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NY Times, Mon, Dec 4, 1995

Author: Sidney L. Robbins/Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F G J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open squares: 75, Cheater squares: 0, Freshness Factor™: 44.6
This is puzzle 36 of 50 for Mr. Robbins — solos: 50, collaborations: 0, Sundays: 0

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© 1995, The New York Times
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1. Parenthetical comment : ASIDE
6. Purse item : COMB
10. Glove compartment items : MAPS
14. Cowboy event : RODEO
15. ____ vera : ALOE
16. "Peace ____ hand" : ISAT
17. Absolutely spotless : CLEANASAWHISTLE
20. Get well : HEAL
21. Guys : MEN
22. One with nothing original to say : ECHOER
23. Towel word : HIS
24. Apply unevenly, as grease : SMEARON
25. Prejudiced : BIASED
29. Equipped by a blacksmith : SHOD
30. Nile dam : ASWAN
31. Blood mass : CLOT
32. Terms of sale : ASIS
36. Exposes corruption : BLOWSTHEWHISTLE
39. Slippery customers : EELS
40. Regrets : RUES
41. Gambler's fund : STAKE
42. Spanish painter José : SERT
43. Singer Ross et al. : DIANAS
44. Asia's ____ Sea : CASPIAN
48. Derek and Diddley : BOS
49. Lee Harvey ____ : OSWALD
50. Corn unit : EAR
51. Song for one : SOLO
55. "Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1" : WHISTLERSMOTHER
58. Camera part : LENS
59. Vogue competitor : ELLE
60. Put in a straight row : ALINE
61. Snick or ____ : SNEE
62. Santa's vehicle : SLED
63. Alex Haley work : ROOTS
 1. Part of a foot : ARCH
2. Part of a foot : SOLE
3. Thought : IDEA
4. Distribute, as cards : DEAL
5. Long, long ago : EON
6. Units of beer : CASES
7. Pearl Buck heroine : OLAN
8. Cut the lawn : MOW
9. Biblical beast : BEHEMOTH
10. Baryshnikov, to friends : MISHA
11. 20's-40's actress Mary : ASTOR
12. Prefix with -lithic : PALEO
13. Unyielding : STERN
18. In the center of : AMID
19. Like summer tea : ICED
23. Biddies : HENS
24. Displays : SHOWS
25. ____ Ruth : BABE
26. Capri, e.g. : ISLE
27. Off-base solider : AWOL
28. Old sayings : SAWS
29. Winter driving hazard : SLEET
31. Make butter the old-fashioned way : CHURN
32. Movie pooch : ASTA
33. Baseball's ____ the Man : STAN
34. Actress Chase : ILKA
35. Understands : SEES
37. Sewing machine parts : TREADLES
38. Egyptian mother goddess : ISIS
42. Sediment : SILT
43. College home : DORM
44. Monks' hoods : COWLS
45. Wan : ASHEN
46. Sty dwellers : SWINE
47. Old hat : PASSE
48. Situated : BASED
50. ____ Stanley Gardner : ERLE
51. Normandy campaign town : STLO
52. Louisville's river : OHIO
53. Post-Mardi Gras period : LENT
54. Gold holders : ORES
56. House extension : ELL
57. Paddle : OAR
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