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New York Times, Tuesday, October 17, 1995

Author:
Diane C. Baldwin
Editor:
Will Shortz
56-Across : Fly in the ointment
TotalDebutLatest
86/27/19954/12/1999
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.603725%
Diane C. Baldwin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JVXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Baldwin. Tuesday freshness: 55%
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© 1995, The New York Times10/17/95 ( No. 16,779 )
Across
1
La ___ (Milan opera house) : SCALA
6
Wall Street order : SELL
10
Enervates : SAPS
14
Comedienne Cleghorne : ELLEN
15
Lateral leader : EQUI
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Rat-___ : ATAT
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Early 80's fad : RUBIKSCUBE
19
Georgetown player : HOYA
20
Modern car feature: Abbr. : ABS
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Sol-do bridge : LATI
22
Le Carré protagonist : SMILEY
24
Bedtime stories : AESOPSFABLES
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Porky Pig's speech : STUTTER
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R.N.'s forte : TLC
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Skin holes : PORES
31
Biblical haven : NOAHSARK
36
Site for a sala : CASA
37
Gatsby description : GREAT
39
Comic King : ALAN
40
1949 Tracy-Hepburn movie : ADAMSRIB
42
"Leave me ___!" : ALONE
43
"Bali ___" : HAI
44
William and Mary, e.g. : COLLEGE
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The Clermont : FULTONSFOLLY
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Mayflower competitor : ALLIED
52
Fix a faux pas : UNDO
53
"Skip to My ___" : LOU
56
Fly in the ointment : SNAG
57
Keystone State, once : PENNSWOODS
60
Not racy : TAME
61
Noël vision : ANGE
62
Borden bovine : ELSIE
63
Brown quickly : SEAR
64
Evening, in Evreux : SOIR
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Dissuade : DETER
Down
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Hospital fluids : SERA
2
Bridge group, or bid : CLUB
3
Priestly vestments : ALBS
4
Niihau neckwear : LEI
5
Low socks : ANKLETS
6
Pie graph piece : SECTOR
7
Outfit : EQUIP
8
Oil or grease: Abbr. : LUB
9
Doesn't stick up at all : LIESFLAT
10
Mahout's master : SAHIB
11
Lagoon's boundary : ATOLL
12
Name on a check : PAYEE
13
Corset features : STAYS
18
Freelancer's encl. : SASE
23
High-speed number : MACH
24
Mr. T and pals : ATEAM
25
Greek portico : STOA
26
Protection grp. : SPCA
27
"The Wind in the Willows" critter : TOAD
28
___ Major : URSA
31
Neighbor of Colo. : NEB
32
Ride in a rocket : SALLY
33
Hand lotion ingredient : ALOE
34
Reverberated : RANG
35
Kind of jerk : KNEE
37
Family patriarchs : GRANDPAS
38
Social reformer Jacob : RIIS
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Jeff MacNelly comic strip : SHOE
42
Conceded : ALLOWED
44
Stars and Stripes skipper Dennis : CONNER
45
An 88 : OLDS
46
Ramadan rituals : FASTS
47
Radii neighbors : ULNAE
48
Camel relative : LLAMA
49
"The Lady or the ___?" : TIGER
50
Molds or yeasts : FUNGI
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The ___ Boys of "Peter Pan" : LOST
54
Garfield's pal : ODIE
55
Internet accessor : USER
58
Rock producer Brian : ENO
59
Miss modifier : OLE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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