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New York Times, Friday, April 15, 1994

Author:
Cathy Millhauser
Editor:
Will Shortz
32-Down : It's "hard" for the French
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Cathy Allis

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 44 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 8 for Ms. Allis. Friday freshness: 6%
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Q
2
U
3
E
4
E
5
N
6
B
7
A
8
M
9
B
10
I
11
Z
12
P
13
G
14
U
T
E
R
O
15
A
L
A
I
N
16
I
A
L
17
M
A
K
E
R
18
C
A
N
O
N
19
N
Y
E
20
S
M
21
O
K
I
N
G
O
22
R
N
O
N
23
O
24
L
25
A
26
A
V
E
27
C
O
I
F
S
28
R
E
G
29
U
L
A
R
30
O
31
R
32
D
E
C
A
F
33
B
A
R
A
34
N
O
U
N
35
F
O
R
36
H
37
E
38
R
E
O
R
T
39
O
40
G
41
O
42
O
R
E
O
43
P
U
P
44
A
45
P
46
A
47
P
E
R
O
R
48
P
49
L
50
A
S
T
I
C
51
A
H
E
A
D
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I
A
N
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S
E
T
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C
A
S
H
O
55
R
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C
57
R
E
D
I
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T
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E
S
O
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W
O
O
E
R
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M
A
62
J
63
O
64
R
65
R
E
P
66
N
A
D
E
R
67
A
X
I
O
M
68
B
S
S
69
S
N
A
K
E
70
L
I
M
P
S
© 1994, The New York Times4/15/94 ( No. 16,229 )
Across
1
"Alice in Wonderland" figure : QUEEN
6
Disney classic : BAMBI
11
Overcrowding antidote, initially : ZPG
14
In ___ (prenatal) : UTERO
15
Film director Resnais : ALAIN
16
Different ending : IAL
17
God : MAKER
18
Minolta rival : CANON
19
Carrie married to Cavett : NYE
20
Modern choice #1 : SMOKINGORNON
23
Former Swedish P.M. Ullsten : OLA
26
Ventnor or Vermont, e.g.: Abbr. : AVE
27
Sassoon creations : COIFS
28
Modern choice #2 : REGULARORDECAF
33
Theda "The Vamp" : BARA
34
Example, for example : NOUN
35
Modern choice #3 : FORHEREORTOGO
42
Triple-layer treat : OREO
43
Cocoon-stage insect : PUPA
45
Modern choice #4 : PAPERORPLASTIC
51
Leading : AHEAD
52
She sang "At Seventeen" : IAN
53
Give a wave : SET
54
Modern choice #5 : CASHORCREDIT
59
That, in Spain : ESO
60
Suitor : WOOER
61
Hoople or Houlihan : MAJOR
65
P.R. concern : REP
66
"Unsafe at Any Speed" author : NADER
67
Logical starting point : AXIOM
68
First degs. : BSS
69
Plumbing tool : SNAKE
70
Gait problems : LIMPS
Down
1
Holy city of Iran : QUM
2
Tony winner Hagen : UTA
3
Comic book squeal : EEK
4
"___Tu" ('74 hit) : ERES
5
Illinois State University site : NORMAL
6
Angel : BACKER
7
Jai ___ : ALAI
8
Jazz flutist Herbie : MANN
9
Life story: Abbr. : BIOG
10
Greenhorn : INNOCENT
11
Showy flower : ZINNIA
12
Welcome culmination : PAYOFF
13
Valleys : GLENS
21
Caesar's salad ingredients? : OVA
22
"Arabian Nights" flyer : ROC
23
Globe : ORB
24
Riffle : LEAF
25
Earthy prefix : AGRO
29
Egypt and Syr., once : UAR
30
___ the other : ONEOR
31
Milne marsupial : ROO
32
It's "hard" for the French : DUR
36
"Do-si-do" dos : HOEDOWNS
37
Muff : ERR
38
Car monogram of yore : REO
39
Jupiter's mother : OPS
40
Courage : GUTS
41
Bee's charge, in Mayberry : OPIE
44
Shtick : ACT
45
Cycle parts : PHASES
46
Word in a children's title : AESOPS
47
Contemptuous utterance : PAH
48
Coyote State capital : PIERRE
49
Shaver : LAD
50
Varmint : ANIMAL
51
Bitter : ACERB
55
Like Robinson Jeffers's stallion : ROAN
56
End notes? : CODA
57
Need a bath : REEK
58
Approach the terminal : TAXI
62
Lord of fiction : JIM
63
Alley from Moo : OOP
64
Apt. ad info : RMS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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