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New York Times, Thursday, December 30, 1999

Author:
Alan Jay Weiss
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Down : Like some heads
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Alan Jay Weiss

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQV} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Weiss. Thursday freshness: 4%
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© 1999, The New York Times12/30/99 ( No. 18,314 )
Across
1
Schemers : CABAL
6
Hummus holder : PITA
10
Gardener's purchase : BULB
14
Essential acid : AMINO
15
Complete : ATOZ
16
See 63-Across : OHIO
17
Arizona character trait? : GOODSENSEOFYUMA
20
Artificial : ERSATZ
21
In great demand : REDHOT
22
Buoys : ELATES
26
Like Florida pharmaceutical packaging? : TAMPARESISTANT
34
It may be assumed : ALIAS
35
Common preservative : BHT
36
Duffel filler : GEAR
38
Neon ___ : TETRA
39
Prefix with puncture : ACU
40
Relieve : SLAKE
41
Parentheses, essentially : ARCS
42
"Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-___" : RAL
43
Packed, as pistols : TOTED
44
Gospel out of Washington? : THESPOKANEWORD
48
Mean : ORNERY
49
Helpmate : SPOUSE
53
"Forget it!" : NODEAL
59
Child's plea in Oklahoma? : TULSASTORYDADDY
63
Lake ___ College, in 16-Across : ERIE
64
South Seas staple : TARO
65
Pulitzer winner Pyle : ERNIE
66
Make (one's way) : WEND
67
Ones with pull? : OXEN
68
Lennon and others : SEANS
Down
1
Place to put an old newspaper : CAGE
2
Iglesias tune : AMOR
3
Photo accompaniers, at times : BIOS
4
Shave ___ haircut : ANDA
5
Going around in circles : LOST
6
Turkey holder : PAN
7
"___ show time!" : ITS
8
Bathwater tester : TOE
9
Islands off Portugal : AZORES
10
Hopalong Cassidy portrayer : BOYD
11
"Nope!" : UHUH
12
Minibar site : LIMO
13
Dugout, for one : BOAT
18
Israeli statesman Weizman : EZER
19
Celebration suffix : FEST
23
Bygone Chrysler : LEBARON
24
Southern corn bread : ASHCAKE
25
Like some heads : TITULAR
26
"Ciao!" : TATA
27
Argus-eyed : ALERT
28
Musical Miller : MITCH
29
Break down, in a way : PARSE
30
Writer Baber : ASA
31
Radiant : AGLOW
32
"Keen!" : NEATO
33
Selfish sort : TAKER
37
He played Fred the junkman : REDD
40
Part of many Québec place names : STE
45
1998 N.L. M.V.P. : SOSA
46
Magic word : PRESTO
47
Abbr. on mail to ZIP code 10001 : NYNY
49
Dither : STEW
50
24-karat : PURE
51
"thirtysomething" star : OLIN
52
Adapted (to) : USED
54
Lofty lines : ODES
55
Bell the cat : DARE
56
Dame ___ Everage : EDNA
57
Tie-breaking point : ADIN
58
NaOH solutions : LYES
60
Put a strain on : TAX
61
Sourdough's find : ORE
62
Wood of the Rolling Stones : RON

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