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New York Times, Friday, August 13, 1999

Author:
Frances Hansen
Editor:
Will Shortz
6-Down : Tasting of wood, as some spirits
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Frances Hansen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 37 Missing: {QW} Spans: 2 Minimum word length: 4 This is puzzle # 104 for Ms. Hansen. Friday freshness: 2%
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J
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O
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N
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I
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B
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O
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C
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A
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N
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U
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R
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N
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R
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R
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D
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R
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O
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M
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R
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C
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V
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R
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P
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H
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G
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L
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K
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© 1999, The New York Times8/13/99 ( No. 18,175 )
Across
1
First name in folk : JONI
5
Florida city, informally : BOCA
9
Operating : INUSE
14
Send off : EMIT
15
Team encouragement : RAHS
16
Area of South Africa : NATAL
17
"Little House on the Prairie," e.g. : SAGA
18
Turner and Eisenhower : IKES
19
Back slap? : SPANK
20
23
Island attire : SARONG
24
Warden's fear : RIOT
25
Zilch : ZERO
27
[1930] : MURDER
32
Character : AROMA
36
Lacking width and depth : ONED
38
Giant constellation south of Canis Major : ARGO
39
[1940] : REBECCA
41
[1958] : VERTIGO
43
Express : AVER
44
Old Greek theaters : ODEA
46
In ___ (uncomfortably placed) : ASPOT
47
[1960] : PSYCHO
49
Storyteller's link : THEN
51
Architect Saarinen : EERO
53
70's-80's singer Boz : SCAGGS
58
Celebrity born 8/13/1899 with five famous titles in this puzzle : ALFREDHITCHCOCK
63
Piece of street art : MURAL
64
Prefix with resin : OLEO
65
Cameo, e.g. : ROLE
66
Round window in a frieze : OXEYE
67
Turtledove : DEAR
68
Reply to an explanation : ISEE
69
Excited, with "up" : KEYED
70
No. 2 : ASST
71
Clever : DEFT
Down
1
Cracks : JESTS
2
Where Fred and Adele Astaire were born : OMAHA
3
River to the Gulf of Guinea : NIGER
4
Mussolini's air marshal ___ Balboa : ITALO
5
Kind of loan : BRIDGE
6
Tasting of wood, as some spirits : OAKY
7
Sergeant's badge : CHEVRON
8
Very, in music : ASSAI
9
As found : INSITU
10
Piles : NAPS
11
45th of 50 : UTAH
12
Thoughtful : SANE
13
Group with a clock in its emblem : ELKS
21
Down Under soldier : ANZAC
22
___ guerre : NOMDE
26
It has two shoulders but no head : ROAD
28
"Darn!" : RATS
29
Party pooper : DRIP
30
Kellogg Company brand : EGGO
31
Pull (out) : ROOT
32
Not care ___ : ARAP
33
Speeds (up) : REVS
34
Observe : OBEY
35
Grand Marquis, for short : MERC
37
"Well, Did You ___?" (Cole Porter query) : EVAH
40
Murmured : COOED
42
Certain dressing : RANCH
45
Stars on stage : ETOILES
48
Followed orders : HEELED
50
Military leaders? : ESCORT
52
70's CBS hit : RHODA
54
Deeply irritating : ACRID
55
Honker : GOOSE
56
Staff leader? : GCLEF
57
Some shooting : SKEET
58
Crazily : AMOK
59
Splendor : LUXE
60
Norse god of peace : FREY
61
Zany Martha : RAYE
62
Blended items : TEAS

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