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New York Times, Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Author:
Nancy Schuster
Editor:
Will Shortz
44-Down : Not feeling
TotalDebutLatest
127/31/196511/26/1997
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.5771027%
Nancy Schuster

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QYZ} This is puzzle # 11 for Ms. Schuster. Tuesday freshness: 21%
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© 1997, The New York Times9/30/97 ( No. 17,493 )
Across
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Follower of Mary : LAMB
5
Return to base before proceeding : TAGUP
10
Hot springs : SPA
13
Resort town near Santa Barbara : OJAI
14
"You ___ Beautiful" (1975 Joe Cocker hit) : ARESO
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Hard to comprehend : DEEP
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Sneaky thief : CATBURGLAR
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Flying-related : AERO
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Mined metal : ORE
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Real howler : RIOT
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In shreds : TORNUP
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Dagger handle : HAFT
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Close : SHUT
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In ___ (intrinsically) : ITSELF
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Comedy brothers of 60's-70's TV : SMOTHERS
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Satirist Mort : SAHL
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Set in "Die Fledermaus" : JAIL
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Prez's stand-in : VEEP
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Skater's maneuver : AXEL
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___ Carlo : MONTE
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Spanish general Duke of ___ : ALBA
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A very good pair : ACES
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Egyptian cross : ANKH
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Cherished : DEAR
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Bargain with the prosecutor : COPAPLEA
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Jumpy : ONEDGE
45
Signals at Sotheby's : NODS
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Item on a cowboy boot : SPUR
47
Slightly bounce : JIGGLE
50
"Pardon me" : AHEM
51
Draft org. : SSS
54
Double-reed instrument : OBOE
55
Theme of this puzzle : MENINBLACK
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Ship's spine : KEEL
59
Chrissie of tennis : EVERT
60
Jai ___ : ALAI
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U.F.O. crew : ETS
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Old yet new again : RETRO
63
Toasty : WARM
Down
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Nuts or crackers : LOCO
2
Slightly open : AJAR
3
Aussie buddy : MATE
4
It's usually served with lobster : BIB
5
Import duty : TARIFF
6
Shoptalk : ARGOT
7
Moolah : GELT
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It's a free country : USA
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Window onto the ocean : PORTHOLE
10
Caught sight of : SEEN
11
Lima's land : PERU
12
Each : APOP
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Luke Skywalker's father : DARTHVADER
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Russia's ___ Mountains : URAL
22
Not at home : OUT
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Member of a notorious biker gang : HELLSANGEL
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Will of 55-Across : SMITH
25
Writer Asimov : ISAAC
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Tourist mecca near Mexico City : TAXCO
27
Blind followers : SHEEP
28
The daddy of decafs : SANKA
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Went congering : EELED
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Pack again, as groceries : REBAG
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Fifth wheel : SPARE
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Tommy Lee of 55-Across : JONES
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Seagoer's woe : MALDEMER
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Campaigner, for short : POL
43
Not rejecting out of hand : OPENTO
44
Not feeling : NUMB
46
Bake, as eggs : SHIRR
47
Speechmaker's opening : JOKE
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"Yeah, sure!" : IBET
49
Proceeds : GOES
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Work without ___ (be daring) : ANET
51
Hacienda room : SALA
52
Wound reminder : SCAR
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Dairy-case choice : SKIM
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Adam's mate : EVE
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Jurisprudence : LAW

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