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NY Times, Tuesday, January 04, 1994

Author: David A. Rosen/Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 326 (avg 1.72)
Open squares: 69, Cheater squares: 0, Freshness Factor™: 48.1
This is puzzle 1 of 2 for Mr. Rosen — solos: 2, collaborations: 0, Sundays: 0

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© 1994, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Rumble : MELEE
6. Not fancy? : FACT
10. Difficult obligation : TASK
14. "_____of do or die" : ACASE
15. Bing Crosby best seller : AMOR
16. Guthrie the younger : ARLO
17. Hearty entree : THICKJUICYSTEAK
20. Kibbutzniks' dance : HORA
21. Reverse : UNDO
22. Must : HASTO
23. Place to crash : PAD
25. Kipling novel : KIM
26. Tasty side dish : FRIEDONIONRINGS
35. Mortgage matter : RATES
36. Words before "in the arm" or "in the dark" : ASHOT
37. Detective's cry : AHA
38. Them in "Them!" : ANTS
39. Common key signature : BFLAT
40. Composer_____ Carlo Menotti : GIAN
41. Cpl., for one : NCO
42. Feed a fete : CATER
43. Stood for : MEANT
44. Yummy dessert : CHOCOLATESUNDAE
47. Cherbourg chum : AMI
48. Latin I? : EGO
49. Lamb Chop's "spokesperson" : SHARI
52. Oceania republic : FIJI
55. Windmill segment : VANE
59. Eventual bonus? : HIGHCHOLESTEROL
62. Cream-filled sandwich : OREO
63. Debouchment : EXIT
64. Internet patrons : USERS
65. Blubber : WEEP
66. Yeltsin veto : NYET
67. Koch's predecessor : BEAME
 1. Calculator work : MATH
2. Radar blip : ECHO
3. Thieves' hideout : LAIR
4. They're loose : ESCAPEES
5. "Yikes!" : EEK
6. "The Afternoon of a _____" : FAUN
7. In the thick of : AMID
8. First name in perfumery : COCO
9. Venture : TRY
10. Japanese mats : TATAMI
11. Olympic hawk : ARES
12. Bed-frame crosspiece : SLAT
13. "Mikado" executioner : KOKO
18. Sport whose name means "soft way" : JUDO
19. Polo, e.g. : SHIRT
24. Circulars : ADS
25. Carpenter's woe : KNOT
26. French bread? : FRANC
27. High-priced spread? : RANCH
28. ".... and eat _____" : ITTOO
29. Subj. of a Clinton victory, 11/17/93 : NAFTA
30. Key : ISLET
31. Midway alternative : OHARE
32. River nymph : NAIAD
33. The Gold Coast, today : GHANA
34. "A votre_____!" : SANTE
39. Java neighbor : BALI
40. Columbus, by birth : GENOVESE
42. "Nancy" or "Cathy" : COMIC
43. Puss : MUG
45. Server on skates : CARHOP
46. DOS + cuatro : SEIS
49. Take third : SHOW
50. Take on : HIRE
51. "_____on Film" (1983 book set) : AGEE
52. Conniving : FOXY
53. Coach Nastase : ILIE
54. Rock's Joan : JETT
56. Sphere : AREA
57. "Cheers" habitue : NORM
58. Alternatively : ELSE
60. Lady lobster : HEN
61. Ungainly craft : TUB
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