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New York Times, Saturday, March 4, 1995

Author:
Rand H. Burns
Editor:
Will Shortz
"In the Heat of the Night" setting
TotalDebutLatest
276/3/19937/17/1999
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11.54113675%
Rand H. Burns

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 35 This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Burns. Saturday freshness: 21%
1
G
2
L
3
A
4
S
5
S
6
EYE
7
L
8
O
9
A
10
D
11
I
12
V
13
A
14
B
E
S
T
O
W
15
T
R
I
16
P
E
D
A
L
17
S
N
O
R
R
I
18
D
I
S
R
A
E
L
I
19
S
P
A
R
T
20
A
21
N
O
D
O
U
S
22
P
E
N
N
23
A
24
M
E
25
EYE
L
E
T
26
A
27
P
28
T
29
L
E
N
T
O
30
I
D
O
31
L
A
R
32
F
33
S
E
E
N
34
D
I
G
35
I
36
T
37
A
G
A
I
38
N
S
T
39
O
40
P
A
C
I
T
Y
41
S
E
N
S
E
42
T
43
E
R
R
44
K
E
E
P
45
S
H
E
46
E
M
A
I
47
L
48
S
R
O
49
P
50
O
P
EYE
51
E
S
T
I
V
A
52
L
53
S
M
I
L
54
A
X
55
L
A
R
E
56
D
57
O
58
H
E
R
E
W
I
59
T
60
H
61
T
R
I
O
D
62
E
63
A
G
E
N
E
S
I
S
64
E
U
C
L
I
D
65
W
A
D
S
66
T
U
T
67
EYE
P
A
T
C
H
© 1995, The New York Times3/4/95 ( No. 16,552 )
Across
1
Taxidermist's item : GLASSEYE
7
Hawaiian for "long" : LOA
10
Covent Garden performer : DIVA
14
Give : BESTOW
15
Three-footed : TRIPEDAL
17
Edda author ___ Sturluson : SNORRI
18
Two-time British P.M. : DISRAELI
19
"In the Heat of the Night" setting : SPARTA
21
Knotty : NODOUS
22
Ellery Queen, e.g. : PENNAME
25
Lace accommodator : EYELET
26
Disposed : APT
29
How to play a dirge : LENTO
30
Language derived from Esperanto : IDO
31
Deighton's "Only When I ___" : LARF
33
Met : SEEN
34
Arabic figure : DIGIT
37
Touching : AGAINST
39
Lack of clarity : OPACITY
41
Reason : SENSE
42
Yukon, e.g.: Abbr. : TERR
44
Maintain : KEEP
45
Feminine subject : SHE
46
Cyberspace service : EMAIL
48
Full-house sign : SRO
49
Comics character since 1929 : POPEYE
51
Summery : ESTIVAL
53
Woody vine : SMILAX
55
Rio Grande city : LAREDO
58
"May I present..." : HEREWITH
61
Vacuum-tube type : TRIODE
63
Absence of a body part : AGENESIS
64
Early geometer : EUCLID
65
Rolls : WADS
66
Celebrated boy-king : TUT
67
Pirate's wear : EYEPATCH
Down
1
Literary inits. : GBS
2
Cariou and Dawson : LENS
3
Drenched : ASOP
4
Use corporal punishment, in a way : STRAP
5
Light chestnut : SORREL
6
Court testifier : EYEWITNESS
7
Bygone Ford : LTD
8
"...___ shall die" : ORI
9
River to the Oise : AISNE
10
Marksman : DEADEYEDICK
11
Communism and others : IDEOLOGIES
12
Utility : VALUE
13
Favored set : ALIST
16
Money maker : PRO
20
Actress Bening et al. : ANNETTES
23
Bolted down : ATE
24
Disneyland feature : MONORAIL
26
"___, poor Milan!": Prospero : ALAS
27
Leaf : PAGE
28
Eventuated : TRANSPIRED
30
Cretan summit : IDA
32
Camera accessory : FISHEYELENS
35
Appian Way, e.g. : ITER
36
Mistranscription : TYPO
38
Born : NEE
40
Gardner's Paul Drake, e.g. : PRIVATEEYE
43
Ambulance crew member: Abbr. : EMT
47
Thrash : LARRUP
49
"Nonsense!" : PSHAW
50
Resistance figure : OMEGA
51
Take up space : EXIST
52
German camera : LEICA
54
Wow : AWE
56
Cabbagehead : DOLT
57
Of Pindar's work : ODIC
59
English sky-god : TIU
60
Presidential inits. : HST
62
Crossed "d" letter : EDH

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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