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Frank Longo
NY Times, Sun, Jun 18, 1997
39-Across : Frankie or Cleo
Author:
Frank Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 19, Columns: 19, Words: 98, Blocks: 116
| | | | | | | | | | | | 1 P | 2 A | 3 M | | | | |
| | | | 4 M | 5 I | 6 M | 7 I | | | | 8 I | O | N | I | 9 C | | | |
| | 10 I | 11 T | E | R | A | T | 12 E | | | 13 D | R | I | L | L | 14 S | | |
| 15 S | C | I | S | S | I | O | N | | 16 V | A | T | | 17 L | A | T | 18 E | |
19 S | L | E | P | T | | | | 20 C | 21 O | I | L | | 22 S | E | R | U | M | 23 S |
24 P | O | M | P | A | 25 N | 26 D | 27 C | I | R | C | U | 28 M | S | T | A | N | C | E |
29 A | M | I | E | | 30 O | N | E | R | S | | 31 P | I | T | S | | 32 N | E | W |
| 33 O | L | D | | 34 B | A | N | C | | 35 W | I | N | S | | 36 C | E | E | |
| | 37 K | O | 38 B | E | | | 39 L | 40 A | I | N | E | | 41 T | O | R | | |
| | | 42 V | A | L | 43 E | 44 D | I | C | T | O | R | 45 I | A | N | | | |
| | 46 P | E | G | | 47 M | O | N | T | H | | | 48 R | I | G | 49 S | | |
| 50 G | R | R | | 51 D | E | N | G | | 52 S | 53 W | 54 A | K | | 55 R | C | 56 A | |
57 R | I | O | | 58 M | I | E | N | | 59 S | T | E | V | E | | 60 E | A | R | 61 P |
62 U | N | D | 63 E | R | G | R | A | 64 D | U | A | T | E | D | 65 E | G | R | E | E |
66 M | A | D | A | M | S | | 67 R | E | I | N | | | | 68 S | A | R | A | N |
| 69 S | E | T | A | | 70 F | E | W | | 71 D | 72 I | 73 N | 74 E | T | T | E | S | |
| | 75 D | O | G | 76 G | I | E | | | 77 S | E | A | W | E | E | D | | |
| | | 78 N | O | M | A | D | | | | 79 R | T | E | S | | | | |
| | | | 80 O | C | T | | | | | | | | | | | | |
© 1997, The New York Times
Across
1
4
"La Boheme" heroine :
MIMI8
Ancient Greek dialect :
IONIC10
13
15
16
17
19
Wasn't paying attention :
SLEPT20
22
24
29
Soissons sweetheart :
AMIE30
They have no peers :
ONERS31
32
33
Opposite of 32-Across :
OLD34
In ___ (in full court) :
BANC35
36
Not-so-impressive grade :
CEE37
39
41
42
46
"Married ... With Children" mom :
PEG47
48
50
51
Late Chinese leader :
DENG52
Love-letter letters :
SWAK55
57
58
59
Guttenberg of "Police Academy" :
STEVE60
O.K. Corral gunfighter :
EARP62
66
Female household heads :
MADAMS67
68
69
70
Word in a Marines description :
FEW71
75
77
78
79
A.A.A. suggestions :
RTES80
Down
1
Opposite of starboard :
PORT2
3
4
American socialite and diplomat :
MESTA5
6
With 41-Down, fruity cocktail :
MAI7
Onetime face on Court TV :
ITO8
9
10
Calorie counter's cone contents :
ICEMILK11
12
14
15
Instant replay feature :
SLOMO16
18
19
21
22
Sound-barrier breakers :
SSTS23
25
26
Some forensic evidence :
DNA27
28
35
36
38
With 75-Across, a restaurant takeout :
BAG40
41
43
44
45
46
49
50
Lollobrigida and others :
GINAS51
53
Allowing alcohol sales :
WET54
56
57
Pina colada ingredient :
RUM58
Nearsighted cartoon character :
MRMAGOO59
61
Paper Mate, for one :
PEN63
New Haven founding father :
EATON64
65
Legislator Kefauver :
ESTES70
72
Ending with cash or cloth :
IER73
Revolt leader Turner :
NAT74
76
Answer summary: 6 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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