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New York Times, Wednesday, November 25, 1998

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
4-Down : Standards
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJQWXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 92 for Mr. Norris. Wednesday freshness: 27%
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© 1998, The New York Times11/25/98 ( No. 17,914 )
Across
1
Antisubversive grp. until 1975 : HUAC
5
Adagio, for one : TEMPO
10
Edges : RIMS
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It broke up in Dec. 1991 : USSR
15
Available : ONTAP
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Switch ending : EROO
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Jailed : BEHINDBARS
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Phone, slangily : HORN
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Kit item : TOOL
21
Rhythmic ballroom dance : TANGO
22
Map feature : INSET
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Correct : ONTHEBEAM
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Actor Michael : NOURI
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Fixed : CURED
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Kind of fingerprint : DNA
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Disagreeable encounters : RUNINS
34
Extinct kiwi relative : MOA
35
Gifts for the betrothed : ENGAGEMENTRINGS
42
A pop : PER
43
Finnan ___ (smoked fish dish) : HADDIE
44
Rap sheet letters : AKA
47
Turner and others : TINAS
49
Throw with effort : HEAVE
50
Mattress alternative? : BANKVAULT
52
Weatherman Al : ROKER
53
Fight site : ARENA
54
Uzbekistan's ___ Sea : ARAL
56
Arrived : CAME
57
Tot's riding toy : HOBBYHORSE
63
Subj. of state regulation : UTIL
64
Daughter of William the Conqueror : ADELA
65
Moola : GELT
66
Cainites, e.g. : SECT
67
Hunt in Hollywood : HELEN
68
It may come easily to hand : YOYO
Down
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Focus : HUB
2
Employment : USE
3
Burn residue : ASH
4
Standards : CRITERIA
5
Bustle : TODO
6
As a whole, in Le Havre : ENBLOC
7
1959 Kingston Trio hit : MTA
8
Expected result : PAR
9
Wife of Saturn : OPS
10
Kind of center : REHAB
11
Pressed : IRONED
12
1975-76 National League M.V.P. Joe : MORGAN
13
California wine region : SONOMA
18
Making mention of : NOTING
21
"Hazel" cartoonist Key : TED
22
Concerning : INRE
23
Friend or foe, e.g. : NOUN
24
Vocalized : SUNG
26
Figure : NUMERAL
27
1982 sci-fi film : TRON
28
Moor : HEATH
33
Dark brown : SEPIA
36
List : MENU
37
Obviously enthusiastic : RAHRAH
38
Democracy, for one : IDEOLOGY
39
Sask. neighbor : NDAK
40
"Had enough?" : GIVE
41
One in the futures market? : SEER
44
Calculator of a kind : ABACUS
45
Dojo activity : KARATE
46
Lacking vitality : ANEMIC
47
Norris Dam project: Abbr. : TVA
48
Arab home : STABLE
51
Genuflected : KNELT
55
"A Bridge Too Far" author : RYAN
57
"A likely story!" : HAH
58
Shelley work : ODE
59
___ canto : BEL
60
Popular 20's auto : REO
61
Done with a wink, maybe : SLY
62
W.W. II command : ETO

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