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New York Times, Monday, May 5, 1997

Author:
Stephanie Spadaccini
Editor:
Will Shortz
64-Across : Prefix with China
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Stephanie Spadaccini

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JKQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 26 for Ms. Spadaccini. Monday freshness: 13%
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© 1997, The New York Times5/5/97 ( No. 17,345 )
Across
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The ex-Mrs. Bono : CHER
5
Money owed : DEBT
9
Pharmacy items : DRUGS
14
Composer Schifrin : LALO
15
Anatomical passage : ITER
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Like "The Twilight Zone" episodes : EERIE
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Actress Lena : OLIN
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This ___ of tears (life) : VALE
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Do watercolors : PAINT
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Secondhand store : GOODWILLSHOP
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Showed respect for the national anthem : STOOD
24
Sister of Osiris : ISIS
25
Mr. O. : ARI
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Cinematographer Nykvist : SVEN
30
Arthurian sorcerer : MERLIN
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Harvest goddess : OPS
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Pass, as laws : ENACT
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Verdi heroine : AIDA
39
John Glenn's Mercury spacecraft : FRIENDSHIPSEVEN
43
Type assortment : FONT
44
Card catalogue entry after "Author" : TITLE
45
Before, in verse : ERE
46
Overage : EXCESS
49
Boat propellers : OARS
51
Loaf with seeds : RYE
52
___ to the throne (prince, e.g.) : HEIR
55
Laid, as a bathroom floor : TILED
58
Member of the police : PEACEOFFICER
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Without ___ in the world : ACARE
64
Prefix with China : INDO
65
Nat King or Natalie : COLE
66
___ says (tots' game) : SIMON
67
___-do-well : NEER
68
Popular fashion magazine : ELLE
69
Israeli port : HAIFA
70
Microbe : GERM
71
Do one of the three R's : READ
Down
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Drain problem : CLOG
2
Angels' headgear : HALOS
3
Ness of "The Untouchables" : ELIOT
4
Musical movements : RONDOS
5
Stockholder's income : DIVIDEND
6
Catchall abbr. : ETAL
7
Attorney Melvin : BELLI
8
Lock of hair : TRESS
9
Remove from office : DEPOSE
10
Harvest : REAP
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Spoon-bender Geller : URI
12
Rummy game : GIN
13
Matched items : SET
21
Made on a loom : WOVEN
22
That guy : HIM
25
Kicking's partner : ALIVE
26
Contract add-on : RIDER
27
Nonsensical : INANE
29
Political cartoonist Thomas : NAST
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"Norma ___" : RAE
32
Bidder's amount : OFFER
33
Stockholder's vote : PROXY
34
Subsequently : SINCE
36
Letter before psi : CHI
37
Maverick Yugoslav leader : TITO
40
High season, on the Riviera : ETE
41
Railroad station area : PLATFORM
42
Printing flourish : SERIF
47
Singer Easton : SHEENA
48
Ocean : SEA
50
Deli machine : SLICER
53
Cake decoration : ICING
54
"Walk Away ___" (1966 hit) : RENEE
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French school : ECOLE
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Singer Reese : DELLA
58
Univ. teacher : PROF
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German border river : ODER
60
Marsh stalk : REED
61
Cigarette waste : ASH
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K.G.B.'s cold war foe : CIA
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"___ the only one?" : AMI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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