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New York Times, Wednesday, October 22, 1997

Author:
John D. Leavy
Editor:
Will Shortz
47-Down : Briar patch, maybe
TotalDebutLatest
71/8/19977/15/2002
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0214000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.52186%
John D. Leavy

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Leavy. Wednesday freshness: 11%
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© 1997, The New York Times10/22/97 ( No. 17,515 )
Across
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On the double : FAST
5
Peace Nobelist of 1984 : TUTU
9
Classic drinks : COKES
14
Jazz home : UTAH
15
Letters of urgency : ASAP
16
Impossible to miss : OVERT
17
Tick off : RILE
18
Columbus : ___ :: ... : SANTAMARIA
20
Brunch staple : OMELET
22
Much of Mongolia : GOBI
23
Bird's bill : NEB
24
Distant : REMOVED
26
St. Louis attraction : ARCH
28
Like the flu : VIRAL
30
"Hey Girl" singer, 1971 : OSMOND
34
Bygone Ford : EDSEL
37
1970's Tony Musante series : TOMA
39
Command to Rover : STAY
40
Sourpuss : CRAB
41
Halfhearted : TEPID
42
Kind of bread : PITA
43
Prop at a Christmas musical : HALO
44
Serpent's home : EDEN
45
Plains roamers : BISON
46
Chrétien's capital : OTTAWA
48
Essayist Sontag : SUSAN
50
Tex-Mex snack : TACO
52
Got (by) : SCRAPED
56
Kramden vehicle : BUS
59
Winningest N.C.A.A. basketball coach : RUPP
61
Amend one's return : REFILE
62
Kirk : ___ :: ... : ENTERPRISE
65
"Havana" actress : OLIN
66
Astaire had it : STYLE
67
The East : ASIA
68
Outback critters : ROOS
69
Antidote target : TOXIN
70
Injury : HARM
71
Feminine suffix : ETTE
Down
1
Hue and cry : FUROR
2
"___ to Kill" (Grisham novel) : ATIME
3
City on the Willamette : SALEM
4
Stubing : ___ :: ... : THELOVEBOAT
5
One who sips : TASTER
6
"Home of the brave" : USA
7
Flavor to remember : TANG
8
___ point (only so far) : UPTOA
9
Daily page : COMICS
10
Reproductive cells : OVA
11
"Show Boat" composer : KERN
12
Native New Yorker : ERIE
13
Wild guess : STAB
19
Overseas : ABROAD
21
What lurks in the hearts of men : EVIL
25
Went with : DATED
27
Corcoran : ___ : HMSPINAFORE
29
Runs : LOPES
31
"Miss ___ Regrets" : OTIS
32
Warsaw Pact counterforce : NATO
33
Cannon in Hollywood : DYAN
34
Audio problem : ECHO
35
Fieldsian expletive : DRAT
36
Popeye, e.g. : SALT
38
Drawback : MINUS
41
Service component : TEACUP
45
In the buff : BARE
47
Briar patch, maybe : WARREN
49
Riot : SCREAM
51
Geraldo competitor : OPRAH
53
Series sample : PILOT
54
"Cats" lyricist : ELIOT
55
None too bright : DENSE
56
A+ : BEST
57
"Do ___ others..." : UNTO
58
Charon's crossing : STYX
60
Tower site : PISA
63
George Bush was one : ELI
64
Sidney Poitier title role : SIR

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