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NY Times, Thu, Oct 31, 1996

Author: L. Sidway / W. Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J Q X Z }
Open squares: 60, Cheater squares: 2, Freshness Factor™: 57.9, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 15 of 18 for Ms. Sidway — solos: 18, collaborations: 0, Sundays: 0

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© 1996, The New York Times
Across Down
1. School subj. : SCI
4. Burst : SPURT
9. Overfill : SATE
13. Puddin' : HON
14. Triangular toast topping : CAVIAR
16. Kind of tomato : PLUM
17. Car trunk item : BOOSTERCABLE
19. As well : ALSO
20. Rock's ___ Vanilli : MILLI
21. Serious words are said in this : EARNEST
23. Ft. Bragg constabulary : MPS
25. What a waste! : BOONDOGGLE
26. Finds oneself with a pink slip : GETSTHEBOOT
30. "Rich Harbor" and others : KLEES
31. S.F., for one : APO
32. Some dashes : ENS
33. Honorarium : FEE
34. Creep : DIRTBAG
37. "Howards End" author : FORSTER
41. Lummox : OAF
42. Evil, to Yvette : MAL
43. Mission closing : ARY
44. State in NE India : ASSAM
47. Wilderness Road traveler : DANIELBOONE
50. Invitation to dance : LETSBOOGIE
52. Eggy prefix : OVI
53. Vamooses : BEATSIT
54. Tickle : AMUSE
58. Like some hands : IDLE
59. Remote area : THEBOONDOCKS
63. Poetic contraction : NEER
64. Living room piece : SETTEE
65. Tennis call : LET
66. Race track figures : ODDS
67. Having beams of light : RAYED
68. Wonderment : AWE
 1. 1954 #1 hit by the Crew-Cuts : SHBOOM
2. Thus, to Luciano : COSI
3. Like some airports: Abbr. : INTL
4. Theater lines : SCRIPT
5. Rep.'s or Dem.'s money source : PAC
6. Charlottesville campus, for short : UVA
7. Razz : RIB
8. Kind of show : TALENT
9. Fabric add-ons : SPANGLES
10. Aver : ALLEGE
11. Shoving match : TUSSLE
12. Plays the ham : EMOTES
15. Interpret : READ
18. Some are slippery : ELMS
22. TV weatherman : ROKER
24. Bundle : SHEAF
25. Slips : BOOBOOS
26. Roam : GAD
27. Prefix with center : EPI
28. Crag : TOR
29. 3-Down lang. : ENG
33. Original Shakespeare edition : FOLIO
35. Bank giveaways : TOASTERS
36. Furniture materials : BAMBOOS
37. It shoots the breeze : FAN
38. Thou-shalt-not : TABOO
39. Directional suffix : ERN
40. Deli request : RYE
42. Murray of the silents : MAE
44. White mouse, for example : ALBINO
45. Like Muscat raisins : SEEDED
46. Lost freshness : STALED
47. Tizzy : DITHER
48. Got around : EVADED
49. Wheels on Oscar night : LIMO
51. Vamooses : GITS
55. Kareem's alma mater : UCLA
56. Depict unfairly : SKEW
57. Marchese d'___ (Italian nobleman) : ESTE
60. J.F.K. info : ETA
61. Take : BOOTY
62. Born : NEE
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