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New York Times, Tuesday, October 22, 1996

Author:
E. Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
56-Across : Soil fertilizer
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1938/7/199612/22/202321
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
385152119522716
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
531.631,16472%
Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Quigley. Tuesday freshness: 59%
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© 1996, The New York Times10/22/96 ( No. 17,150 )
Across
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What Pandora released : EVILS
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Fuel from a marsh : PEAT
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Like some seas : CALM
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City SE of Dayton : XENIA
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Flesh-eating giant : OGRE
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Roman historian : LIVY
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Californian's worry : EARTHQUAKE
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Ireland : ERIN
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It may help you go on : CUE
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"___ Lang Syne" : AULD
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Its capital is Belgrade : SERBIA
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Stick-to-it-iveness : GRIT
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Atheist Madalyn Murray ___ : OHAIR
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Best : DEFEAT
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Betty Boop feature : SPITCURL
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Poland Springs rival : EVIAN
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Comes out of a coma : STIRS
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Comprehend : SEE
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Actress Teri : GARR
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"___ so!" : TAINT
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Detective Charlie : CHAN
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Summer drink : ADE
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Complain : WHINE
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Handle : WIELD
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Plenty mad : SEETHING
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Noxious gas : MIASMA
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"Give it ___!" : AREST
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Kind of list : TODO
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Optic nerve toucher : RETINA
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Drive away : SHOO
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Call to a lamb : BAA
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Far from land : ASEA
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Budget-busting 1995 movie : WATERWORLD
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Soil fertilizer : MARL
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Tiny bit : ATAD
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Noted modeling agency : ELITE
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Mug : PUSS
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Certain exercises : YOGA
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Exorcism battler : DEMON
Down
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Barron's reader : EXEC
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Cote de ___ (French entree) : VEAU
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Concerning : INRE
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Word with English or kiddie : LIT
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Desertlike : SAHARAN
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Turkey tot? : POULT
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"Yikes!" : EGAD
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Biblical vessel : ARK
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Concert souvenir : TEESHIRT
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Priest : CLERIC
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Retouches, in a way : AIRBRUSHES
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Chapter 57 : LVII
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Mimicking bird : MYNA
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Hang up one's spurs : QUIT
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Consumes : EATS
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Paraphernalia : GEAR
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Think out loud : OPINE
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Ballerina painter : DEGAS
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Skirt : EVADE
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Freak show attractions : FIREEATERS
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"Every Breath You Take" singer : STING
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Area : REALM
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___ hand (help) : LENDA
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Good Samaritan and then some : SAINT
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"Over here!" : THISAWAY
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"Adios" : CIAO
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Reporter's question : WHEN
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Bereaved, in a way : WIDOWED
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Court TV broadcasts : TRIALS
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Othello, e.g. : MOOR
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70's courtroom series : THEDA
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Thruway entrance : RAMP
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Genesis twin : ESAU
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What does attract : STAG
49
Sanka rival : BRIM
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Kind of sax : ALTO
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Mideast's Gulf of ___ : ADEN
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___ Z : ATO
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Ring cheer : OLE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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