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New York Times, Saturday, October 19, 1996

Author:
G. Petgrave
Editor:
Will Shortz
49-Across : Forced to go
TotalDebutLatest
812/4/19936/10/2000
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0001115
ScrabDebutFresh
1.481469%
Glenton Petgrave

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 29 Missing: {FJQWX} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Petgrave. Saturday freshness: 24%
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S
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P
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A
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E
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R
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D
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G
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R
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S
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P
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L
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D
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S
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T
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C
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M
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S
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H
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K
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C
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N
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E
R
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B
L
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R
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G
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S
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G
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D
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I
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S
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M
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C
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H
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D
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P
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D
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D
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B
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R
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A
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U
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C
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B
A
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E
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T
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© 1996, The New York Times10/19/96 ( No. 17,147 )
Across
1
Dash : SPATTER
8
Landscaper's tools : EDGERS
14
Acquisition : PURCHASE
15
Site of the world's first subway : LONDON
16
Kind of carriage : ONEHORSE
17
Artificial channel : SLUICE
18
Winner of seven Emmys : ASNER
19
Photographer Adams : ANSEL
21
Start of many poem titles : TOA
22
Country or its largest lake : CHAD
23
Bulfinch topic : MYTH
24
Kind of radio or wave : SHOCK
26
Angel's prayer : HIT
27
Milk protein : CASEIN
29
"Plan 9 From Outer Space" alien : EROS
30
Pave the way for : ENABLE
32
Time on the throne : REIGN
34
Drummer's activity : SELLING
36
Milk-yielding plants : DAIRIES
40
In two : APART
42
By and large : MAINLY
43
Word in some French restaurant names : CHEZ
46
Grow more intense : DEEPEN
48
Kind of mother : DEN
49
Forced to go : HALED
51
Sound like an ass : BRAY
52
Baryshnikov's birthplace : RIGA
53
Brink : EVE
54
Winner of 18 majors : EVERT
56
Sports show finale, perhaps : RECAP
57
Gorge : RAVINE
59
Smith and wright : ARTISANS
61
Disquiet : UNEASE
62
Win over : CONVINCE
63
Outstanding : BANNER
64
Understanding : ENTENTE
Down
1
Cheer : SUNSHINE
2
Like some care : PRENATAL
3
Felt (for) : ACHED
4
Mjolnir's wielder : THOR
5
Blacken : TAR
6
Bacon pieces : ESSAYS
7
Take part in again : REENTER
8
Besides that : ELSE
9
Runyon characters : DOLLS
10
Veldt grazer : GNU
11
Tina Brown, for one : EDITOR
12
Highly ornate : ROCOCO
13
Casual footwear : SNEAKS
14
Uses court bouillon, in cooking : POACHES
20
Started : SHIED
23
Frenzied follower : MAENAD
25
Painter Rousseau : HENRI
27
Movie excerpt : CLIP
28
Niger's capital : NIAMEY
31
Horse marking : BLAZE
33
Sculptor ___ Lorenzo Bernini : GIAN
35
Helldiver : GREBE
37
Sign or symptom : INDICANT
38
Chic : ELEGANCE
39
Neurotransmitter's route : SYNAPSE
41
John O'Hara's "From the ___" : TERRACE
43
Innocent : CHERUB
44
Where Ponce de Leon died : HAVANA
45
News hour : ELEVEN
47
Regular : PATRON
50
Not very swift : DENSE
52
Amber, e.g. : RESIN
55
Shift course : VEER
56
Gauche introduction? : RIVE
58
Publisher Ballantine : IAN
60
Amatol ingredient : TNT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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