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New York Times, Tuesday, November 12, 1996

Author:
E. Lexau
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Down : Mexican state
TotalDebutLatest
2712/17/196212/4/2000
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0655254
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.56261746%
Eileen Lexau

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 Missing: {HZ} This is puzzle # 22 for Ms. Lexau. Tuesday freshness: 65%
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V
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E
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R
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M
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C
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L
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I
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D
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S
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L
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E
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V
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G
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A
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Y
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P
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T
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Y
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F
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S
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S
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R
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B
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A
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W
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B
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U
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E
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B
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B
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S
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© 1996, The New York Times11/12/96 ( No. 17,171 )
Across
1
State firmly : AVER
5
Born's partner : BRED
9
Famous rib donor : ADAM
13
Heart : CORE
14
Stead : LIEU
15
Teacake : SCONE
16
Like Hawthorne's "Tales" : TWICETOLD
18
Peer : EQUAL
19
"My Fair Lady" scene : ASCOT
20
Second-stringer : SCRUB
22
Five-to-one, e.g. : RATIO
26
St. Teresa of ___ : AVILA
28
Some stock buys : ODDLOTS
30
Galley type appropriate for this puzzle? : BIREME
32
Speaker's place : DAIS
33
"Darn!" : RATS
35
Pretend : LETON
36
Addl. telephone off a main line : EXT
37
Hamlet : VILLAGE
39
Rita Hayworth spouse ___ Khan : ALY
40
Page of music : PATTI
42
Speak to the hard-of-hearing? : YELL
43
Dog biter : FLEA
44
Has contempt for : SCORNS
46
Alternative to Nikes : REEBOKS
48
Valued violin : AMATI
49
Publish lies about : SMEAR
50
Queen ___ lace : ANNES
52
Short trip : JAUNT
56
Compel : FORCE
58
Extra-base hit : TWOBAGGER
62
Contract signer : INKER
63
Official language of Pakistan : URDU
64
Vogue rival : ELLE
65
Head honcho : BOSS
66
Tournament passes : BYES
67
Fine pajama material : SILK
Down
1
Official proceedings : ACTA
2
Wedding exchange : VOWS
3
The Red : ERIC
4
45's and 78's : RECORDS
5
Sandwich order : BLT
6
___ Bravo : RIO
7
Slippery one : EEL
8
Garb : DUDS
9
Get : ACQUIRE
10
Gobbledygook : DOUBLETALK
11
Santa ___ (Pacific wind) : ANA
12
Sportscaster Allen : MEL
15
Sycophantic : SERVILE
17
And more : ETAL
21
It'll take you for a ride : CAB
23
Spelling of "Beverly Hills 90210" : TORI
24
"Paradise of exiles": Shelley : ITALY
25
Workers in stables : OSTLERS
27
Soap plants : AMOLES
28
Mexican state : OAXACA
29
31
One-named Irish singer : ENYA
32
Assts. : DEPS
34
Oregon's capital : SALEM
37
Ernest or Julio Gallo : VINTNER
38
Elation : GLEE
41
Hypnotic states : TRANCES
43
Searches for provisions : FORAGES
45
"Sprechen ___ Deutsch?" : SIE
47
Lower California, familiarly : BAJA
51
Ticket remainder : STUB
53
Good fruit with a bad name? : UGLI
54
Dickens girl : NELL
55
Quite a trip : TREK
56
Stretch the truth : FIB
57
Warbler Yoko : ONO
59
Kind of humor : WRY
60
Lyric poem : ODE
61
School transportation : BUS

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