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New York Times, Thursday, March 10, 1994

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Will Shortz
31-Down : Word on a diploma
TotalDebutLatest
856/30/19814/25/2002
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RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
11.551076740%
Lois Sidway

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 39 Missing: {QZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 70 for Ms. Sidway. Thursday freshness: 16%
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© 1994, The New York Times3/10/94 ( No. 16,193 )
Across
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Agcy. vigilant about vittles : FDA
4
Make or break, e.g. : VERB
8
Two-fisted : MACHO
13
Abbr. for an old soldier : RET
14
Energy choice : SOLAR
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Playwright Fugard : ATHOL
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Gifted : APT
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Didja ever see a ___? : HOTDOGSTAND
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"I don't think so" : NAH
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Mine, to Marcel : AMOI
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Parenthetical comments : ASIDES
22
Staff : CREW
24
Many a hip-hop poet : RAPPER
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Didja ever see a __? : STRAWVOTE
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Imprint : ETCH
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Jai ___ : ALAI
34
Team in an annual all-star game : EAST
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Color : HUE
38
Didja ever see a ___? : SOCKHOP
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Didja ever see a ___? (2 wds.) : SKIJUMP
43
Bowl over : AWE
44
Thick slice : SLAB
46
Newsy bit : ITEM
47
Plight : MESS
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Didja ever see a ___? : BALLOTBOX
53
Some like it hot : TAMALE
56
Poet Teasdale : SARA
57
They get squirreled away : ACORNS
60
Lenin's police org. : OGPU
63
Go vroom, vroom : REV
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Didja ever see a ___? : TOBOGGANRUN
66
Sundial number : III
67
Antipasto goody : OLIVE
68
Plow man : DEERE
69
Presidential monogram : DDE
70
Devonshire dad : PATER
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Hairdresser, sometimes : DYER
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Grin's stopping point : EAR
Down
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Garcon's pourboire : FRANCS
2
Split : DEPART
3
Where touts tout : ATTHERACES
4
"Va-va-va- ___!" : VOOM
5
Barcelona bull : ELTORO
6
Project glowingly : RADIATE
7
Buddy : BRO
8
Bit of poolroom finesse : MASSE
9
Garb : ATTIRE
10
Nigerian border lake : CHAD
11
Grind, in away : HONE
12
Ford contemporary : OLDS
14
___ Na Na : SHA
18
Breach : GAP
23
Constitutional : WALK
25
Child's ammo : PEAS
27
Wails from baby : WAHS
28
Bass ___ : VIOL
30
Hitch : THUMBARIDE
31
Word on a diploma : CUM
32
Drill sergeant's call : HEP
35
Black & Decker competitor : SKIL
36
Famous marshal : TITO
38
Certain missile : SAM
39
Be in the red : OWE
40
Sunscreen ingredient : PABA
42
Super Bowl III champs : JETS
45
Hogwash : BALONEY
48
Tried hard : STROVE
50
Simon of fiction : LEGREE
51
French fries brand : OREIDA
52
Cincinnati university : XAVIER
54
Tick off : ANGER
55
Controversial food additive : MSG
57
On : ATOP
58
Some kind of a nut : COLA
59
Last writes? : OBIT
61
Rumble of contentment : PURR
62
French article : UNE
65
Tack on : ADD

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3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later.

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