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New York Times, Saturday, November 19, 1994

Author:
Brett Blaylock
Editor:
Will Shortz
48-Across : "Rhetoric" author
TotalDebutLatest
22/17/199411/19/1994
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.43893%
Brett Blaylock

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Blaylock. Saturday freshness: 78%
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© 1994, The New York Times11/19/94 ( No. 16,447 )
Across
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Logical thinker : SPOCK
6
Does laps : SWIMS
11
Scott Baio's "Happy Days" role : CHACHI
12
Least trusting : WARIEST
15
Reviewed with "up" : BRUSHED
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Agitated : INASTIR
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Star seen late at night : LETTERMAN
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"___ bien" (all right!): Sp. : ESTA
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Tom Mix film : OATER
21
Kind of notation : ALGEBRAIC
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Biblical measure : OMER
25
Helmet guardpiece : NASAL
26
Sign : INK
27
Nora portrayer in film : MYRNA
29
Makes rings in the hair : BECURLS
31
Joseph of ___ (follower of Jesus) : ARIMATHEA
34
Snowmen? : ESKIMOS
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Bit of snowman attire : SCARF
40
Southwest Conf. team : SMU
41
Gift giver : SANTA
43
Zeno's home : ELEA
44
Where there's a lotta shakin' goin' on : EPICENTER
46
Utter : SHEER
47
Sandwich material : PITA
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"Rhetoric" author : ARISTOTLE
50
Wagner hero : TRISTAN
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Set off : STARTED
54
Portuguese lady : SENHORA
55
Prepared for a wallop : TENSED
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Waif : GAMIN
57
Inflame : ANGER
Down
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"Eye" opener : SHUTTER
2
1958 Literature Nobelist : PASTERNAK
3
Landscapist's color : OCHER
4
"If I Could Turn Back Time" singer : CHER
5
Cruise companion : KIDMAN
6
Playground equipment : SWINGSET
7
Opposite of ruddy : WAN
8
Brit. adversary : IRA
9
Churl : MISER
10
Cast off : SETSAIL
11
Smooth : CREAMY
13
Protests : SITINS
14
Follow in another's footsteps? : TRACK
15
Flowerage : BLOOM
18
Variety of gypsum : ALABASTER
22
Price word : EACH
23
Muddy Waters's genre : BLUES
28
Commence : ARISE
30
Secretariat, e.g. : RACEHORSE
32
"___ Old Cowhand" : IMAN
33
Chet Huntley by birth : MONTANAN
34
Furniture style : EMPIRE
35
Appropriate : SUITING
37
"Take ___" (order to a steno) : ALETTER
38
Swayed : REELED
39
Got along : FARED
40
Back-to-sch. times : SEPTS
42
Awn : ARISTA
45
Soft woolen fabric : CASHA
46
Comedian Arnold : STANG
49
Sheppard and Turpin's gun : STEN
51
Gobbler : TOM
52
Mr. Onassis : ARI

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2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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