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NY Times, Sat, Oct 05, 1996

Author: T. Payne / W. Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.82, Missing: { J K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.38)
Open squares: 100, Cheater squares: 2, Freshness Factor™: 72.1
This is puzzle 5 of 36 for Mr. Payne — solos: 36, collaborations: 0, Sundays: 9

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© 1996, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Tater separator : RICER
6. Electric Company neighbor : STCHARLES
15. It's carried through the air : AROMA
16. Express wonderment : OOHANDAAH
17. "I'm all ___" : FORIT
18. Vulgarity : POORTASTE
19. "Later" : ANOTHERTIME
21. Word in a store-hours sign : TIL
22. One overseas : EIN
23. Way up : STAIRS
24. In flawless shape : MINT
25. Lech's look : LEER
27. Harding and Wilson : ANNS
28. 40-card game : MONTE
29. Popular Trekkie zine : STARLOG
31. Seat of Penobscot County : BANGOR
32. Tropical pastes : POIS
33. Zest for life : BRIO
34. Moreno's real first name : ROSITA
37. Place for a grease well : GRIDDLE
40. Monologue ad-lib : ASIDE
41. "Topaz" author : URIS
42. Quick to the helm : YARE
44. Pizzeria desserts : ICES
45. Individually : APIECE
47. Louse-to-be : NIT
48. Sega rival, for short : NES
49. "Local Hero" director : BILLFORSYTH
51. Sexy person : HOTTAMALE
53. Where millions of connections are made every year : OHARE
54. "Women in Love" star : ALANBATES
55. Gambler : DARER
56. Commercial challenge : TASTETEST
57. 750-year-old literary works : EDDAS
 1. Braves shortstop Belliard : RAFAEL
2. Twist endings, e.g. : IRONIES
3. Noble wear : CORONET
4. Discharge : EMIT
5. "Jabberwocky" creatures : RATHS
6. Battle types : SOPRANOS
7. Using a recorder : TOOTING
8. Robed vocalists : CHOIRS
9. Sets back : HARMS
10. One chip, perhaps : ANTE
11. Nutritionist's abbr. : RDA
12. Permanent : LASTING
13. Gradually destroy : EATINTO
14. Quarters : SHELTER
20. Footnote phrase : ETALIA
24. Poem of lament : MONODY
26. White water feature : RAPIDS
28. Miss : MAID
30. Alternative to the new math : ROTE
31. County of a TV western : BRISCO
33. Most epigrammatic : BRIEFEST
34. It keeps your hair drier : RAINHAT
35. Seminole War leader : OSCEOLA
36. Breaks for the Mexican border? : SIESTAS
37. Parts of humidifiers : GRILLES
38. Nautical line : LANYARD
39. U.N. member since 1993 : ERITREA
41. Working through the night : UPLATE
43. Common solvents : ETHERS
45. Strive for : AIMAT
46. Whittle away : ERODE
49. 1995 Best Picture nominee : BABE
50. Migrating fish : SHAD
52. It does a bang-up job : TNT
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