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New York Times, Friday, May 3, 1996

Author:
H. Estes
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Down : Like some days
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
11612/29/199311/26/200845
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
71.5252247%
Harvey Estes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 35 Missing: {KQZ} This is puzzle # 28 for Mr. Estes. Friday freshness: 8%
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© 1996, The New York Times5/3/96 ( No. 16,978 )
Across
1
On the loose : ATLARGE
8
Jefferson's '61 counterpart : ABRAHAM
15
Unselfish folks : SHARERS
16
Raises a fuss : CLAMORS
17
Took a sample : TRIEDIT
18
Shopaholic's aid : TOTEBAG
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First name in clowns : RONALD
20
Dwarf, with "over" : TOWER
21
"Equatorially" ample : OBESE
22
Port. is part of it : EUR
23
Shore of America : DINAH
27
Sermon starter : TEXT
29
Musical finale : CODA
30
Film set around 73 B.C. : SPARTACUS
35
Malcolm-___Warner : JAMAL
36
Bush whacker : MACHETE
37
Period in human history : IRONAGE
39
Despise : ABHOR
40
The Man of a Thousand Faces : LONCHANEY
42
Zero-wheeled vehicle : SLED
43
Smith or Jones : DEAN
44
Squirts : HOSES
46
Pull some strings : SEW
47
Black Sea cottage : DACHA
52
Baseball card essentials : STATS
54
Collapsed : FELLIN
55
Square meal? : RAVIOLI
58
One way to settle a fight : DUELING
59
For : INFAVOR
60
Vulnerable to being shot : INRANGE
61
Nebraska natives : PAWNEES
62
Quotable Yankee : STENGEL
Down
1
TV dog : ASTRO
2
Pound : THROB
3
"Mule Train" singer : LAINE
4
Fields : AREAS
5
Like some days : REDLETTER
6
Part of a control tower screen : GRID
7
Direction in France : EST
8
Trouper : ACTOR
9
Lick : BLOW
10
Really mattered : RATED
11
Uncle Sam's stuff : AMERICANA
12
Mischief : HOB
13
Constellation near Telescopium : ARA
14
"No___" : MSG
20
Attire for walking on tiptoe : TUTU
22
Make A's, e.g. : EXCEL
24
Start of a quote ending "it tolls for thee" : NOMAN
25
Dull saw, maybe : ADAGE
26
"R-O-C-K" singer, 1956 : HALEY
28
After-grace directive : EAT
30
Tennis shot : SMASH
31
Poet Neruda of "Il Postino" : PABLO
32
Ibuprofen targets : ACHES
33
___man (early human) : RHODESIAN
34
Resiliency : SINEW
35
Tractor handle : JOHNDEERE
38
G.E. subsidiary : RCA
41
Poet's output : ODES
45
Broke in, as a hole in a hull : STOVE
46
Brouhahas : STIRS
48
"The Tell-Tale Heart" teller's heart? : ALLAN
49
Hold tight : CLING
50
Swinging connection : HINGE
51
Hell's follower : ANGEL
53
Face-saver? : ALOE
54
"Candid Camera" host : FUNT
55
20-year sleeper : RIP
56
Santa___ : ANA
57
Old G.I.'s group : VFW
58
Knock, in 90's slang : DIS

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