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New York Times, Thursday, November 10, 1994

Author:
Alfio Micci
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Down : Climber's goal
TotalDebutLatest
1024/26/19702/19/2004
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RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
91.51399144%
Alfio Micci

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {GKQZ} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 92 for Mr. Micci. Thursday freshness: 26%
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M
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A
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M
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B
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N
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M
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X
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B
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J
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B
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© 1994, The New York Times11/10/94 ( No. 16,438 )
Across
1
Mugger subduer : MACE
5
Bathday cake? : SOAP
9
Like a bairn : SMA
12
Press : IRON
13
Zoroastrian : PARSI
14
Miss : LASS
16
19
Aficionado : FAN
20
Word of woe : ALAS
21
Calorie counter : DIETER
22
Less cordial : ICIER
24
Palindromic org. : AMA
25
Actress Mary : URE
26
30
Circumvent : AVERT
31
___ mutantur (all things change) : OMNIA
32
Group meal : MESS
33
Green ___ : BERET
35
Neighbor of Ariz. : NMEX
39
Dazzling effect : ECLAT
41
Arrange for orchestra : SCORE
42
47
Downed : ATE
48
See red? : OWE
49
A k a : ALIAS
50
Hard: Prefix : SCLERO
52
Date-setting phrase : ASOF
53
Cask : TUN
56
59
Eliel's son : EERO
60
Jam : TIEUP
61
"Judith" composer : ARNE
62
Neighbor of Isr. : SYR
63
Yemen's capital : SANA
64
Pooped : BEAT
Down
1
Upset : MIFF
2
"Un bel di," for one : ARIA
3
Wall moldings : CORNICES
4
Printer's dashes : ENS
5
Game hunter's trip : SAFARI
6
Table scraps : ORTS
7
Timber wood : ASH
8
Former airline : PIEDMONT
9
Fizz flavor : SLOE
10
Virgil's birthplace : MANTUA
11
Backward : ASTERN
13
Propelled a punt : POLED
15
Tatter : SHRED
17
Sully : TAINT
18
Dolphins' home : MIAMI
23
Constrict : CORSET
24
Climber's goal : ACME
26
Notable uncle : SAM
27
First lady : EVE
28
Paraguayan compass point : NORTE
29
Region of Spain, with "La" : MANCHA
33
Elaborate affairs : BLOWOUTS
34
Overhang : EAVE
36
Dew : MOISTURE
37
Misdo : ERR
38
Crossed out : XED
40
Brazilian dance band : CHORO
41
Unbending : STIFF
42
Thrash : BASTE
43
Emulates Durer : ETCHES
44
Sniggler's spot : EELERY
45
1955 Belmont Stakes winner : NASHUA
46
One-master : SLOOP
51
___ effort : EFOR
52
"___ o'clock scholar" : ATEN
54
Armbone : ULNA
55
Da's opposite : NYET
57
Estuary : RIA
58
Alternative to a hook : JAB

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