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New York Times, Wednesday, March 18, 1998

Author:
Susan Smith
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Down : Tithe amounts
TotalDebutLatest
1011/23/199410/25/2007
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0033400
RebusScrabDebutFresh
21.565548%
Susan Harrington Smith

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 82, Blocks: 40 This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Smith. Wednesday freshness: 49%
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© 1998, The New York Times3/18/98 ( No. 17,662 )
Across
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Under ___ (concealed) : WRAPS
6
Woman's shoe : FLAT
10
"Cease and desist!" : STOPIT
14
Irene, Dike and Eunomia : HORAE
15
Positive : SURE
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Stigma : SCAR
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Spooky board : OUIJA
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Kind of list : TOPTEN
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___ Beauty (apple variety) : ROME
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"Finally!" : ATLAST
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Food : EATS
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Honest one : ABE
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___ & Chandon (champagne) : MOET
27
Diamond middleman? : SHORTSTOP
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Herb sometimes called Chinese parsley : CILANTRO
33
For example : SAY
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Computer type : LAPTOP
35
Writer Jaffe : RONA
37
Fixed tire : RECAP
41
___ foo yung : EGG
42
Coroner's concern : AUTOPSY
44
"Eureka!" : AHA
45
Frothy : FOAMY
48
Way of speaking : TONE
49
Formal hat, informally : TOPPER
50
Lawyer's hurdle : BAR
52
Frightening : FEARSOME
54
First-rate : TOPDRAWER
58
Korean statesman : RHEE
59
___ Tomé and Principe : SAO
60
College sports org. : NCAA
62
Disgust : SICKEN
66
Polo competitor : IZOD
68
Summit : TIPTOP
70
Bellyache : GRIPE
71
Nimble : DEFT
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Football's Armstrong : OTIS
73
Later : NEWER
74
Hinders legally : ESTOPS
75
Corset prop : STAY
76
Cooped up at Old MacDonald's : STIED
Down
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"Hold it!" : WHOA
2
Beat badly : ROUT
3
Seed covering : ARIL
4
Bit of bedwear : PAJAMATOP
5
Rainy or silly follower : SEASON
6
Camera setting : FSTOP
7
Pear-shaped instrument : LUTE
8
Spheres : AREAS
9
Tithe amounts : TENTHS
10
Abbr. on old Asian maps : SSR
11
Paint job finale : TOPCOAT
12
Pentameter parts : IAMBS
13
Questionable cradle location : TREETOP
21
Aquarium fish : TETRA
23
Glide aloft : SOAR
26
"Speckled" fish : TROUT
28
Bread for a Reuben : RYE
29
G ___ : CLEF
30
Betrayer of the Moor : IAGO
31
Women's Tour sponsor: Abbr. : LPGA
32
Fully informed about : ONTOPOF
36
Ed of "Lou Grant" : ASNER
38
Mob boss : CAPO
39
Doubt-conveying interjection : AHEM
40
Peel : PARE
43
Refrain in many early Beatles songs : YEAHS
46
Entrepreneur's deg. : MBA
47
Gape : YAWN
49
Hush-hush : TOPSECRET
51
Right-hand pages : RECTOS
53
Rules : REIGNS
54
Up on deck : TOPSIDE
55
Stuns : DAZES
56
Locale for Santa's team : ROOFTOP
57
Singer Bonnie : RAITT
61
Samoan capital : APIA
63
Fuzzy fruit : KIWI
64
Sporting rapier : EPEE
65
Bookworm : NERD
67
Toper's woe : DTS
69
Stowe girl : TOPSY

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