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New York Times, Tuesday, November 11, 1997

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
6-Down : Soak up again
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1938/7/199612/22/202321
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
385152119522716
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
531.631,16472%
Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {Y} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Quigley. Tuesday freshness: 94%
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© 1997, The New York Times11/11/97 ( No. 17,535 )
Across
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___ de Boulogne (Paris park) : BOIS
5
Constant complainer : CRAB
9
Excite, as interest : PIQUE
14
Ancient inscription : RUNE
15
Daughter of Cronus : HERA
16
Pluck : SPUNK
17
Start with boy or girl : ATTA
18
"The jig ___!" : ISUP
19
Much-played part of a 45 : ASIDE
20
Led Zeppelin hit, 1969 : WHOLELOTTALOVE
23
English ___ : LIT
24
Rocker Garcia, informally : JER
25
Big Blue : IBM
26
"___ Yes!" (old political placard) : ERA
28
Jewel : STONE
30
Classic clown : BOZO
32
It comes after Mardi : GRAS
33
Gagging cry : ACK
35
Actor Beatty : NED
36
Make out : NECK
37
Midgame broadcasts : HALFTIMEREPORTS
42
Inch, e.g. : UNIT
43
"Pish posh!" : TUT
44
Part of an academic yr. : SEM
45
Sicilian spouter : ETNA
46
McDonald's founder Ray : KROC
48
Dance version of a pop song, e.g. : REMIX
52
"Comprende?" : DIG
53
Clump : WAD
54
Make sense, with "up" : ADD
56
British verb ending : ISE
57
Alternative to a Whopper : QUARTERPOUNDER
61
Deceit : GUILE
62
Engagement gift : RING
63
Waters: Fr. : EAUX
64
Part of a furniture joint : TENON
65
Pins and needles holder : ETUI
66
Fair distance : MILE
67
Works with words : EDITS
68
Do carbon-testing on : DATE
69
Table scraps : ORTS
Down
1
Barroom fights : BRAWLS
2
Do better than at bat : OUTHIT
3
Altogether : INTOTO
4
Whiskered circus animal : SEAL
5
Its capital is Santiago : CHILE
6
Soak up again : RESORB
7
In ___ (stuck) : ARUT
8
Saint John, for one : BAPTIZER
9
Sacred song : PSALM
10
___ facto : IPSO
11
Shaker : QUIVERER
12
Just walk through a role, say : UNDERACT
13
Stretch, with "out" : EKE
21
Cassette deck button : EJECT
22
Homes : ABODES
27
Questions : ASKS
29
First-term Clinton victory : NAFTA
31
"...and ___ grow on" : ONETO
32
Treasure-hoarding dwarf : GNOME
34
Popular candy bar : KITKAT
37
Tinted : HUED
38
Artificially made to look old : ANTIQUED
39
Pasta favorite : LINGUINI
40
Trounced, in sports : MURDERED
41
Hidden : PERDU
47
Screw backer : CAPNUT
49
Any point in a trapeze artist's routine : MIDAIR
50
Tristram's love : ISEULT
51
Persian king who destroyed Athens : XERXES
53
Brown songbirds : WRENS
55
Cowboy's stray : DOGIE
58
Tons : ALOT
59
Meter maid of song : RITA
60
Verne captain : NEMO
61
AT&T competitor : GTE

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