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New York Times, Friday, March 27, 1998

Author:
Alan Jay Weiss
Editor:
Will Shortz
33-Down : Shrubby thicket
TotalDebutLatest
710/17/19977/30/2003
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1.663645%
Alan Jay Weiss

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQWZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Weiss. Friday freshness: 20%
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© 1998, The New York Times3/27/98 ( No. 17,671 )
Across
1
Crack and redden : CHAP
5
"Asylum" star Sylvia : SYMS
9
Pitcher Labine : CLEM
13
Painter Bonheur : ROSA
14
Pound (down) : TAMP
15
See 1-Down : GRAVE
16
Obote's overthrower : AMIN
17
"Show Boat" show-stopper : OLMANRIVER
19
1989 Neill/Kidman thriller : DEADCALM
21
Abatement : EASING
22
Runner Alexander : LAMAR
23
Retirement mecca, informally : STPETE
24
Letter drop-offs : ELISIONS
28
Place for a pin : TIE
29
Busy person's alleged work load : TON
30
Vast : BROAD
32
Playfully roguish : ARCH
35
___ about (around) : ONOR
37
The Hoosier Poet : RILEY
39
Leader of the Limelites, in 60's pop : SHEP
41
Actor Stoltz : ERIC
43
Postgame show : RECAP
45
Uncouth one : APE
46
Bovine mouthful : CUD
48
Holes as expected : MAKESPAR
50
Start liking : TAKETO
53
"A thing of beauty is a joy for ever" poet : KEATS
54
Christmas eave decoration? : ICICLE
55
"Floor it!" : LETERRIP
58
Jackpot : MOTHERLODE
60
Painter's first class, possibly : ARTI
61
Either of the Sprats : EATER
62
Pinnacle : APEX
63
Part of a full house : PAIR
64
Underworld flower : STYX
65
Predisposition : BENT
66
Ultimatum ender : ELSE
Down
1
With 15-Across, lifetime : CRADLETO
2
Comedy hit of 1990 : HOMEALONE
3
Anatolia, today : ASIAMINOR
4
Ling-Ling and others : PANDAS
5
Athenian site : STOA
6
You and you, along the Yazoo : YALL
7
"Delicious!" : MMMM
8
It might afford a remedy : SPA
9
Produce drawers : CRISPERS
10
"C'est ___" : LAVIE
11
Affair : EVENT
12
Go with the flow? : MERGE
15
Middle of M-G-M's motto : GRATIA
18
Incubation station : NEST
20
Plagiarize : CRIB
25
Peace Nobelist John Boyd ___ : ORR
26
Café ___ : NOIR
27
Capital on the Willamette : SALEM
31
Ten in front? : DECA
33
Shrubby thicket : CHAPARRAL
34
A, B or C preceder : HEPATITIS
36
Party snack-mix ingredient : RICECHEX
38
Chatter : YAK
40
Lose moisture, in a way : PERSPIRE
42
Sheffield artisan : CUTLER
44
Toy dog : PEKE
47
No layabout : DOER
49
Wrap in bright colors : SERAPE
50
Era : TIMES
51
C. P. Snow's "___ of Varnish" : ACOAT
52
Long Branch Saloon proprietress : KITTY
55
Run off a farm? : LOPE
56
Successor to Churchill : EDEN
57
Libretto : TEXT
59
Film processing place : LAB

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