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New York Times, Tuesday, May 13, 1997

Author:
Gregory E. Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Down : Armada
TotalDebutLatest
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ScrabDebutFresh
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Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 45 for Mr. Paul. Tuesday freshness: 37%
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© 1997, The New York Times5/13/97 ( No. 17,353 )
Across
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Farm structure : SILO
5
Kon-Tiki wood : BALSA
10
Boutique : SHOP
14
Rev. Roberts : ORAL
15
From the East : ASIAN
16
Windex target : PANE
17
Conjointly : HANDINHAND
19
Killer whale film : ORCA
20
Till bill : ONE
21
Plant part : STEM
22
Ham : EMOTER
24
Certain pints : ALES
25
Vessel : CRAFT
26
Novelist-screenwriter Eric : AMBLER
29
Person in need of salvation : LOSTSOUL
32
Places to buy cold cuts : DELIS
33
Dugout : CANOE
34
Showtime rival : HBO
35
Greatly : ALOT
36
Where Joan of Arc died : ROUEN
37
Wilde's "The Ballad of Reading ___" : GAOL
38
Catty remark? : MEW
39
Vine fruit : BERRY
40
Snorkeler's sight : CORAL
41
"O Pioneers!" setting : NEBRASKA
43
Talkative : CHATTY
44
Joins the team? : YOKES
45
Stable newborn : FOAL
46
Insignia : EMBLEM
48
Sheryl Crow's "___ Wanna Do" : ALLI
49
Kind of story : SOB
52
Handyman Bob : VILA
53
Bobby Vinton hit : BLUEONBLUE
56
Word after pig or before horse : IRON
57
Burdened : LADEN
58
Tittle : IOTA
59
Ribald : LEWD
60
Works in the cutting room : EDITS
61
Midterm, e.g. : TEST
Down
1
Part of London or Manhattan : SOHO
2
Teheran's land : IRAN
3
Rural route : LANE
4
Like a centenarian : OLD
5
Back-and-forth : BANTER
6
Grate expectations? : ASHES
7
Actor Neeson : LIAM
8
___ Diego : SAN
9
"Father Knows Best" family name : ANDERSON
10
Lampoons : SPOOFS
11
Sidney Sheldon TV series : HARTTOHART
12
Some time ago : ONCE
13
Fruit cocktail fruit : PEAR
18
Tropical getaways : ISLES
23
Pal, Down Under : MATE
24
Dismounted : ALIT
25
"We'll go to ___, and eat bologna..." : CONEY
26
Rhett's last words : ADAMN
27
Free-for-all : MELEE
28
Detailed account : BLOWBYBLOW
29
Singer Nyro or Branigan : LAURA
30
German sub : UBOAT
31
Candy on a stick, informally : LOLLY
33
Parts of wine bottles : CORKS
36
Look like : RESEMBLE
37
Soccer score : GOAL
39
Enter a Pillsbury contest : BAKE
40
Mountain range : CHAIN
42
Hero of early French ballads : ROLAND
43
Punctuation marks : COLONS
45
Armada : FLEET
46
Like Satan : EVIL
47
Bog : MIRE
48
German auto : AUDI
49
Gin flavor : SLOE
50
Scoreboard stat : OUTS
51
Cop's milieu : BEAT
54
Youth : LAD
55
Bridle part : BIT

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