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New York Times, Thursday, July 9, 1998

Author:
Norman S. Wizer
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Down : Idle fancy
TotalDebutLatest
3212/29/19815/27/2002
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Norman S. Wizer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {J} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 30 for Mr. Wizer. Thursday freshness: 33%
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© 1998, The New York Times7/9/98 ( No. 17,775 )
Across
1
Like many a detective's trail : COLD
5
Asian taxi : CYCLO
10
Merit badge holder : SASH
14
Kind of "snackwich" : OREO
15
Light headwear? : HALOS
16
Earthenware pot : OLLA
17
20
Prized : ESTEEMED
21
Rachmaninoff piece : ETUDE
22
Honor bestowed by Eliz. : OBE
23
Last of a Latin trio : AMAT
25
Another dummy : OPENBRIDGEHAND
32
Unstrict : LAX
33
Bringing forth fruit, as corn : EARING
34
Heater component : COIL
36
Opening bit : ANTE
38
With 60-Down, Whoopi's "Ghost" role : ODA
39
Sea terror : ORCA
40
"The one that got away" : YARN
41
One : UNITED
44
Indy 500 sponsor : STP
45
Yet another dummy : MAGAZINEMOCKUP
48
Idle on the screen : ERIC
49
Campaign pro : POL
50
Confidence game : STING
53
Keyboard professional : PIANISTE
58
And still another dummy : WINDOWMANNEQUIN
61
Works in the Uffizi : ARTE
62
Reason for celebration : RAISE
63
Biblical preposition : UNTO
64
Lout : BOOR
65
Streisand vehicle : YENTL
66
They're inflatable : EGOS
Down
1
Sheltered nook : COVE
2
They're found in prospectors' sectors : ORES
3
Carnival follower : LENT
4
Idolize : DOTEON
5
Idle fancy : CHIMERA
6
Where the Clintons met : YALE
7
Lunkhead : CLOD
8
Stage dir. meaning "begins to speak" : LOQ
9
Columbus sch. : OSU
10
Mexican munchie : SOFTTACO
11
Baseball family name : ALOU
12
Used a firehouse pole : SLID
13
Sound : HALE
18
Jewish teacher : REBBE
19
Part of a Beatles refrain : YEAH
23
Paternal relative : AGNATE
24
"Falstaff" mezzo-soprano : MEG
25
Oil of ___ : OLAY
26
It began service in 1927 : PANAM
27
Unbilled person : EXTRA
28
Double-edged : IRONIC
29
Offed : DIDIN
30
From Oslo, to natives : NORSK
31
Mirabile ___ (wonderful to say) : DICTU
35
Reindeer herder : LAPP
37
Give rise to : ENGENDER
41
Cause of widespread firing? : UZI
42
Select for jury duty: Var. : EMPANEL
43
Blackmore heroine : DOONE
46
Constellation south of the Big Dipper : ARGO
47
In-group : CLIQUE
50
Tar : SWAB
51
Rookie: Var. : TIRO
52
Absorbed by : INTO
53
Annoyance : PAIN
54
Technical sch. : INST
55
Chinese dynasty overthrown by the Mongols : SUNG
56
Mambo king Puente : TITO
57
"The Dukes of Hazzard" spinoff : ENOS
59
Seinfeldesque : WRY
60
See 38-Across : MAE

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