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New York Times, Saturday, January 22, 1994

Author:
Raymond Hamel
Editor:
Will Shortz
27-Across : Blowout
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
271/22/19946/19/20061
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
3442446
ScrabDebutFresh
1.6015145%
Raymond Hamel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Hamel. Saturday freshness: 1%
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D
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A
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D
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A
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S
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C
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A
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M
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A
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B
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A
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C
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K
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E
T
O
N
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O
L
G
A
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C
A
L
L
A
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V
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N
T
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I
D
I
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S
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O
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T
A
P
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O
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P
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R
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P
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E
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E
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O
R
K
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B
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A
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S
H
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M
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R
R
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T
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T
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O
L
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U
R
I
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L
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N
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E
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L
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B
E
L
L
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I
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S
P
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A
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C
U
O
M
O
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S
C
O
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R
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S
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E
R
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R
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C
L
I
O
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S
O
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A
R
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A
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H
O
L
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A
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T
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A
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N
O
D
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D
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B
S
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D
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A
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B
A
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A
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R
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A
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G
L
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N
D
O
W
E
R
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R
A
M
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N
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E
S
S
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N
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N
A
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E
Y
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N
G
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S
A
S
S
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E
D
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N
© 1994, The New York Times1/22/94 ( No. 16,146 )
Across
1
Hans Arp style : DADA
5
Swindle : SCAM
9
Sternward : ABACK
14
Short jacket : ETON
15
Ballerina Spessivtseva : OLGA
16
"Morning Glory" bloom : CALLA
17
Friend of Antony in "Antony and Cleopatra" : VENTIDIUS
19
Waiting, in a way : ONTAP
20
Walking ___ : ONAIR
21
Katharina's match in "The Taming of the Shrew" : PETRUCHIO
23
Tiny protest : PEEP
25
Selene's sister : EOS
26
Fictional planet : ORK
27
Blowout : BASH
30
Mama on "That's My Mama" : MERRITT
33
Mess : OLIO
34
Home to Tell : URI
35
Big name in toys : LIONEL
39
Ruby defender : BELLI
41
Workout site : SPA
43
1984 political diarist : CUOMO
44
Searches thoroughly : SCOURS
46
Muff : ERR
48
Campaign award : CLIO
49
Sunrooms : SOLARIA
51
Author Victoria : HOLT
52
___ glance : ATA
55
Approval : NOD
56
Candidate of '08 : DEBS
58
Son of Duncan in "Macbeth" : DONALBAIN
61
Arcade name : ATARI
65
Bye-bye : ADIEU
66
Hotspur ally in "Henry IV Part 1" : GLENDOWER
68
Martin Sheen's real first name : RAMON
69
Conoco rival : ESSO
70
"99 Luftballons" singer : NENA
71
Appraising : EYING
72
Be smart : SASS
73
Heaven on Earth : EDEN
Down
1
"Whip It" group : DEVO
2
Ancient desk : ATEN
3
Flor of film : DONA
4
Twin in "The Comedy of Errors" : ANTIPHOLUS
5
Farm land : SOD
6
Barbershop item : CLIPPERS
7
Fever : AGUE
8
Original : MASTER
9
Unplugged? : ACOUSTIC
10
Court seat : BANC
11
Granting that : ALTHO
12
See 63 Down : CLAIR
13
Pillow stuffing : KAPOK
18
Its root is pride, according to Chaucer : IRE
22
Muddy : ROIL
24
Crossword bird : EMU
27
Old dos : BOBS
28
Anchovy sauce : ALEC
29
Titan's home : SILO
31
Redder, perhaps : RIPER
32
Clown in "As You Like It" : TOUCHSTONE
36
Start of a legal plea : NOLO
37
Pianist Gilels : EMIL
38
Treasures : LOOT
40
Respirator : IRONLUNG
42
Drought : ARIDNESS
45
Pig : SLOB
47
"The Facts of Life" star : RAE
50
Saws : ADAGES
52
Antarctic cape : ADARE
53
Currently : TODAY
54
Tropical resins : ANIMI
57
Nefarious : BAD
59
Many millennia : AEON
60
She requested "As Time Goes By" : ILSA
62
Gaping, maybe : AWED
63
"And Then There Were None" director, with 12 Down : RENE
64
Kerman local : IRAN
67
Rebuffs : NOS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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