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New York Times, Thursday, May 16, 1996

Author:
F. Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
27-Down : Speed letters
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
41.4868687%
Frank Longo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Longo. Thursday freshness: 11%
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© 1996, The New York Times5/16/96 ( No. 16,991 )
Across
1
St. Louis hrs. : CST
4
Daughter of Zeus : ERATO
9
Essential : MUST
13
Suffix in taxonomy : OTA
14
Straw-colored : FLAXEN
15
Informed about : ONTO
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Head, in slang : NOB
17
Basketry twigs : OSIERS
18
God's___ (churchyard) : ACRE
19
See 54-Across : GOLFBALLCATTLE
22
River in Hesse : EDER
23
Clockmaker___Terry : ELI
24
Snack : EAT
26
See 54-Across : AUTOMOBILESTAKE
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Records that may be broken? : LPS
33
Class head : PROF
34
___Minor : URSA
35
Train by oneself : SHADOWBOX
39
Cuatro doubled : OCHO
42
"Maude" producer Norman : LEAR
43
Editorial reading: Abbr. : MSS
46
See 54-Across : NAILHARDBARGAIN
51
Canvases : ART
52
Popular card game : UNO
53
Car part : AXLE
54
Theme of this puzzle : THINGSYOUDRIVE
60
Kin of "wham!" : BOOM
61
Opera set in Cyprus : OTELLO
62
Debussy's "La___" : MER
63
Gambol : ROMP
64
Put on again : REWEAR
65
"We___Not Alone" : ARE
66
Change, often : ONES
67
Burning desire? : ARSON
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Barrett of rock's Pink Floyd : SYD
Down
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Solidify : CONGEAL
2
Didn't meet : STOODUP
3
School supplies : TABLETS
4
Old radio host Maxwell : ELSA
5
Form of transportation : RAIL
6
Skating maneuver : AXEL
7
Toyota model : TERCEL
8
Discounted : ONSALE
9
Fortress surrounder : MOAT
10
Fuzzy : UNCLEAR
11
Window washer's leavings : STREAKS
12
Sock part : TOE
14
Palm (off) : FOB
20
Curly coif, for short : FRO
21
"Deck the Halls" contraction : TIS
25
It may be in the bag : TEA
27
Speed letters : MPH
28
"...man___mouse?" : ORA
29
Physique, slangily : BOD
30
Poker player's comment : IFOLD
31
Often-rented item : TUX
35
Another name for Phoebus : SOL
36
Entanglement : WEB
37
Cotswold's call : BAA
38
1949 Peace Nobelist John Boyd___ : ORR
39
___slow boat to China : ONA
40
It comes from a drawer : CARTOON
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Be personally meaningful : HITHOME
43
Some Nissans : MAXIMAS
44
Lustrous, in a way : SILVERY
45
Turned up one's nose (at) : SNEERED
47
Ancient Mongol : HUN
48
Goat type : ANGORA
49
Mustered roll? : ROSTER
50
Needlefish : GAR
55
Troublemakers : IMPS
56
Woods used in cabinetmaking : YEWS
57
Ersatz butter : OLEO
58
___Bator, Mongolia : ULAN
59
Golden: Fr. : DOR
60
Good buddy : BRO

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