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New York Times, Thursday, September 12, 1996

Author:
K. Hodge
Editor:
Will Shortz
Elmer Fudd's colonial cooking utensil?
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Karen Young Bonin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 42 Missing: {FQVXZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Bonin. Thursday freshness: 13%
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© 1996, The New York Times9/12/96 ( No. 17,110 )
Across
1
Barrelhead bills : CASH
5
Cartel : BLOC
9
Prepares, with "up" : GEARS
14
Leleiwi Point site : HILO
15
Abandoned : LONE
16
Astrodome athlete : OILER
17
Perfect place : EDEN
18
"The ___ lama, he's...": Nash : ONEL
19
Stiff necks : SNOBS
20
Specs for Elmer Fudd's gardener? : WEEDINGGLASSES
23
Bore : STOOD
24
Baby buggy? : NIT
25
Elmer Fudd's quiet frontier? : WESTINPEACE
32
Use the ax : HEW
35
Stand in the Rockies : ASPENS
36
"Now ___ me down..." : ILAY
37
Adjust, as the wheels : ALIGN
39
Turncoat : RAT
40
Dinner partner of film : ANDRE
41
Avis lead-in : RARA
42
___ ladder : JACOBS
44
Raise, with "to" : ADD
45
Elmer Fudd's colonial cooking utensil? : PLYMOUTHWOK
47
Former queen of Spain : ENA
48
Unsavory : SEAMY
52
Elmer Fudd's borrowed troubles? : SECONDHANDWOES
58
Kind of law : LEMON
59
Punjabi princess : RANI
60
Ne plus ultra : ACME
61
Restaurateur of song : ALICE
62
Fictional pooch : ASTA
63
Where to meet the Mets : SHEA
64
Gives orders, in a way : BARKS
65
Something to say? : WHEN
66
First name in fairy tales : HANS
Down
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Wad : CHEW
2
Staffers : AIDES
3
February forecast : SLEET
4
"S.W.A.T." lieutenant of 70's TV : HONDO
5
Ones who are fair : BLONDES
6
Protracted : LONG
7
Rare blood type, for short : ONEG
8
Pen chamber : CELL
9
Rumors : GOSSIP
10
Brain : EINSTEIN
11
Skin cream ingredient : ALOE
12
Yankees' counterparts : REBS
13
Alums-to-be: Abbr. : SRS
21
Herbert Hoover, e.g. : IOWAN
22
Author Beattie et al. : ANNS
26
Nursery rhyme name : SPRAT
27
Emulate Mr. Chips : TEACH
28
Under one's control : INTOW
29
Pierce's portrayer : ALDA
30
Check for ID : CARD
31
Gave the once-over : EYED
32
Beethoven's "___ Quartet" : HARP
33
Airline name that's derived from Hosea : ELAL
34
Lean and flexible : WIRY
38
Fighting bird : GAMECOCK
40
Put it to : ASKED
42
A Peron : JUAN
43
Citizen of Mostar : BOSNIAN
46
Words before "toes" or "best behavior" : ONONES
49
Swamped : AWASH
50
Starbucks order : MOCHA
51
Land on the Red Sea : YEMEN
52
Ward of "Sisters" : SELA
53
Gulf war figure : EMIR
54
Pull a pistol : DRAW
55
Jumble : HASH
56
Penny ___ : ANTE
57
Geographical heptad : SEAS
58
Science course requirement : LAB

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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