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New York Times, Tuesday, December 3, 1996

Author:
R. Hartman
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Down : Madison Square Garden and others
TotalDebutLatest
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
41.552297%
Randall J. Hartman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVY} This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Hartman. Tuesday freshness: 4%
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© 1996, The New York Times12/3/96 ( No. 17,192 )
Across
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Proficient : ADEPT
6
Greek promenades : STOAS
11
Vestment for the clergy : ALB
14
Rival of Paris : ROMEO
15
Tin Woodman's quest : HEART
16
Animal house : ZOO
17
"Cheyenne" star : CLINTWALKER
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Prom wear : TUX
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Cause of strain pain : HERNIA
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Musical Horne : LENA
22
Wind dir. : ESE
23
Hoosier pro : INDIANAPACER
26
Fr. holy woman : STE
29
Tourmaline, e.g. : GEM
30
Jacuzzi : SPA
31
Tones : HUES
33
"Red Roses for a Blue Lady" singer : DANA
36
Swashbuckler Flynn : ERROL
40
Not a blood relative : INLAW
42
Sal of song : GAL
43
"Lorna ___" : DOONE
44
Turkish title of old : PASHA
45
Freudian interests : EGOS
47
Semiquaver, e.g. : NOTE
48
"___ alive!" : ITS
50
Cone bearer : FIR
52
Voting aye : FOR
53
Meadowlark Lemon, once : GLOBETROTTER
59
Calif. airport : LAX
60
Fishing item : REEL
61
Military command : ATEASE
65
Friend of Francois : AMI
66
1982 Harrison Ford film : BLADERUNNER
68
Last letter in London : ZED
69
Charlton Heston epic : ELCID
70
Certain rocket engine : RETRO
71
Before, to poets : ERE
72
Takes out : DATES
73
Hives : NESTS
Down
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St. Louis landmark : ARCH
2
Welfare, with "the" : DOLE
3
Arabian bigwig : EMIR
4
Helsinki coin : PENNI
5
Hauling around : TOTING
6
___ Na Na : SHA
7
"I cannot ___ lie!" : TELLA
8
Like some buckets : OAKEN
9
Madison Square Garden and others : ARENAS
10
Out of cash : STRAPPED
11
Tenochtitlan resident : AZTEC
12
No-goodnik : LOUSE
13
Kind of shorts : BOXER
18
Got wet up to the ankles : WADED
24
Screen presentation : IMAGE
25
Hitter of 755 home runs : AARON
26
Side-wheeler, for one : SHIP
27
Sushi staple : TUNA
28
Congers : EELS
32
Master, in Calcutta : SAHIB
34
Pester : NAG
35
Up in the sky : ALOFT
37
Part of the mouth : ROOF
38
Aware of : ONTO
39
Lascivious look : LEER
41
It may rock you to sleep : WATERBED
46
Ravi Shankar's instrument : SITAR
49
Cry in "A Streetcar Named Desire" : STELLA
51
Half of a round trip : RETURN
53
Shiny coating : GLAZE
54
More hobbled : LAMER
55
Fe2 O3, e.g. : OXIDE
56
Don't just stand there : REACT
57
"Golden" song : OLDIE
58
1966 hit "Walk Away ___" : RENEE
62
Pantry pests : ANTS
63
Spanish muralist : SERT
64
Son of Aphrodite : EROS
67
Sullivan and Asner : EDS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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