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New York Times, Monday, July 8, 1996

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Will Shortz
65-Across : "Mr. Tambourine Man" band, with "the"
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Sidney L. Robbins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 3 Grid is asymmetric. This is puzzle # 198 for Mr. Robbins. Monday freshness: 60%
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© 1996, The New York Times7/8/96 ( No. 17,044 )
Across
1
Hubert's comic strip wife : TRUDY
6
Segment : PART
10
Title for Nemo or Queeg: Abbr. : CAPT
14
Eagle's nest : AERIE
15
Was in debt : OWED
16
Slick : OILY
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July-August period : DOGDAYSOFSUMMER
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On an ocean liner : ASEA
21
Slippery ones : EELS
22
"...___evil..." : SEENO
23
Neighbor of Libya : CHAD
25
Euripides productions : MEDEAS
26
Less hard : SOFTER
29
TV's "The___Bunch" : BRADY
31
Run, as a meeting : CHAIR
32
Not a copy: Abbr. : ORIG
33
Mobil product : GAS
36
Auto option : AIRCONDITIONING
40
One of the Stooges : MOE
41
Rim : EDGE
42
One who obeys all orders : ROBOT
43
Intimidates : COWS
45
Actress Black and others : KARENS
46
Erie and Suez : CANALS
49
Engulf : WHELM
51
"There Is Nothin' Like___" : ADAME
52
Zoom : SOAR
53
Clerical title : ABBE
57
What a cold remedy gives : TEMPORARYRELIEF
60
Gen. Robt.___ : ELEE
61
Otherwise : ELSE
62
Sheep's plaint : BLEAT
63
Foxx of "Sanford and Son" : REDD
64
Wagers : BETS
65
"Mr. Tambourine Man" band, with "the" : BYRDS
Down
1
Cry of success : TADA
2
Classic cars : REOS
3
Coax : URGE
4
Instructive : DIDACTIC
5
Pro vote : YEA
6
Sat : POSED
7
Dissatisfied soldier : AWOL
8
Umps : REFS
9
Six-pointers, for short : TDS
10
"A Midsummer Night's Dream," e.g. : COMEDY
11
Girl's name meaning "loved" : AIMEE
12
Full assemblies : PLENA
13
Rookies : TYROS
18
1492 or 2001 : YEAR
19
Took unfair advantage of : USED
24
Two-handed sandwich : HERO
25
Trio visiting Jesus : MAGI
26
Con man's con : SCAM
27
Akron's home : OHIO
28
Transit token : FARE
29
Ship's prison : BRIG
30
Baptism, for one : RITE
32
Probability : ODDS
33
Mock : GIBE
34
Shortly : ANON
35
Noncoms: Abbr. : SGTS
37
Part of CNN : NEWS
38
Intense exam : ORAL
39
As a rule : NORMALLY
43
Pitched tents : CAMPED
44
Margarine : OLEO
45
Actress Deborah : KERR
46
Try to please, with "to" : CATER
47
"The Story of___H" : ADELE
48
No longer anonymous : NAMED
49
Defeat : WORST
50
Garfield's predecessor : HAYES
52
Store event : SALE
54
Coffin stand : BIER
55
Item of wampum : BEAD
56
Newts : EFTS
58
Soldier under 60-Across : REB
59
Dwindle : EBB

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