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NY Times, Wednesday, December 01, 1993

Author: Tap Osborn/Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.55)
Open squares: 71, Cheater squares: 2, Freshness Factor™: 51.5
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© 1993, The New York Times
Across Down
1. "Spare tire" : FLAB
5. Ferris wheel, e.g. : RIDE
9. Shares quarters (with) : ROOMS
14. Furor : RAGE
15. Airline to Haifa : ELAL
16. Point with intent to shoot : AIMAT
17. General Bradley : OMAR
18. Yarn irregularity : SLUB
19. Roman goddess of flowers : FLORA
20. Notorious 30's criminal : PRETTYBOYFLOYD
23. Smoker's intake : TAR
24. Subterfuge : WILE
25. German physicist Georg : OHM
28. Skin problem : RASH
31. Chinese veggie : PEAPOD
35. F. _____ Bailey : LEE
36. Shankar's strings : SITAR
38. Unaccompanied : SOLO
39. Notorious 30's criminal : MACHINEGUNKELLY
43. Killer whale : ORCA
44. Massenet opera : MANON
45. Links position : LIE
46. Some flights : STAIRS
49. Janet of Justice : RENO
50. Mark's competitor : YEN
51. Quite ready : RIPE
53. Road warning : SLO
55. Notorious 30's criminal : BABYFACENELSON
62. By radio, e.g. : AURAL
63. New York Public Library figure : LION
64. Cheater's aid : CRIB
66. Rubbish : TRIPE
67. War god : ARES
68. He wrote "My Way" for Sinatra : ANKA
69. Misogynist : HATER
70. Communications leader? : TELE
71. Walter _____ Hospital : REED
 1. To's opposite : FRO
2. Reader's aid : LAMP
3. Seaweed derivative : AGAR
4. Special Forces cap : BERET
5. Put in a straitjacket : RESTRAIN
6. Not wisely : ILLY
7. Smear : DAUB
8. Pipe joint : ELBOW
9. Church drawing : RAFFLE
10. Subject of the Teapot Dome scandal : OILLEASE
11. Melville novel : OMOO
12. _____Tyler Moore : MARY
13. Native African village : STAD
21. Ankle bones : TARSI
22. Pup's sound : YIP
25. Actor Edward James _____ : OLMOS
26. Love, on bumper stickers : HEART
27. Muslim's holy place : MECCA
29. Watch part : STEM
30. "Horrible" comic character : HAGAR
32. Parrot's moniker : POLLY
33. North, of Irangate : OLLIE
34. Senior leader : DOYEN
37. Ancient letter : RUNE
40. O'Neill play, with "The" : HAIRYAPE
41. Balderdash : NONSENSE
42. Hillock : KNOLL
47. Ransacker : RIFLER
48. Baden-Baden, e.g. : SPA
52. Razzle-dazzle : ECLAT
54. Filmdom honor : OSCAR
55. City near Bristol : BATH
56. Atmosphere : AURA
57. Englishman, in slang : BRIT
58. Cork's locale : EIRE
59. "The First_____" : NOEL
60. Normandy river : ORNE
61. Winged Victory : NIKE
65. Spoiled : BAD
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