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NY Times, Thu, Jan 12, 1995

Author: Fran & Lou Sabin/Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.51, Missing: { F Q Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.39)
Open squares: 80, Cheater squares: 6, Freshness Factor™: 73.4
This is puzzle 4 of 25 for Ms. Sabin — solos: 0, collaborations: 25, Sundays: 5
This is puzzle 7 of 29 for Mr. Sabin — solos: 3, collaborations: 26, Sundays: 7

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© 1995, The New York Times
Across Down
1. More pronounced : ACUTER
7. Ladies : MADAMS
13. Law of the land : STATUTE
14. Run : OPERATE
16. Proceeds as in a car chase : CAREENS
17. They can't be beat : NEMESES
18. Bird: Prefix : AVI
19. Pre-Bond Moore role, with "The" : SAINT
21. "On Boxing" author : OATES
22. Zodiac animal : LION
24. Wooden Mortimer : SNERD
26. Like autumn leaves : SERE
27. Adam's-apple warmer : ASCOT
29. Succession of wins : SWEEP
31. 90's cartoon character : REN
32. Yankee #9 : MARIS
34. Governess of Thornfield : JANEEYRE
36. New Hampshire's "Live Free or Die"? : STATELINE
38. Bessemer product : STEELBAR
41. Jalapeño hot stuff : SALSA
44. San Antone sobriquet : TEX
45. Director Lubitsch : ERNST
47. Ugly looks : LEERS
49. Iron pumper's routine : REPS
51. Golden _____ (retirees) : AGERS
53. Turkey meat request : DARK
54. Varsity : ATEAM
56. Giving the once-over : EYING
58. Year in Canute's life : MII
59. Dodgson's illustrator : TENNIEL
61. Utah emblem : BEEHIVE
63. Hall of broadcasting : ARSENIO
64. Was useful : AVAILED
65. Canary's cousins : SERINS
66. Greased the roast : LARDED
 1. Throwback : ATAVISM
2. Dance with dips and leaps : CARIOCA
3. New Mexico's _____ Lake : UTE
4. Amer. election day : TUES
5. Lab heaters : ETNAS
6. Oozings : RESINS
7. Habitants' home : MONTREAL
8. Compliment, in a way : APE
9. Deejay's disk : DEMO
10. Precincts : AREAS
11. Total control : MASTERY
12. Three-card monte shill : STEERER
13. La _____, Milan : SCALA
15. Palestinian sectarian : ESSENE
20. Just-born cow? : NEWJERSEY
23. Ibsen, for one : NORSE
25. Hockey great Potvin : DENIS
28. Champion's claim : TITLE
30. Kind of farm : PENAL
33. Prickly pear : SABRA
35. Sniggled : EELED
37. Peelable fruit : TANGELOS
38. Class levels : STRATA
39. Prepares for a fall : TEETERS
40. Tax form deduction : EXPENSE
42. About 6,080 feet : SEAMILE
43. Hit town : ARRIVED
46. Like certain customs : TRIBAL
48. Went downhill : SKIED
50. Better balanced : SANER
52. 1983 Indy 500 champ : SNEVA
55. Small model : MINI
57. Duds : GEAR
60. Strauss's "_____ Heldenleben" : EIN
62. Holed up : HID
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