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New York Times, Monday, March 22, 1999

Author:
Gregory E. Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
22-Down : Blossom
TotalDebutLatest
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ScrabbleFresh
1.505%
Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQXZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 67 for Mr. Paul. Monday freshness: 1%
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L
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E
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A
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R
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C
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A
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V
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A
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M
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M
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P
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B
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D
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B
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O
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W
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R
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N
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Y
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L
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W
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M
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O
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Y
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T
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U
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G
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L
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K
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R
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© 1999, The New York Times3/22/99 ( No. 18,031 )
Across
1
Not so much : LESS
5
The "A" in N.E.A. : ARTS
9
Spelunker : CAVER
14
Very much : ALOT
15
Partner of potatoes : MEAT
16
Martini garnish : OLIVE
17
Neighbor of Senegal : MALI
18
100% : PURE
19
Actress Braga of "Kiss of the Spider Woman" : SONIA
20
Jean Harlow, e.g. : BLONDEBOMBSHELL
23
Goodyear product : TIRE
24
Grassland : LEA
25
Gift decoration : BOW
28
Sawbuck : TENSPOT
31
12th graders: Abbr. : SRS
34
Sailor's "stop!" : AVAST
36
Cpl. or sgt. : NCO
37
Came to a perch : ALIT
38
Beatles transport : YELLOWSUBMARINE
42
Nothing but : ONLY
43
Sun, e.g. : ORB
44
Wound up : TENSE
45
Springsteen's "Born in the ___" : USA
46
Aspen attire : SKISUIT
49
Hair stiffener : GEL
50
Gorilla : APE
51
Stiffly neat : PRIM
53
Popular apple : GOLDENDELICIOUS
61
Put up with : ABIDE
62
Chunks of history : ERAS
63
Filly's father : SIRE
64
Had a crush on : LOVED
65
Trig function : SINE
66
Additionally : ELSE
67
Skeptical : LEERY
68
Popular sneakers : KEDS
69
O'Neal of "Love Story" : RYAN
Down
1
Mary's follower, in verse : LAMB
2
Airline to Tel Aviv : ELAL
3
Like Lindbergh's flight : SOLO
4
Be frugal : STINT
5
Current unit : AMPERE
6
Deli sandwich : REUBEN
7
Plant used in making poi : TARO
8
Stern's opposite : STEM
9
Treat like a baby : COSSET
10
Waikiki welcome : ALOHA
11
Tarzan's transport : VINE
12
Like Darth Vader : EVIL
13
Down-to-earth : REAL
21
"Same here!" : DITTO
22
Blossom : BLOOM
25
Louisiana marsh : BAYOU
26
Pizzeria fixtures : OVENS
27
When repeated, a Washington city : WALLA
29
Gives the brushoff, maybe : SNUBS
30
Toxic compound, for short : PCB
31
Broken arm holder : SLING
32
Post-wash cycle : RINSE
33
Man of ___ (Superman) : STEEL
35
Underhanded : SLY
37
"What ___ you getting at?" : ARE
39
No longer asleep : WOKEN
40
___ Lanka : SRI
41
Storage area : ATTIC
46
Rapid : SPEEDY
47
Higher ground : UPLAND
48
Van Gogh painting that set an auction record in 1987 : IRISES
50
Puff snake : ADDER
52
Scrooge, e.g. : MISER
53
Chutzpah : GALL
54
Instrument that's blown into : OBOE
55
In person : LIVE
56
Drawer site : DESK
57
Cleveland's lake : ERIE
58
In need of a shampoo : OILY
59
___ Major : URSA
60
Witnessed : SEEN

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