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New York Times, Thursday, March 26, 1998

Author:
Cathy Millhauser
Editor:
Will Shortz
14-Across : Weather map area
TotalDebutLatest
881/26/19925/15/2011
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
410143552
RebusCircleScrabblePGramPre‑WSFresh
211.588441%
Cathy Allis

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 41 for Ms. Allis. Thursday freshness: 20%
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© 1998, The New York Times3/26/98 ( No. 17,670 )
Across
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Head-shredded salad : SLAW
5
1993 Sinatra album : DUETS
10
Debatable : MOOT
14
Weather map area : HIGH
15
Bay : INLET
16
Car developer Ferrari : ENZO
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The Nativity, for one? : ANOINNSITUATION
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Busybody : YENTA
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Expend : USE
22
Sierra ___ : LEONE
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46-Down's "The Dragons of ___" : EDEN
25
Look-alikes : CLONES
26
Empty clothesline's problem? : NOTHINGTOAIR
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In Europe, say : ABROAD
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Tapping target : WIRE
33
Work surface, sometimes : LAP
36
Flue residue : SOOT
37
Rousseau work : EMILE
39
Obi-Wan, for one : JEDI
40
"Yo!" : HEY
41
S.&L. protector : FDIC
42
Cop's order : FREEZE
44
What they said to Dumbo? : YOURESOEARED
46
Accumulate money (for) : SAVEUP
49
Yeats's land : ERIN
50
Like a roc : AVIAN
51
Directly, directionally : DUE
53
Icy : GELID
57
Is a conscientious pest? : GETSTOIRKONTIME
60
Smell ___ (sense wrong) : ARAT
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Summoned, on "ER" : PAGED
62
Reliable : TRUE
63
Louis, Carrie and Bill : NYES
64
Dummy Mortimer : SNERD
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Big ___ Conference : EAST
Down
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Two-wheeled carriage : SHAY
2
Pickup shtick? : LINE
3
Greek-style contest : AGON
4
Searing : WHITEHOT
5
Racket : DIN
6
Like some heroes : UNSUNG
7
Ancient ally of Sparta : ELIS
8
Béret holder : TETE
9
TV actor Gilliam : STU
10
Falling star : METEOR
11
Whopper topper : ONION
12
Ultraviolet Index factor : OZONE
13
Hues : TONES
18
Composer Boulanger : NADIA
19
40's-50's Yankees All-Star pitcher Reynolds : ALLIE
24
Finished : ENDEDUP
25
Like : CAREFOR
26
First auto to offer seat belts : NASH
27
Word from the French for "high wood" : OBOE
28
City near Albany : TROY
29
Doubly : TWICE
30
It may be essential : OIL
33
Sinister look : LEER
34
Wood trimmer : ADZE
35
Variegated : PIED
38
Russian orbiter : MIR
39
30's singer MacDonald : JEANETTE
41
Wellspring : FOUNT
43
Hold sway : REIGN
44
Fermenting fungi : YEASTS
45
Hunter : SEEKER
46
"Cosmos" series creator : SAGAN
47
"Charlotte's Web" boy : AVERY
48
Bios of a sort : VITAE
51
Gorilla researcher Fossey : DIAN
52
Yen : URGE
54
It's spent in Trent : LIRA
55
Deejay Don : IMUS
56
Insect repellent ingredient : DEET
58
Photo ___ : OPS
59
Kooky : ODD

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4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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