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New York Times, Tuesday, December 5, 1995

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Will Shortz
34-Down : Giving a rah-rah talk
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Robert Katz

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQWZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 75 for Mr. Katz. Tuesday freshness: 2%
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© 1995, The New York Times12/5/95 ( No. 16,828 )
Across
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Measure of worth, they say : SALT
5
Five-card game : STUD
9
Model wood : BALSA
14
Ski lift : TBAR
15
Monsieur Hulot, in person : TATI
16
Separate : APART
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Novelist Jaffe : RONA
18
Beyond the horizon : AFAR
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Maritime : NAVAL
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Film starring 36 Across : ADAYATTHERACES
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Architect I.M. ___ : PEI
24
Legal thing : RES
25
Punish in Singapore, maybe : CANE
26
Lawn base : SOD
27
"___ boy!" : ATTA
28
Lawyer's grp. : ABA
31
Sen. Thurmond : STROM
34
Piccadilly Circus figure : EROS
35
"Knock it off!" : STOP
36
Old comedy team : THEMARXBROTHERS
39
Let (up) : EASE
40
Cry from a ship : AHOY
41
Pivot : HINGE
42
This can be bottomless : PIT
43
___ about (legal phrase) : ONOR
44
London's Big ___ : BEN
45
Title for a rabbit : BRER
46
Taro dish : POI
47
The sun : SOL
50
TV show with one of 36 Across : YOUBETYOURLIFE
54
Blue Grotto isle : CAPRI
55
"Beauty ___ the eye..." : ISIN
56
Number after sette : OTTO
57
On the ball : ALERT
58
Cozy niche : NEST
59
Spotted : SEEN
60
Schmoozer Jay and family : LENOS
61
Hair hue : GREY
62
Ferber or Millay : EDNA
Down
1
Sandal part : STRAP
2
Home sweet home : ABODE
3
Molokai porch : LANAI
4
Waiter's burden : TRAY
5
Averred : STATED
6
William Howard and Robert A. : TAFTS
7
Area code 801 : UTAH
8
Telephone book : DIRECTORY
9
Chiquita product : BANANA
10
Swiftly : APACE
11
Wash : LAVE
12
Madrid Mmes. : SRAS
13
Eur.-N.A. divider : ATL
21
Bouquet : AROMA
22
Hoffman's Rizzo : RATSO
26
Not all : SOME
27
Shady spot : ARBOR
28
Egyptian solar disk : ATEN
29
McEnroe rival : BORG
30
Nave sight : APSE
31
"___ right up!" : STEP
32
Bangkok native : THAI
33
What's left : REST
34
Giving a rah-rah talk : EXHORTING
35
Leg part : SHIN
37
Indian princess : RANEE
38
Others' : THEIR
43
Rings around Saturn? : ORBITS
44
Bligh's craft : BOUNTY
45
Pack animal : BURRO
46
Model's forte : POISE
47
In place : SITED
48
Again and again : OFTEN
49
Hotelier Helmsley : LEONA
50
Eli's halls : YALE
51
Ready for business : OPEN
52
W.W. I battle locale : YSER
53
Forfeit : LOSE
54
It follows no- or low- : CAL

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1 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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