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New York Times, Tuesday, January 9, 1996

Author:
B. Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
63-Across : One the Army wants
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11.506112630.230%
Bernice Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQV} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 133 for Ms. Gordon. Grid flow: 26.2 Tuesday freshness: 59%
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© 1996, The New York Times1/9/96 ( No. 16,863 )
Across
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Timber-dressing tool : ADZ
4
Spy secrets : CODES
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Federal investigator : TMAN
13
Maya Angelou, e.g. : POET
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Sky-colored : AZURE
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Conquering___ : HERO
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Isle of exile : ELBA
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Washington Zoo animal : PANDA
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The "U" in B.T.U. : UNIT
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Obstinate : STUBBORNASAMULE
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Nexus : LINK
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Play___with (do mischief to) : HOB
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Old joke : WHEEZE
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Restaurateur Toots : SHOR
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Second-century date : CLI
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City in SE Kansas : IOLA
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To the left, to a sailor : APORT
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Vandal : HUN
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Conceited : PROUDASAPEACOCK
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Remote viewing : ESP
41
Improves, as text : EDITS
42
Gallic girlfriend : AMIE
43
Toast order : RYE
44
Mardi___ : GRAS
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Slept under the stars : CAMPED
47
"Bali___" : HAI
48
[I am shocked!] : GASP
49
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Mesa's location: Abbr. : ARIZ
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Holy scroll : TORAH
59
Norwegian saint : OLAF
60
Methodology : MODE
61
Crazy : INANE
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Split : RENT
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One the Army wants : AWOL
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Indianapolis team : COLTS
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Letters from Xanthippe : XIS
Down
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King Kong's kin : APES
2
Numbskull : DOLT
3
Indian ox : ZEBU
4
1975 gangster movie : CAPONE
5
Onetime airline : OZARK
6
Country music's Holly : DUNN
7
Earth goddess : ERDA
8
Locale for clam diggers : SEASHORE
9
Browse (through) : THUMB
10
Maître d's offering : MENU
11
Seed covering : ARIL
12
Paper money : NOTE
14
Striking scene : TABLEAU
21
Hollywood, with "the" : BIZ
22
Arterial trunk : AORTA
25
Rain clearer : WIPER
26
Equine-related : HORSY
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Get hitched in a hurry : ELOPE
28
Gaiters : SPATS
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Brewer's need : HOPS
30
Munch noisily : CHOMP
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One of the Arnazes : LUCIE
32
Signed on the dotted line : INKED
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The East : ASIA
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"La classe de danse" artist : DEGAS
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Croatia's sea : ADRIATIC
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Moth repellent : CAMPHOR
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Stockpiles : CACHES
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Tree of the olive family : ASH
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Nut tree : HAZEL
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Research funds : GRANT
49
Family V.I.P. : MAMA
50
Lined up : AROW
51
Queen of Carthage, in myth : DIDO
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Pre-stereo sound : MONO
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34-Down's___Sea : ARAL
54
Trebek of "Jeopardy!" : ALEX
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Rajah's mate : RANI
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Small amphibians : EFTS

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