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New York Times, Wednesday, December 27, 1995

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Down : Honors word
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1893/15/19944/22/20245
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4461426601326
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16241.551,23753%
David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Kahn. Wednesday freshness: 76%
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© 1995, The New York Times12/27/95 ( No. 16,850 )
Across
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Former Toyota model : SUPRA
6
Grenades, e.g. : AMMO
10
This may be tiled : ROOF
14
Church recesses : APSES
15
Roaster's place? : DAIS
16
Humorist Bombeck : ERMA
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"Romeo and Juliet" event : TRYST
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Slight trace : SUSPICION
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Gaping, as the mouth : RICTAL
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Dizziness : VERTIGO
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Bat wood : ASH
24
Indulge, in a way : OVEREAT
26
Type of servitude : PEONAGE
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1 + 1 = 3, for example : SYNERGY
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Noted name in puppetry : BAIRD
35
Buzzer : BEE
36
Theme of this puzzle : HITCHCOCKMOVIES
43
Birds ___ feather : OFA
44
Woody vine : LIANE
45
Trial conference : SIDEBAR
50
Whole lot of apples : TREEFUL
54
Marilyn role : LORELEI
56
Transfer ___ : RNA
57
Actress De Mornay : REBECCA
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Most lucid : SANEST
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Unfavorably known : NOTORIOUS
64
Eastern princess : RANEE
65
Swear : AVOW
66
Spider nests : NIDI
67
Trimming tools : ADZES
68
Cross products : PENS
69
Narrow valley : GLEN
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Is not allowed to, for short : MAYNT
Down
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Minor despot : SATRAP
2
Revolt : UPRISE
3
Analysis start : PSYCHO
4
Breathing spell : REST
5
Fictional wirehair : ASTA
6
Source of TV revenue : ADS
7
Purple color : MAUVE
8
Chintzy ones : MISERS
9
Fish-eating hawk : OSPREY
10
Enumerate : RECITE
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Not a copy: Abbr. : ORIG
12
Melville classic : OMOO
13
Cooler : FAN
19
"I'd consider ___ honor" : ITAN
21
Subject for Aristotle : LOGIC
25
___ Beach, Fla. : VERO
27
Brokaw's network : NBC
28
"Wonderful!" : AAH
30
Quick score in baseball : RBI
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"I didn't know that!" : GEE
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Approval : YES
34
M - CCCL : DCL
36
Santa's laughs : HOS
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"___ Loved You" ("Carousel" hit) : IFI
38
Bit : TAD
39
Bad check : KITE
40
Single-season home-run king : MARIS
41
United : ONE
42
Churchill symbol : VEE
46
Jostles : ELBOWS
47
Literally, farmer : BOER
48
Following a curve : ARCING
49
Flinch : RECOIL
51
Violent agitation : FRENZY
52
Hidden : UNSEEN
53
Fashion maven's quest : LATEST
55
Honors word : LAUDE
57
Meander : ROVE
58
___ collar : ETON
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Composer Khachaturian : ARAM
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Zilch : NADA
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Be off guard : NAP
63
Break a commandment : SIN

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