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New York Times, Friday, February 23, 1996

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Will Shortz
27-Down : Cheese cutters
TotalDebutLatest
2531/26/19565/22/2005
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8561430423937
RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
41.5234018556%
A. J. Santora

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 28 Missing: {QWXYZ} This is puzzle # 211 for Mr. Santora. Friday freshness: 54%
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© 1996, The New York Times2/23/96 ( No. 16,908 )
Across
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Unpretentious : JUSTFOLKS
10
Took off on : APED
14
At risk : ONTHELINE
15
Kind of cactus : AGAVE
16
Was noncommittal : STRADDLED
17
On again : RELIT
18
St. Paddy's Day girl : ERIN
19
Defraud : FLEECE
21
Lime cooler : ADE
22
Baby seal : PUP
23
Charles, e.g. : ROI
24
Friars invitee : ROASTER
26
Cautious one : HEEDER
28
Dehiscent : BURSTING
29
Its motto is "Crossroads of America" : INDIANA
31
Derby : RACE
32
Dance Style : DISCO
35
Annual sports event at 47-Across : NIT
36
In bundles : BALED
37
Land in the sea : ISLE
38
Divulges : LETSOUT
40
Dark : STARLESS
42
Daring assassins : BRAVOS
46
Strongmen : SAMSONS
47
N.Y.C. venue : MSG
48
Until : ERE
49
"Hansel___Gretel" : UND
50
Burnsian, e.g. : POETIC
52
Show amusement : GRIN
53
Battery : ABUSE
55
Be a rat : NAMENAMES
57
Challenges for buggies : DUNES
58
Hoop skirt : CRINOLINE
59
Actress Sommer : ELKE
60
Wayleaves, at law : EASEMENTS
Down
1
Famed Nez Perce chief : JOSEPH
2
Disloyal : UNTRUE
3
Insignia : STRIPE
4
In comparison with : THAN
5
Sustained : FED
6
Model T, e.g. : OLDFORD
7
Palmer of "The Boys From Brazil" : LILLI
8
Prayer joint : KNEE
9
Prolonged sittings, as for reading or relaxation : SEDERUNTS
10
21, after "of" : AGE
11
Grand : PALATIAL
12
Clues : EVIDENCE
13
Cleansed : DETERGED
15
Tracts : AREAS
20
"The Last of the Mohicans" girl : CORA
23
The Battle of Little Bighorn major : RENO
25
Layers : STRATA
27
Cheese cutters : DICERS
28
Taunts : BAITS
30
Basically : INESSENCE
32
Talk out of : DISSUADE
33
City of the Golden Horn : ISTANBUL
34
Complete and dramatic success : SLAMDUNK
36
One-horse town : BURG
38
NBC star : LENO
39
Offensive : OBSCENE
41
Moves leisurely : LOPES
43
Scoundrels : VERMIN
44
Polo grounds, with "the"? : ORIENT
45
Sanity : SENSES
47
Soprano Benzell and others : MIMIS
51
O'Hara place : TARA
52
Kind of force : GALE
54
Match, in a way : SEE
56
Rene, for one : NOM

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