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New York Times, Thursday, September 18, 1997

Author:
Cathy Millhauser
Editor:
Will Shortz
Hacked it, as a highway engineer?
TotalDebutLatest
881/26/19925/15/2011
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Cathy Allis

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 34 for Ms. Allis. Thursday freshness: 7%
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© 1997, The New York Times9/18/97 ( No. 17,481 )
Across
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Breeze : SNAP
5
Appetizer for Juan : TAPA
9
Cornrows alternative : AFRO
13
Summer cabin site : LAKE
14
Curaçao neighbor : ARUBA
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Cherokee, for one : JEEP
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Suffix with sinus : ITIS
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Two of a 60's quartet : PAPAS
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Loads : ALOT
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Hacked it, as a farmer? : CUTTHEMUSTARD
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Script scraper : ERASER
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Cling to : HUG
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Bill Nye's subj. on TV : SCI
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Forum matter : RES
29
Médoc, merlot, etc. : REDS
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Surpassed : TOPPED
34
Hacked it, as a highway engineer? : MADETHEGRADE
36
1986 World Series stadium : SHEA
39
Long March leader : MAO
40
Smeltery input : ORES
41
Hacked it, as a candlemaker? : WASUPTOSNUFF
46
Informal hatrack : ANTLER
47
Medal recipient : HERO
48
Prefix with pressure : ACU
51
Literary inits. : TSE
52
Dawn deity : EOS
54
Lily-livered : CRAVEN
56
Hacked it, as a pelican? : FILLEDTHEBILL
60
Salalah's land : OMAN
62
"Vive ___!" : LEROI
63
Restrain : BATE
64
[Get the joke?] : WINK
65
Microscopy supply : STAIN
66
Inventor Elisha : OTIS
67
"Don't be startled" : EASY
68
Some are horned : OWLS
69
Lt. Columbo et al. : TECS
Down
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Deli need : SLICER
2
John Muir's interest : NATURE
3
Muscular dogs : AKITAS
4
Rats, gnats, etc. : PESTS
5
Like some jeans legs : TAPERED
6
80's-90's writer Saroyan : ARAM
7
Kind of platter : PUPU
8
Discompose : ABASH
9
Open, but just : AJAR
10
Crystalline mineral : FELDSPAR
11
Monogrammatic car of old : REO
12
Choose : OPT
15
Perspicacious : ASTUTE
21
Sister of Zeus : HERA
22
Eagerly excited : AGOG
26
Grant : CEDE
27
Middle of a mensis : IDES
30
Sample : DEMO
31
Secret supply : STASH
33
Academic handle : PROF
34
Handle without care : MAUL
35
Sharpen : HONE
36
Try for a fly : SWAT
37
Geiger of Geiger counter fame : HANS
38
Pop music's Gloria and Emilio : ESTEFANS
42
Flake (off) : PEEL
43
Longhaired fad dolls : TROLLS
44
Scamps : URCHINS
45
"Watch out!" : FORE
48
Do the Wright thing : AVIATE
49
Larry Bird was one : CELTIC
50
But : UNLESS
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Handle : SEETO
55
Prior's superior : ABBOT
57
Black and wet : INKY
58
Tie : DRAW
59
Labor : TOIL
60
Have a tab : OWE
61
Veterans' concern, briefly : MIA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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