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New York Times, Tuesday, November 17, 1998

Author:
Arthur S. Verdesca
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Across : Just-passing grade
TotalDebutLatest
422/27/19881/19/2000
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ScrabblePre‑WSFresh
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Arthur S. Verdesca

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 38 for Mr. Verdesca. Tuesday freshness: 39%
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© 1998, The New York Times11/17/98 ( No. 17,906 )
Across
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Carried on : WAGED
6
"Think Fast, Mr. ___" (1937 mystery) : MOTO
10
Dour : GLUM
14
Single-handedly : ALONE
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"...and make it snappy!" : ASAP
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Field of work : LINE
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Poles, e.g. : SLAVS
18
Fingerprint or dropped handkerchief, say : CLUE
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Kimono sashes : OBIS
20
Oppose : LOCKHORNSWITH
23
Some ancient writings : PAPYRI
25
Exploit : USE
26
Just-passing grade : DEE
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Gone by : AGO
28
Mournful cries : YOWLS
31
Drudges : PLODS
33
Dinner at boot camp : MESS
35
The Baltic, e.g. : SEA
36
Home on the farm : STY
37
Wall Street fixture : STOCKEXCHANGE
42
Exclamations of regret : AHS
43
Bud's pal : LOU
44
Empty, in math : NULL
46
"Amerika" author : KAFKA
49
Film critic Jeffrey : LYONS
51
The Greatest : ALI
52
Lofty lyric : ODE
53
Utter : SAY
55
Asian capital : TEHRAN
57
Like some tenors : BARRELCHESTED
61
Mean one : OGRE
62
Compote fruit : PEAR
63
Fine suit material : TWILL
66
Property claim : LIEN
67
Island dance : HULA
68
Bequeath : LEAVE
69
Lavish affection (on) : DOTE
70
Site of Iowa State : AMES
71
Bud Grace comic strip : ERNIE
Down
1
Is no longer : WAS
2
"Is that ___?" : ALL
3
Kicker's target : GOALPOST
4
Accredited diplomat : ENVOY
5
Catch sight of : DESCRY
6
Jet speed measure : MACH
7
Capital near the 60th parallel : OSLO
8
Ford debut of 1988 : TAURUS
9
Makes the first bid : OPENS
10
Gentle firelight : GLOW
11
Psychic energy, to Freud : LIBIDO
12
Married : UNITED
13
Interlocks : MESHES
21
Newsstands : KIOSKS
22
Nasal partitions : SEPTA
23
Tennis's Shriver : PAM
24
Census data : AGES
29
Teeny : WEE
30
Without strict oversight : LAXLY
32
Boston suburb : LYNN
34
Overcharge, slangily : SOAK
36
Railroad switches : SHUNTS
38
Many a climactic movie scene : CHASE
39
Dove's cry : COO
40
Protector : GUARDIAN
41
Raines of 40's-50's film : ELLA
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Author ___ Yutang : LIN
46
German goblin : KOBOLD
47
Slow ballet dance : ADAGIO
48
Animal that drives rabbits from their burrows : FERRET
49
Lecture hall : LYCEUM
50
Not demand everything one wants : SETTLE
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Beginning : ALPHA
56
Tree cutter : HEWER
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Actor Auberjonois : RENE
59
Sound in body : HALE
60
Times to live through : ERAS
64
56, to Flavius : LVI
65
Grant's opposite : LEE

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