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NY Times, Thursday, December 02, 1993

Author: Richard Silvestri/Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.57)
Open squares: 71, Cheater squares: 2, Freshness Factor™: 51.6
This is puzzle 1 of 83 for Mr. Silvestri — solos: 83, collaborations: 0, Sundays: 26

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© 1993, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Obsolete : DATED
6. Serpent song : HISS
10. Up to snuff : ABLE
14. Type type : ELITE
15. Put a stake on the table : ANTE
16. Mr. Kadiddlehopper : CLEM
17. Campaign-poster word : ELECT
18. Night light : STAR
19. Litter littlest : RUNT
20. Marquis de Sade's favorite side dish? : MASHEDPOTATOES
23. Before, to bards : ERE
24. Grandiose poetry : EPOS
25. Wound reminder : SCAR
28. Lingerie buy : BRA
31. Undiminished : ENTIRE
35. Start of M-G-M's motto : ARS
36. Pop singer Abdul : PAULA
38. Seven-time N.L. homer champ : KINER
39. Marquis de Sade's favorite entree? : BATTEREDCHICKEN
42. Start of the ano : ENERO
43. Begin, as winds : SETIN
44. Morn's opposite : EVE
45. Wanted-poster word : REWARD
47. Snitch : RAT
48. Shelley output : ODES
49. Lab bottle : VIAL
51. Former Mideast monogram : UAR
53. Marquis de Sade's favorite vegetable? : CREAMEDSPINACH
60. Ambition : GOAL
61. At the summit of : ATOP
62. More than manly : MACHO
63. Move like the Blob : OOZE
64. A little : SOME
65. Cultural characteristics : ETHOS
66. Ran in the laundry : BLED
67. Had no doubt : KNEW
68. Ocean areas : DEEPS
 1. Regard : DEEM
2. _____ breve (2/2 time) : ALLA
3. Dad's Day gifts : TIES
4. Whistler was one : ETCHER
5. Dissuade : DETER
6. Fastening device : HASP
7. '85. film, "_____ the Night" : INTO
8. Washington, e.g. : STATE
9. Ranchero's wrap : SERAPE
10. Verse with a message? : ACROSTIC
11. In a funk : BLUE
12. Brownie's eye? : LENS
13. CPR specialists : EMT
21. Interdict : DEBAR
22. Hanoi's region : TONKIN
25. Fencing weapon : SABER
26. Brom Bones's prey : CRANE
27. In _____ (agitated) : ASTEW
29. Has misgivings about : RUES
30. Birch kin : ALDER
32. Readied the press : INKED
33. Christopher of the screen : REEVE
34. Crossword birds : ERNES
36. "Will it play in ___?" : PEORIA
37. Official records : ACTA
40. Made a basketball boo-boo : TRAVELED
41. Ask for a loan : HITUP
46. Upholstery fabric : DAMASK
48. Baroque : ORNATE
50. Admit : LETON
52. Aligned the cross hairs : AIMED
53. Air-conditioned : COOL
54. Bulldoze : RAZE
55. Igloo shape : DOME
56. Gush forth : SPEW
57. Need a backrub : ACHE
58. Karate motion : CHOP
59. Ponderosa name : HOSS
60. Lump : GOB
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