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NY Times, Mon, Nov 11, 1996

Author: S. Spadaccini / W. Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 316 (avg 1.67)
Open squares: 72, Cheater squares: 0, Freshness Factor™: 58.0, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 11 of 36 for Ms. Spadaccini — solos: 36, collaborations: 0, Sundays: 0

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© 1996, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Garbage boat : SCOW
5. Ingrid's "Casablanca" role : ILSA
9. I.O.U.'s : CHITS
14. Singer Guthrie : ARLO
15. "Get a ___ of that!" : LOAD
16. Nouveau ___ : RICHE
17. Nightgown-clad nursery-rhyme character : WEEWILLIEWINKIE
20. Reverse image, for short : NEG
21. ___ the lily : GILD
22. Be present at : ATTEND
23. Grow dim : WANE
24. Jackie's second husband : ARI
25. Heavens : SKY
26. Saying of Caesar : VENIVIDIVICI
31. Banishment : EXILE
32. Put on : DON
33. No, to Nikita : NYET
37. Towering : TALL
38. Item : THING
40. Snapshot, Mad. Ave.-style : FOTO
41. Captain Hook's assistant : SMEE
42. Tic-tac-toe win : OOO
43. Nearsighted Mr. : MAGOO
44. 1960 Terry-Thomas film farce : MAKEMINEMINK
48. Tie the knot : WED
51. Fleur-de-___ : LIS
52. Bloody : GORY
53. Twenty questions category : ANIMAL
55. Concerning : INRE
56. Alternative to a subway : BUS
59. Shakespearean comedy (original spelling) : LOVESLABORSLOST
62. Smooth and glossy : SLEEK
63. Persian sprite : PERI
64. Brainstorm : IDEA
65. "___ la vista, baby!" : HASTA
66. Former spouses : EXES
67. Bruce or Laura of Hollywood : DERN
 1. Cut, as a log : SAWN
2. Prairie Indian : CREE
3. Designer Cassini : OLEG
4. "Unbelievable!" : WOW
5. Fighting ___ (Big Ten team) : ILLINI
6. Lounged around : LOLLED
7. Port ___, Egypt : SAID
8. Summer cooler : ADE
9. Rex Reed, e.g. : CRITIC
10. Help for the puzzled : HINT
11. Clinton staffer Harold : ICKES
12. Use your brain : THINK
13. Squalid : SEEDY
18. "___ at the office" : IGAVE
19. Bandleader Fred : WARING
23. Actor Dafoe : WILLEM
24. Door-to-door cosmetics company : AVON
26. Docs for dachshunds : VETS
27. Quiz : EXAM
28. Cairo's river : NILE
29. Dialect : IDIOM
30. Odious reputation : INFAMY
34. Berra or Bear : YOGI
35. Prince William's school : ETON
36. Grabbed : TOOK
38. "___ a Mockingbird" : TOKILL
39. Works in the garden : HOES
43. French mothers : MERES
45. Where Nome is home : ALASKA
46. Pay no heed to : IGNORE
47. Action star Chuck : NORRIS
48. Former 49ers coach Bill : WALSH
49. W.W. II's ___ Gay : ENOLA
50. Jackknife and others : DIVES
54. Encounter : MEET
55. Wild goat : IBEX
56. Presage : BODE
57. Exploiter : USER
58. Getz or Kenton : STAN
60. Imitate : APE
61. Pot top : LID
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