motorist's need : TOW
27
Scouting job : RECON
28
___ Gras : MARDI
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Perpendicular to the keel : ABEAM
34
"___ With a View" : AROOM
35
Where cold cuts are cut : DELI
36
"This ___ fair!" : ISNT
40
Popular basketball shoe : CONVERSEALLSTAR
43
Midleg point : KNEE
44
Rudely abrupt : CURT
45
Escape detection of : ELUDE
46
Expire : LAPSE
47
Eagle's home : AERIE
48
Pitcher Hideo Nomo's birthplace : OSAKA
52
Popular oil additive : STP
54
"Spy vs. Spy" magazine : MAD
55
Intern in the news : LEWINSKY
59
Spooky sighting : UFO
61
Rutgers, e.g. : STATEUNIVERSITY
66
Raison d'___ : ETRE
67
Numbskull : DOPE
68
Blast from the past : OLDIE
69
Drifts off : NODS
70
Leave be : STET
71
Thugs : GOONS
Down
1
Not neg. : POS
2
Sound booster : AMP
3
Highland negative : NAE
4
Captain of the Pequod : AHAB
5
Provide (for), in a schedule : MAKETIME
6
"A Yank in the ___" (1941 war film) : RAF
7
Regarding : ASTO
8
Actress Madeline : KAHN
9
Fencer's blade : EPEE
10
Public row : SCENE
11
Ruinous damage : HAVOC
12
Protein building block : AMINO
13
Her face launched a thousand ships : HELEN
18
Lennon's lady : ONO
19
Quad building : DORM
22
Impact sound : SMACK
23
Baseball's Hank : AARON
24
Lying facedown : PRONE
26
Crumples into a tiny ball : WADSUP
29
Peacenik : DOVE
31
A round at the tavern, say : BEERS
32
Delights : ELATES
33
Do poorly : AIL
36
Castaway's spot : ISLE
37
___ und Drang : STURM
38
Gymnast Comaneci : NADIA
39
In a corner : TREED
41
Company with a dog in its logo : RCA
42
Quaint children's game : LEAPFROG
46
Shady route : LANE
48
Sportscaster Merlin : OLSEN
49
Brawl : SETTO
50
O. Henry, in the literary world : AWARD
51
Toys with tails : KITES
53
Wed. preceder : TUE
56
Brewski : SUDS
57
Shoelace problem : KNOT
58
Cry of pain : YIPE
60
1993 peace accord city : OSLO
62
November honoree : VET
63
Joining words : IDO
64
Food container : TIN
65
"Right" : YES

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