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NY Times, Friday, November 04, 1994

Author: Matt Jones/Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.45)
Open squares: 96, Cheater squares: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Freshness Factor™: 67.5 (43.7 Fri. %-ile)
This is puzzle 1 of 3 for Mr. Jones — solos: 3, collaborations: 0, Sundays: 0

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© 1994, The New York Times
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1. "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" star : UMATHURMAN
11. "Star Wars" sage : YODA
15. Modern-day 20-Across : NINEONEONE
16. Common first floor apt. no. : ONEB
17. Riding around town, maybe : TROLLEYING
18. Former Pistons coach Chuck : DALY
19. Cartouches : OVALS
20. Radio message : SOS
21. "Lord of the Rings" tree people : ENTS
22. "Mmmmmm!" : TASTY
25. Back biters : FLEAS
26. 1993 Peace Prizewinner : MANDELA
30. Word part: Abbr. : SYL
32. Hank Aaron stat : RBI
33. Assign too high a rating to : OVERRANK
35. Best in a race : OUTRUN
37. Jeans maker Strauss : LEVI
38. Smart : STING
40. Mata _____ : HARI
41. Smart Alex? : TREBEK
43. Singer from Ottawa : PAULANKA
45. Hammer's location : EAR
46. Kind of order : GAG
48. Walked on : TRODDEN
49. First name in mysteries : NGAIO
51. Queen of the Misty Isles, in the comics : ALETA
53. Drumsticks, basically : LEGS
54. Spot in the mer : ILE
55. Leonardo's ladies : DAMAS
60. Latin lover's word? : AMAT
61. Tabula rasa : CLEANSLATE
64. Colorado resort : VAIL
65. Photo retoucher : AIRBRUSHER
66. Last of the Stuarts : ANNE
67. Get penalized, in some games : LOSEAPOINT
 1. Golden rule word : UNTO
2. Nuclear missile : MIRV
3. Celebes ox : ANOA
4. Apple targeter : TELL
5. Hip hugger? : HOLSTER
6. One, to Antoine : UNE
7. Fernando, por ejemplo : REY
8. Humidified : MOIST
9. Miffs : ANNOYS
10. Darkroom items, for short : NEGS
11. Novelty song : YODEL
12. Out grocery shopping, maybe : ONANERRAND
13. Comic TV actress : DELTABURKE
14. Brindled cat : ABYSSINIAN
23. Yukon neighbor : ALASKA
24. Film director Gus Van _____ : SANT
25. Winter woe : FLU
26. Kilauea flow : MOLTENLAVA
27. John Doe : AVERAGEMAN
28. Start of many resolutions : NEVERAGAIN
29. Small amount : DRIB
31. Modern breakfast : YOGURT
34. Laotian money : KIP
36. Senator Cochran : THAD
39. Basketball's Archibald : NATE
42. Freudian study : EGO
44. Fills with cargo : LOADSUP
47. Roman proconsul in a biblical dispute : GALLIO
50. Weaver's fiber : ISTLE
52. Unwelcome looks : LEERS
54. Suffix with myth or monarch : ICAL
56. To boot : ALSO
57. When doubled, a fish : MAHI
58. Heliolater's deity : ATEN
59. Spanish painter : SERT
62. Presidential nickname : ABE
63. Inits. of 1933 : NRA
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