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New York Times, Wednesday, May 14, 1997

Author:
Norman S. Wizer
Editor:
Will Shortz
18-Down : Amount of hair
TotalDebutLatest
3212/29/19815/27/2002
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
6546731
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.50631834%
Norman S. Wizer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {BJQVZ} This is puzzle # 29 for Mr. Wizer. Wednesday freshness: 27%
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© 1997, The New York Times5/14/97 ( No. 17,354 )
Across
1
Serve with a summons : CITE
5
"Casino" co-star, 1995 : PESCI
10
Castaway's transportation : RAFT
14
Copper containers : ORES
15
Hybrid citrus fruit : LIMON
16
Perry's creator : ERLE
17
Egyptian actress? : MIAPHARAOH
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Jar : STUN
20
Ar's follower : ESS
21
Novelist Jean : AUEL
22
Come to : AWAKEN
24
Last frame, sometimes : THEEND
26
Chorus syllables : LALALA
28
Winter resort rentals : SKIS
30
Like some drugs : GENERIC
33
It may be hooked : WORM
36
Philippic : TIRADE
38
Navigator's dir. : NNE
39
Garfield's predecessor : HAYES
41
Setting for a place setting : MAT
42
Room to ___ : SPARE
44
"Gotcha!" : AHA
45
Guesses : OPINES
48
___ out (manages) : EKES
49
Pleasing to the ear : TUNEFUL
51
Bridge : SPAN
53
Waste gases, e.g. : OXIDES
55
Storm : ASSAIL
59
Fivesome : PENTAD
61
Twelve Oaks neighbor : TARA
63
Trifle : SOU
64
House of Leo? : LAIR
65
Egyptian heavyweight? : LEONSPHINX
68
1995 N.C.A.A. basketball champs : UCLA
69
Overact : EMOTE
70
Personal prefix : IDIO
71
"___ My Girl" (1967 hit) : SHES
72
Fabulous : SUPER
73
Get dewy-eyed : TEAR
Down
1
Hale-Bopp, e.g. : COMET
2
People with "O'" names : IRISH
3
Flirt : TEASE
4
Paranormal ability : ESP
5
Strong praise : PLAUDIT
6
Where 2-Down live : EIRE
7
Baby-size : SMALL
8
Murmur : COO
9
Went all the way, as a smoker : INHALED
10
Used car deal, e.g. : RESALE
11
Egyptian second banana? : ARTKARNAK
12
Kind of pipe : FLUE
13
Ky.-Ala. divider : TENN
18
Amount of hair : HANK
23
Evanesces : WANES
25
Salinger dedicatee : ESME
27
Playing marbles : AGATES
29
"My love is like a red, red rose," e.g. : SIMILE
31
Apropos of : INRE
32
Medium grades : CEES
33
"Eh?" : WHAT
34
Island near Kauai : OAHU
35
Egyptian actor? : RYANONILE
37
Commanded : RAN
40
Bulgaria's capital : SOFIA
43
Pocket protector items : PENS
46
Splash sites : PUDDLES
47
Thinner : SPARSER
50
They're cast in a cast of thousands : EXTRAS
52
"Immediately!" : ASAP
54
Sitting place : STOOP
56
Offhand remark : ASIDE
57
Ancient land on the Aegean : IONIA
58
Egypt's Temple of ___ : LUXOR
59
In addition : PLUS
60
Individually : EACH
62
You have to be upfront about this : ANTE
66
Big bird : EMU
67
Top 10 song, say : HIT

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