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New York Times, Thursday, March 2, 1995

Author:
Raymond Hamel
Editor:
Will Shortz
34-Down : Late: Sp.
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
271/22/19946/19/20061
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3442446
ScrabDebutFresh
1.6015145%
Raymond Hamel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JMQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Hamel. Thursday freshness: 14%
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© 1995, The New York Times3/2/95 ( No. 16,550 )
Across
1
Elephant boy of film : SABU
5
Hero-worshipers : CULT
9
Stringed instruments : CELLI
14
Shell : HULK
15
Polo ground? : ASIA
16
Echo was one : OREAD
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Garfield's bane, in the comics : ODIE
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Trapshooter's shout : PULL
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Hardly robust : FRAIL
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Get the gold : WIN
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Bowling team? : STRIKEFORCE
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Drink in a bottle : SODAPOP
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Awaken : STIR
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Give a deposition : AVER
27
Big Band saxophonist Al : COHN
28
Underhanded throw : LOB
31
Eagle model : TALON
33
Pitcher's achievement : SAVE
34
Kind of sandwich : TUNA
35
Bowler's home? : SPLITLEVELRANCH
38
___ Piper : PIED
39
Passage for Paulus : ITER
40
"As You Like It" locale : ARDEN
41
For example : SAY
42
Lunkhead : CLOD
43
Auto racer Granatelli : ANDY
44
How-to : PLAN
45
Swallows : INGESTS
48
Bowler's winnings? : SPARECHANGE
52
Mauna ___ : LOA
53
Singer ___ Minogue : KYLIE
54
River through Pisa : ARNO
55
Let out one's emotions, maybe : BAWL
56
Chain gang restriction : IRONS
57
Salacious look : LEER
58
Wallet fillers : ONES
59
Calvin of the P.G.A. : PEETE
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Byron poem : LARA
61
Gymnastics coach Karolyi : BELA
Down
1
Broadway fare : SHOWS
2
Sound : AUDIO
3
Bowler's dead end? : BLINDALLEY
4
Luau entertainer : UKE
5
Paris, to Helen : CAPTOR
6
Seize : USURP
7
1953 Leslie Caron film : LILI
8
Discusses : TALKSOVER
9
Dracula's resting site : COFFIN
10
Ball field bobble : ERROR
11
"The Owl and the Pussy Cat" writer : LEAR
12
Not clerical : LAIC
13
"Monty Python" troupe member : IDLE
21
Exhausted : SPENT
22
Aunt of Caroline : ETHEL
24
Steer clear of : AVOID
27
___ in (yielded) : CAVED
28
Bowler's battle site? : LUNDYSLANE
29
John Berger's "___ in Europa" : ONCE
30
Rheinland road : BAHN
31
Recipe amts. : TSPS
32
Samoan capital : APIA
33
Pirates of the N.C.A.A. : SETONHALL
34
Late: Sp. : TARDE
36
Purple bloomer : LILAC
37
Cattle drive locale : RANGE
42
Partner of 13 Down : CLEESE
43
Sweater material : ANGORA
44
Not electronic : PRINT
45
Type of tube : INNER
46
Hand-held dryer : TOWEL
47
Taco salad topping : SALSA
48
Pass up : SKIP
49
Fiery stack : PYRE
50
Shampoo ingredient : ALOE
51
Precinct : AREA
55
Move up and down : BOB

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