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New York Times, Monday, June 9, 1997

Author:
Thomas W. Schier
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Across : Alphabet trio
TotalDebutLatest
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CircleScrabblePGramPre‑WSFresh
11.5911147%
Thomas W. Schier

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVWZ} This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Schier. Monday freshness: 76%
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S
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© 1997, The New York Times6/9/97 ( No. 17,380 )
Across
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Org. that safeguards pets : SPCA
5
Prefix with port : HELI
9
Liability's opposite : ASSET
14
Songwriter Gus : KAHN
15
Plow animals : OXEN
16
Marvy : NEATO
17
"Yikes!" : EGAD
18
Actress Hayworth : RITA
19
Mississippi ___ : DELTA
20
Lead singer with Dawn : TONYORLANDO
23
Opposite of 42-Across : BAD
24
Alphabet trio : CDE
25
Reduced fare : DIET
26
___ la Douce : IRMA
28
What "hemi-" means : HALFOF
30
Odd : STRANGE
33
Popular record label : ARISTA
36
Cosmetician Elizabeth : ARDEN
37
Treaty : PACT
40
Seabees' motto : CANDO
42
B or better : GOOD
43
Impassive : STOIC
45
Horses' home : STABLE
47
Morning or afternoon travel : COMMUTE
49
Vlad the Impaler, e.g. : DESPOT
53
Stallion's mate : MARE
54
Water, in Cadiz : AGUA
56
"Do Ya" rock grp. : ELO
57
Kind of testing, in law enforcement : DNA
59
Los Angeles suburb : SANFERNANDO
62
Sonata section : RONDO
64
Mrs. Chaplin : OONA
65
Jazz performance : SCAT
66
Dual conjunction : ANDOR
67
Men's business wear : SUIT
68
Buster Brown's dog : TIGE
69
Pirate's prize : BOOTY
70
Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
71
TV's "___ Three Lives" : ILED
Down
1
Artist's rendering : SKETCH
2
Chinese temple : PAGODA
3
Estee Lauder rival : CHANEL
4
Rooney of "60 Minutes" : ANDY
5
Frightful : HORRIFIC
6
Banish : EXILE
7
Free to attack : LETAT
8
___ instant (quickly) : INAN
9
Neighbor of Spain : ANDORRA
10
Go out with : SEE
11
60's-70's A's third baseman : SALBANDO
12
Ending with Henri : ETTA
13
Wart-covered creature : TOAD
21
Stench : ODOR
22
Morse code click : DIT
27
Baseball owner Schott et al. : MARGES
29
Bluebeard's last wife : FATIMA
30
Actress Thompson : SADA
31
Storm or Tracker, in the auto world : GEO
32
Finis : END
34
Postpaid encl. : SASE
35
It's a blast : TNT
37
Utilities watchdog grp. : PSC
38
From ___ Z : ATO
39
"Dirty Dozen" marauder : COMMANDO
41
Inflexible : OBDURATE
44
Superficial, as a look : CURSORY
46
Emulate Pisa's tower : LEAN
48
Tetley product : TEA
50
Cosmetics applicator : PENCIL
51
Senior years : OLDAGE
52
Blew a horn : TOOTED
54
Run ___ of (violate) : AFOUL
55
Bottled spirits : GENII
57
Cheerless : DRAB
58
Banned act : NONO
60
Bloodhound's sensor : NOSE
61
___ spumante : ASTI
63
Complete an "i" : DOT

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