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New York Times, Monday, October 9, 1995

Author:
Gregory E. Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
46-Down : Hunter's weapon
TotalDebutLatest
1169/13/199410/17/2005
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.502306%
Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JMQXZ} This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. Paul. Monday freshness: 18%
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© 1995, The New York Times10/9/95 ( No. 16,771 )
Across
1
Knife wounds : STABS
6
Cashless deal : SWAP
10
Fellow : CHAP
14
Dead, as an engine : KAPUT
15
"The Godfather" figure : CAPO
16
It's tossed after weddings : RICE
17
Let up : ABATE
18
Uzbek sea : ARAL
19
Walkie-talkie message ending : OVER
20
Cozy sweater : TURTLENECK
22
Sunset's direction : WEST
23
Keebler worker : ELF
24
Skater Brinker : HANS
26
"Hold on a ___..." : SEC
29
Blazing : AFIRE
32
Sale bid : OFFER
36
Use strong-arm tactics on : PRESSURE
38
Unclear, as vision : BLEARY
39
Bring home the bacon : EARN
40
Battleship blast : SALVO
42
Sicilian spouter : ETNA
43
Fourth ___ (the press) : ESTATE
45
Genius : EINSTEIN
47
Classroom fixtures : DESKS
48
Hide, as loot : STASH
49
___ Moines : DES
50
Fencer's blade : EPEE
52
Fine : AOK
54
Detectives' board game : CLUE
57
TV antenna : RABBITEARS
63
Actor Calhoun : RORY
64
Curved molding : OGEE
65
Columbus's birthplace : GENOA
66
Pulitzer playwright William : INGE
67
Ice-cream drink : SODA
68
Confederacy's foe : UNION
69
Honey makers : BEES
70
Biblical paradise : EDEN
71
"Cheep" homes? : NESTS
Down
1
Three-player card game : SKAT
2
Off-limits: Var. : TABU
3
On ___ with (equal to) : APAR
4
Montana city : BUTTE
5
Mrs. Kowalski et al. : STELLAS
6
CAT ___ : SCAN
7
Goods : WARE
8
Cochise, e.g. : APACHE
9
Lively dance : POLKA
10
Wrinkles : CROWSFEET
11
Home for 69 Across : HIVE
12
Poker bullets : ACES
13
Saucy : PERT
21
Pour forth : EFFUSE
25
Cambodia's Lon ___ : NOL
26
Rapidity : SPEED
27
Delete-key function : ERASE
28
Breath Savers competitor : CERTS
30
Tax shelter, for short : IRA
31
Sublease : RELET
33
Ill-___ (doomed) : FATED
34
Journalist Pyle : ERNIE
35
"___ Daughter" : RYANS
37
Two, at dice : SNAKEEYES
38
Tree-shaping art : BONSAI
41
By way of : VIA
44
Recipe amt. : TSP
46
Hunter's weapon : SHOTGUN
48
Poseidon, e.g. : SEAGOD
51
Uneven, as leaf edges : EROSE
53
Nancy Drew writer Carolyn : KEENE
54
Corn bin : CRIB
55
Solitary : LONE
56
Goad : URGE
58
Eliot's "Adam ___" : BEDE
59
Clothing retailer L.L. : BEAN
60
Black birds : ANIS
61
Underground stem : ROOT
62
Without: Fr. : SANS

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