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New York Times, Wednesday, January 12, 1994

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Across : Bumpkin
TotalDebutLatest
15411/22/19939/1/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1425262552948
RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.5550233%
Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QZ} Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Piscop. Wednesday freshness: 10%
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© 1994, The New York Times1/12/94 ( No. 16,136 )
Across
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Smelling things? : SALTS
6
Howard and Brown : RONS
10
Hill-climber of rhyme : JILL
14
Well-nigh : ABOUT
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Hand-cream additive : ALOE
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Writer Wiesel : ELIE
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"___Davis Eyes" : BETTE
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"1982 Beineix thriller : DIVA
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Flat amount? : RENT
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Subject of this puzzle : EDSULLIVAN
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Designer Gernreich : RUDI
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Opulence : LUXE
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___Islands : CAYMAN
26
Hamilton of the Carter White House : JORDAN
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"Topper" pooch : NEIL
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Tom Joad, e.g. : OKIE
32
Bond : GLUE
35
Fixed-up building : REHAB
39
Accord signer of '78 : SADAT
41
G.I. address : APO
42
Tool for bending cold metal : SWAGE
43
Laugher? : HYENA
44
Bumper blemish : DING
46
Noted name in lithography : IVES
47
TV palomino : MRED
49
Maintain : ASSERT
51
Promised Land : CANAAN
54
Bumpkin : RUBE
56
Barbra's co-star in '68 : OMAR
57
Noted performers on 20-Across's shows : THEBEATLES
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Falling-out : RIFT
64
"___ Man" (Estevez flick) : REPO
65
Kind of cannon : LOOSE
66
Opposed : ANTI
67
Geometry datum : AREA
68
Wipe out : ERASE
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It may generate interest : LOAN
70
Clobber : PELT
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Jinni : DEMON
Down
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Kemo ___ : SABE
2
Sacked out : ABED
3
A good deal : LOTS
4
1984 Nobelist : TUTU
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"___ by Starlight" : STELLA
6
Base of a number system : RADIX
7
"Thimble Theater" name : OLIVE
8
Smoked salmon : NOVA
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Rap session? : SEANCE
10
Performer on 20-Across's debut show : JERRYLEWIS
11
Alimentary canal part : ILEUM
12
Yorba___ : LINDA
13
Admit : LETIN
21
Bronchiole locale : LUNG
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Snobbery : AIRS
26
Playwright Logan : JOSH
27
Rubber-stamp : OKAY
28
The Cyclone, e.g. : RIDE
29
Performer on 20-Across's debut show : DEANMARTIN
30
Light gas : NEON
33
Alan or Cheryl : LADD
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News org. founded in 1958 : UPI
36
Wealthy person : HAVE
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Ripening agent : AGER
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Insurance writer A.M.___ : BEST
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Georgia home : TARA
45
Mr. Kaplan : GABE
48
Draw in : ENTRAP
50
Used wax, perhaps : SEALED
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___ Sea (W.W. II site) : CORAL
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___ acid : AMINO
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Gore/Perot debate topic : NAFTA
54
Beat the offense : REPEL
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Lusitania sinker : UBOAT
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"You are ___" : HERE
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Ran like mad : TORE
60
Rich soil : LOAM
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Former Sinclair competitor : ESSO
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Examined : SEEN

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