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New York Times, Saturday, November 12, 1994

Author:
Bryant White
Editor:
Will Shortz
46-Across : Sailor, in British slang
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Bryant White

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 42 Missing: {BKQZ} This is puzzle # 23 for Mr. White. Saturday freshness: 52%
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© 1994, The New York Times11/12/94 ( No. 16,440 )
Across
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Highlands tongue : ERSE
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Name of two former Supreme Court Justices : LAMAR
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London's Old ___ Theater : VIC
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Maximum bet : LIMIT
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Image: Prefix : ICONO
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Constellation near Pavo : ARA
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Digital music maker, in old Rome? : FOURHUNDRED
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War site, informally : NAM
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Grand : EPICAL
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Give ___ whirl : ITA
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Suffix with depart : URE
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Germany's Tirpitz, for one: Abbr. : ADM
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Irritant : NETTLER
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Maison window : FENETRE
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First duke of Normandy : ROLLO
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100 centimes : ONEFRANC
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Coral reef predators : MORAYS
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Actress Ullmann, in old Rome? : FIFTYFOUR
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Discard : REJECT
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Soft silk fabric used for linings : SARSENET
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Actress Gillette : ANITA
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More bryophytic : MOSSIER
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Sailor, in British slang : MATELOT
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Clinch : ICE
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French marshal Michel : NEY
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Election-night abbr. : PCT
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7-Up alternative : FRESCA
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Ingested : ATE
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007's boss, in old Rome? : ONETHOUSAND
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Cologne's loc. : GER
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Imaginative tale : CONTE
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Boris Godunov's daughter : XENIA
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Football Hall-of-Famer Healey et al. : EDS
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Used an abacus : ADDED
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Ceraceous : WAXY
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Tolkien's Legolas, e.g. : ELF
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1947 Hope-Crosby destination : RIO
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Dallas inst. : SMU
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Healer at Valhalla : EIR
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Soother : LINIMENT
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Elec. abbr. : ACDC
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Capone rival : MORAN
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Anoint, old-style : ANELE
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Staff : ROD
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Kind of bean : VANILLA
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With a temper : IRATELY
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Mustangs race them : CAMAROS
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Overwrought : THEATRICAL
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Hang glider's aid : UPDRAFT
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"X-files" phenomenon : UFO
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Stimpy's buddy : REN
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67.5 degrees : ENE
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They're saved in trunks : TROUSSEAUX
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Actress Liz : TORRES
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Exhausted : EFFETE
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Pitcher Young et al. : CYS
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Rare-book binding : MOROCCO
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Hungry : FAMISHED
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Storm : RAMPAGE
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Approved : ENACTED
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Nervousness : JITTERS
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"Delta of Venus" author : NIN
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Shoe width : EEE
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Hold in judgment : TRY
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Land ___ : OFNOD
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Political analyst's topic : TREND
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Cigar tip : ETTE
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Wood sorrel : OCA
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Put in stitches : SEW
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Bibliographic suffix : ANA
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Prohibit : NIX
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1878 Kentucky Derby winner ___ Star : DAY

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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