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NY Times, Tue, Dec 06, 1988

Author: Don Groat
Editor: Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 1

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© 1988, The New York Times
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1. Clouts : SLAMS
6. Asgard's ruler : ODIN
10. Night creature : BAT
13. Impressionist Edouard : MANET
14. Thespian's goal : ROLE
15. Mah-jongg piece : TILE
16. Nice school : ECOLE
17. Gob's jail : BRIG
18. Hawkeye of "M*A*S*H" : ALDA
19. Arachne was one : WEAVER
21. Goldbrick : MALINGER
23. Rainbow : IRIS
25. Creator of Barnaby Rudge : DICKENS
26. Dept.-store ad : FALLSALE
30. Xenon, e.g. : GAS
31. Army truant : AWOL
32. Prospero's sprightly servant : ARIEL
34. Brit. medal : DSO
37. Give up : CEDE
38. Hair treatment : RINSE
39. Dispassionate; equable : FAIR
40. Dutch city : EDE
41. First king of Egypt : MENES
42. Conversational gap : LULL
43. Twitch : TIC
44. With fitness : SUITABLY
47. Anna Karenina's creator : TOLSTOY
51. Beige : ECRU
52. Art of flying : AVIATION
54. Loser to Richard: 1968 : HUBERT
58. Shakespearean king : LEAR
59. San ___ Obispo : LUIS
61. Ancient Ethiopian capital : MEROE
62. Samovars : URNS
63. Sicilian tourist attraction : ETNA
64. ___ facie evidence : PRIMA
65. Dep. : STA
66. Indian Ocean vessel : DHOW
67. Chateaubriand, e.g. : STEAK
 1. Merganser : SMEW
2. Intertwine : LACE
3. Celebes ox : ANOA
4. He wrote "Typee" : MELVILLE
5. Takes the helm : STEERS
6. Globe : ORB
7. College bldg. : DORM
8. Partner of the "Odyssey" : ILIAD
9. Dressing gown : NEGLIGEE
10. Hogwash : BILGE
11. Pilgrim John : ALDEN
12. Lacerates : TEARS
15. Panzer-division units : TANKS
20. Inlet : RIA
22. Suffix for poet : ICAL
24. Done in : SLAIN
26. Confront : FACE
27. Fearful and reverential : AWED
28. Kind of star or stone : LODE
29. Homophone for 62 Across : ERNES
33. Politician's topic : ISSUE
34. Paint unskillfully : DAUB
35. Spot for a house plant : SILL
36. Air France milieu : ORLY
38. Shrank back : RECOILED
39. Madame Bovary's creator : FLAUBERT
41. Glove for Gary Carter : MITT
43. Nicholas and others : TSARS
45. "___ dien," motto of the Prince of Wales : ICH
46. Plays a powerful card : TRUMPS
47. Anklebone : TALUS
48. Apparent : OVERT
49. Tropical climbing vine : LIANA
50. Period of life : YOUTH
53. Barcelona boy : NINO
55. Iroquoian Indian : ERIE
56. Caesar's urbs : ROMA
57. Elegant wood : TEAK
60. Adage : SAW

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