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New York Times, Tuesday, October 21, 1997

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
13-Down : Detectives, for short
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 20 for Ms. Gorski. Tuesday freshness: 13%
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© 1997, The New York Times10/21/97 ( No. 17,514 )
Across
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Like fine wine : AGED
5
Revival shouts : AMENS
10
Impertinent one : SNIP
14
Where the Vatican is : ROME
15
Newspapers, TV, etc. : MEDIA
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Actress Petty : LORI
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Suffix with psych- or neur- : OTIC
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Like a snake-oil salesman : SLICK
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Components of elevens : ONES
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Aristocratic types : SILKSTOCKINGS
23
Berlioz's "Les nuits d'___" : ETE
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Contained, with "up" : PENT
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Packs down : TAMPS
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Isn't feeling good : AILS
29
Dolt : SCHNOOK
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Brink : EDGE
33
Conquistador's haul : ORO
34
E or G, e.g. : KEY
35
Self-righteously virtuous types : GOODYTWOSHOES
40
Work unit : ERG
41
Start of many naval vessel names : USS
42
Subject to breezes : AIRY
43
Phrase in a new way, as a question : REFRAME
46
Throw hard : HURL
48
Farm mudholes : STIES
49
Salespeople, informally : REPS
50
Sheepish reply : BAA
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Pompous types : STUFFEDSHIRTS
57
Deep laugh : HOHO
59
Vassal : LIEGE
60
Mata ___ : HARI
61
Nondairy topping : OLEO
62
Get-go : ONSET
63
Former sneaker brand : AVIA
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Something to do : TASK
65
Uproots? : WEEDS
66
Campus figure : DEAN
Down
1
Stood : AROSE
2
"I understand!" : GOTIT
3
Classic Rousseau novel : EMILE
4
Clobber : DECK
5
Popular brew from Holland : AMSTEL
6
Cantaloupes : MELONS
7
Proclamation : EDICT
8
Shaving cut : NICK
9
Noted short-story writer : SAKI
10
"Just say no," for instance : SLOGAN
11
Favorable life insurance category : NONSMOKER
12
Miff : IRE
13
Detectives, for short : PIS
21
Used binoculars, maybe : SPIED
22
To the ___ degree : NTH
26
Where "e'en" is seen : POESY
27
Heaven : SKY
28
Long ___ : AGO
29
Full house sign : SRO
30
Beloved comic's nickname : COS
31
White heron : EGRET
32
Small sharks : DOGFISHES
33
Cries of pain : OWS
36
"Tasty!" : YUM
37
Mao ___-tung : TSE
38
Draconian : HARSH
39
Van Gogh's "Irises," e.g. : OIL
40
Hesitant sounds : ERS
44
Shot again, as a photo : RETOOK
45
Tempe sch. : ASU
46
Didn't give a definite answer : HEDGED
47
Unexpected wins : UPSETS
49
Singer Della : REESE
50
Intrepid : BRAVE
51
Courtyards : ATRIA
52
Kind of flu : ASIAN
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Move like lava : FLOW
55
Better than good : FINE
56
"___ the Craziest Dream" (1942 song) : IHAD
57
Steamy : HOT
58
Ending with schnozz : OLA

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