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New York Times, Monday, December 20, 1993

Author:
Norma Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
44-Down : Its usefulness goes to waste
TotalDebutLatest
5212/7/19824/11/2005
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7141210351
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.57473513%
Norma Steinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {GJQZ} This is puzzle # 37 for Ms. Steinberg. Monday freshness: 27%
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© 1993, The New York Times12/20/93 ( No. 16,113 )
Across
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"Shane" star : LADD
5
Late actor Phoenix : RIVER
10
"Dark Lady" singer, 1974 : CHER
14
"___in a manger..." : AWAY
15
Author Zola : EMILE
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"___, from New York..." : LIVE
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Haircuts? : MANEEVENTS
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Kathleen Battle offering : ARIA
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"___ we having fun yet?" : ARE
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Glowing : LIT
22
Kuwaiti structure : OILWELL
24
Opening word : SESAME
26
Broadway show based on a comic strip : ANNIE
27
Dubuque native : IOWAN
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Imperturbable : SEDATE
33
Become frayed : WEAR
36
Former spouses : EXES
38
Conceited smile : SMIRK
39
Hawkeye portrayer : ALDA
40
Recording auditions : DEMOS
42
Garfield's canine pal : ODIE
43
Pilots let them down : FLAPS
45
Cushy : SOFT
46
Catches some Z's : NAPS
47
It fugits : TEMPUS
49
Gullible : NAIVE
51
Sufficient : AMPLE
53
Knucklehead : NITWIT
57
Horoscope heading : SCORPIO
60
Police blotter abbr. : AKA
61
Prospector's find : ORE
62
World rotator? : LOVE
63
Fake embroidery? : CREWELHOAX
66
Augury : OMEN
67
"This way in" sign : ENTER
68
___ carotene : BETA
69
Emcee Parks : BERT
70
Nursery packets : SEEDS
71
Flowery verses : ODES
Down
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Actor Lorenzo : LAMAS
2
Conscious : AWARE
3
Odense residents : DANES
4
Recolor : DYE
5
Critiqued : REVIEWED
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"... ___a man with seven wives" : IMET
7
___ordinaire : VIN
8
"Candle in the Wind" singer ___John : ELTON
9
Copal and others : RESINS
10
Vandalized art work? : CLAWEDMONET
11
Put on staff : HIRE
12
Heinous : EVIL
13
Kind of estate : REAL
18
Movie Tarzan ___Lincoln : ELMO
23
Whoppers : LIES
25
Smog? : AIRAPPARENT
26
Showy flower : ANEMONE
28
Lumber camp implements : AXES
30
Verdi heroine : AIDA
31
Stumble : TRIP
32
Makes do, with "out" : EKES
33
Float : WAFT
34
Madame's pronoun : ELLE
35
Eden resident : ADAM
37
Divan : SOFA
41
Scoundrels : STINKERS
44
Its usefulness goes to waste : SUMP
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Cumin and cardamom : SPICES
50
Test tube : VIAL
52
Actor Greene : LORNE
54
Courted : WOOED
55
Livid : IRATE
56
Ann Richards's bailiwick : TEXAS
57
Poor fellow : SLOB
58
"Be our guest!" : COME
59
Concluded : OVER
60
Thunderstruck : AWED
64
Part of a year in Provence : ETE
65
Cable add-on : HBO

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