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New York Times, Monday, June 22, 1998

Author:
Shannon Burns
Editor:
Will Shortz
34-Down : Gather leaves
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Shannon Burns

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {F} This is puzzle # 8 for Ms. Burns. Monday freshness: 24%
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© 1998, The New York Times6/22/98 ( No. 17,758 )
Across
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Mah-jongg piece : TILE
5
"Saved by the ___!" : BELL
9
Het up : ANGRY
14
Declare : AVER
15
"Garfield" dog : ODIE
16
Confused struggle : MELEE
17
Small skirt : MINI
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Chew like a beaver : GNAW
19
Perfect : IDEAL
20
North Dakota tourist attraction : PEACEGARDEN
23
Building annex : ELL
24
Attack : ASSAIL
25
Campus military org. : ROTC
27
"Auf wiedersehen" wisher : GERMAN
31
Gymnast Korbut : OLGA
34
Indian prince : RAJAH
38
Facility : EASE
39
British pound, informally : QUID
40
To the left side of a ship : APORT
41
Fleur-de-___ : LIS
42
Good ol' boy's nickname : BUBBA
43
Comedian Danny of "The Court Jester" : KAYE
44
Run pledges through the gantlet, say : HAZE
45
Positive replies : YESES
46
Isle of exile for Napoleon : ELBA
47
English cathedral city : EXETER
49
___-friendly : USER
51
Neighborhood : LOCALE
56
Show ___ (Hollywood and such) : BIZ
58
Fatty bulges : LOVEHANDLES
62
Seeped : OOZED
64
"I smell ___!" : ARAT
65
Nonglass parts of glasses : RIMS
66
Martin or McQueen : STEVE
67
Position : SITE
68
Woodwind : OBOE
69
Person who gives a hoot : CARER
70
Miffed, with "off" : TEED
71
Neighbor of Wis. : MINN
Down
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Home of the Buccaneers : TAMPA
2
Wall-climbing plants : IVIES
3
Horne and Olin : LENAS
4
Writer Jong : ERICA
5
Stupefy : BOGGLE
6
Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay : EDNA
7
Tall tale teller : LIAR
8
Bawdy : LEWD
9
Certain acid : AMINO
10
Homer Simpson's neighbor : NED
11
Singing groups : GLEECLUBS
12
Not imaginary : REAL
13
Cry : YELL
21
Pieces of ___ : EIGHT
22
Sea eagle : ERNE
26
Brimless hat : TOQUE
28
Kick back : RELAX
29
Indian corn : MAIZE
30
Good thing to have : ASSET
32
Barbed remark : GIBE
33
Nabokov heroine and others : ADAS
34
Gather leaves : RAKE
35
"Be ___!" ("Help me out!") : APAL
36
Prankster's item : JOYBUZZER
37
Zones : AREAS
42
Poet who originated the phrase "truth is stranger than fiction" : BYRON
44
Submarine : HERO
48
Thrilled to death : ELATED
50
Church V.I.P. : ELDER
52
Modern multimedia tool : CDROM
53
Accused's need : ALIBI
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Wretched car : LEMON
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City on the Ruhr : ESSEN
56
Popular pear : BOSC
57
Infinitesimal amount : IOTA
59
Infinite : VAST
60
Lake that feeds Niagara Falls : ERIE
61
Abhor : HATE
63
Apple picker : EVE

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