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New York Times, Thursday, December 7, 1995

Author:
Michael S. Maurer
Editor:
Will Shortz
33-Down : 37 Across from a witch
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Michael S. Maurer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Maurer. Thursday freshness: 20%
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© 1995, The New York Times12/7/95 ( No. 16,830 )
Across
1
Geometry calculation : AREA
5
Mere tool : PAWN
9
Cupid's master : SANTA
14
Gun blast : BANG
15
Kyrgyzstan's ___ Mountain : ALAI
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Athenian general : CLEON
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Yemeni city : ADEN
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Trapper's trophy : PELT
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Gathered, as bees : HIVED
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37 Across from a 1953 western : COMEBACKSHANE
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Nonetheless : ANYWAY
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Not practice moderation : OVERDO
27
Carpenters, at times : NAILERS
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Hopping ___ : MAD
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Shopping aid : LIST
35
Twins, e.g. : SIBS
36
Unattached : LONE
37
Theme of this puzzle : FAMOUSLASTWORDS
40
Doctrines : ISMS
41
Philatelist's sheet : PANE
42
Radical Newton : HUEY
43
Vane dir. : SSE
44
Dracula's home : ROMANIA
46
More blessed : HOLIER
48
Sheriff's cry, in a western : DROPIT
53
37 Across from the cartoons : THATSALLFOLKS
57
Moon over Uranus : ARIEL
59
Girlfriend abroad : AMIE
60
Zola bestseller : NANA
61
Trite : BANAL
62
Swerve : VEER
63
Suffix with fabric or authentic : ATOR
64
Upset : ANGRY
65
Loose items, sometimes : ENDS
66
Stitches : SEWS
Down
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Rope plant : ABACA
2
Home health hazard : RADON
3
The bad guys : ENEMY
4
Nixon Veep : AGNEW
5
Yellow fruit : PAPAYA
6
Mr. Guinness : ALEC
7
Alternative to hit : WALK
8
Louse eggs : NITS
9
Cold sorrel soups : SCHAVS
10
Dress style : ALINE
11
37 Across from a raven : NEVERMORE
12
Kicker's asset : TOE
13
Also : AND
21
African tribe member : BANTU
22
Actor ___ Buchholz : HORST
25
A number 1 : DANDY
26
Works of Sappho : ODES
28
Belief of one billion : ISLAM
29
Climbing vine : LIANA
30
"Barnaby Jones" star : EBSEN
32
Rodeo ring? : LASSO
33
37 Across from a witch : IMMELTING
34
Message in a bottle, maybe : SOS
36
Singer Christie : LOU
37
Christian symbol : FISH
38
Good time Charlie : SPORT
39
Place to see a catch : WHARF
44
"Is that so!" : REALLY
45
The unemployed : IDLERS
47
"Do ___ a Waltz?" : IHEAR
49
Mrs. Chaplin and namesakes : OONAS
50
Kind of glass : PLATE
51
Words of understanding : IKNOW
52
Despots : TSARS
54
Reliever's quest : SAVE
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"You said a mouthful!" : AMEN
56
Told a whopper : LIED
57
Legal org. : ABA
58
Fled or bled : RAN

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3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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