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New York Times, Saturday, March 15, 1997

Author:
Daniel R. Stark
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Down : Outside of France?
TotalDebutLatest
165/18/199412/5/1998
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ScrabDebutFresh
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Daniel R. Stark

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 29 Missing: {KQYZ} This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Stark. Saturday freshness: 26%
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© 1997, The New York Times3/15/97 ( No. 17,294 )
Across
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Jolly : MIRTHFUL
9
Affected : TOOTOO
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Not very important : ONEHORSE
16
Brogue : OXFORD
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Wole Soyinka, for one : NIGERIAN
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Dissatisfied customer's demand : REFUND
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Not right : AMISS
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Mocking : IRONICAL
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Whitewash ingredient : LIME
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Belt : AREA
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Subject of one of Plutarch's "Lives" : CATO
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Hard water : ICE
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Henry II's house : PLANTAGENET
30
___ Felipe : SAN
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Settled, in a way : ALIT
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Modern name of Tyre : SUR
33
Made fit : ALTERED
35
Trace : WHISPER
39
___ out (do nothing) : VEG
40
Passion personified : EROS
41
Exercise : USE
42
Edward Gibbon's subject : ROMANEMPIRE
46
Gold Seal co. : RCA
47
Classic documentary "Man of ___" : ARAN
48
Tiny bit : MITE
49
Luxury home features : SPAS
50
Some supplements : MINERALS
53
Royal rival : JELLO
54
"Volpone" penner : JONSON
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Relative of perlite : OBSIDIAN
58
Picks : ELECTS
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Glittery trim : DIAMANTE
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Mother of mercy : TERESA
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Risk : ENDANGER
Down
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Francesco del Giocondo's wife : MONALISA
2
Not sympathetic : INIMICAL
3
Organize rigidly : REGIMENT
4
"___ Eyes" (1969 hit) : THESE
5
Outside of France? : HORS
6
Calendar abbr. : FRI
7
Nafta ratifier : USA
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Mild : LENIENT
9
Ring combatant : TORO
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Farm team : OXEN
11
Brass : OFFICERS
12
Tropical flier : TOUCAN
13
Embellished : ORNATE
14
It may be hard to trade : ODDLOT
21
Skunk : RAT
23
Maintain : ALLEGE
24
Sally : RAID
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Punc. mark : PAREN
28
On terra firma : ASHORE
29
Semblance : GUISE
34
Fade away : EVANESCE
35
Mittimus or mandamus : WRIT
36
Bruise discoloration : PURPLING
37
Step up : ESCALATE
38
Syllogist : REASONER
40
One of a series : EPISODE
42
Simple propulsion unit : RAMJET
43
Jim Palmer was one : ORIOLE
44
Bearing : MANNER
45
Future year : MML
49
Seville or De Ville : SEDAN
51
Molders : ROTS
52
Archeologist's handle : ANSA
53
Chichi ___, Japan : JIMA
56
Coal container : BIN
57
Not up : SAD

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1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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