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New York Times, Tuesday, October 31, 1995

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Across : Treat
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31.571,11574%
Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQWXZ} Spans: 4 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 23 for Mr. Norris. Tuesday freshness: 34%
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I
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A
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R
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C
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D
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M
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C
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K
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U
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U
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M
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M
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© 1995, The New York Times10/31/95 ( No. 16,793 )
Across
1
Small amount : IOTA
5
Campus military grp. : ROTC
9
More unusual : ODDER
14
Tel ___ : AVIV
15
Lamb pen name : ELIA
16
54 Down's creator : VERNE
17
20
Causes tearing : BLEARS
21
Muscle-building drugs : STEROIDS
22
Throw gently : TOSS
24
Tell (on) : RAT
25
33
Pipe joint : ELL
34
___-do-well (good for nothing) : NEER
35
Of the best quality : PRIMO
36
Domestic : MAID
38
Primitive fishing tool : SPEAR
41
A long time : AGES
42
Maine trees : PINES
44
Pub pints : ALES
46
Opposite of WSW : ENE
47
51
One for Juan : UNO
52
Knitter's stitch : PURL
53
Cherish as sacred : ENSHRINE
58
More than annoyed : GALLED
62
64
Love, Italian-style : AMORE
65
Last word in chess : MATE
66
Counsel positively : URGE
67
Specks : MOTES
68
Means justifier : ENDS
69
Started a hole, with "up" : TEED
Down
1
Poetic foot : IAMB
2
Track shape : OVAL
3
Andrews of TV's "Mod Squad" : TIGE
4
Fly : AVIATE
5
Puts out again : REISSUES
6
Pay or Cray ending : OLA
7
Small containers : TINS
8
Batista's successor : CASTRO
9
Leave 25%, perhaps : OVERTIP
10
Art ___ : DECO
11
Zwei follower : DREI
12
City west of Tulsa : ENID
13
Soaks flax : RETS
18
Sing like Bing : CROON
19
Exhausted : DEAD
23
Word with dance or stair : STEP
25
Pace : TEMPO
26
Actor Delon : ALAIN
27
Actor Kevin : KLINE
28
Tire feature : TREAD
29
Powerful D.C. lobby : NRA
30
Neighbor of Chad : NIGER
31
Fix, as text : EMEND
32
Romantic gift : ROSES
37
"___ Rosenkavalier" : DER
39
Cockeyed : ALOP
40
Some immigrants : REFUGEES
43
They're sometimes confidential : SOURCES
45
Scrawny one : SCRAG
48
The "U" in B.T.U. : UNIT
49
Obscure : NONAME
50
Unrestrained : ALLOUT
53
Mild cheese : EDAM
54
"20,000 Leagues" captain : NEMO
55
Schedule opening : SLOT
56
Roll call answer : HERE
57
Former Israeli statesman : EBAN
59
Knowledge : LORE
60
Rim : EDGE
61
Unnaturally blonde, e.g. : DYED
63
India "Inc." : LTD

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