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For The Win - 1996 New York Times Crossword

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10 11 12 1314 This is the NYT crossword puzzle 5 from the day before the 1996 presidential election, which Will Shortz called the most amazingAL puzzle he'd ever seen 20 25 S P Y B E E 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Here are the relevant clues so you can see why. RE AB S AF E 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 E L E C T E D 45 46 48 Across 17. Forecast 39. Lead story in tomorrow's newspaper(!), with 43-Across 68. Title for 39-Across next year S A R A E RR 49 50 52 53 54 55 57 58 59 60 A IT B AR A Down 62 63 64 A W A R D 68 23. Sewing shop purchase 27. Short writings 35. Trumpet 39. Black Halloween animal 40. French 101 word 41. Provider of support, for short 42. Much-debated political inits. 69 70 72 73 74 E N TE R MakeAGIF.com

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'On the day before the 1996 presidential election, thousands of Americans waited anxiously to hear if Sen. Bob Dole had bumped President Bill Clinton from his seat.

'Not only would the election dictate the future of the country, it would determine the answer to a New York Times crossword clue.

'The ingenious puzzle was created by mathematics professor Jeremiah Farrell and allowed for "Clinton" or "BobDole" as potential answers to the clue "Lead story in tomorrow's newspaper(!), with 43 across." In order to make sure both words could have been selected as answers, Farrell selected seven other clues that had double meanings.'

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