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New York Times, Wednesday, November 20, 1996

Author:
M. S. Maurer
Editor:
Will Shortz
50-Across : Rorschach patterns
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
255/4/19921/10/20183
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32511310
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.5568637%
Michael S. Maurer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Maurer. Wednesday freshness: 50%
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I
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A
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N
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B
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T
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R
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C
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H
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G
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W
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R
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P
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R
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© 1996, The New York Times11/20/96 ( No. 17,179 )
Across
1
Fleming and others : IANS
5
Ulan ___ : BATOR
10
Masseur's target : ACHE
14
Fail to mention : OMIT
15
"Penny wise, pound foolish," e.g. : ADAGE
16
Word with monkey or minor : SUIT
17
Plumbers' favorite film? : WATERWORLD
19
Carolina ___ : WREN
20
Star-shaped : ASTRAL
21
Tiny brain size : PEA
22
"___ boy!" : ITSA
23
Plumbers' favorite fishing item? : SINKER
25
Winter wear : SCARF
27
Teased, in a way : LEDON
29
Cultivated : TILLED
32
"I read you" : COPY
35
Protuberance : TUMOR
37
Keats piece : ODE
38
A.P. competitor : UPI
39
Devoted fans : ADORERS
41
Population at the time of 44-Across : ONE
42
Seance sound : RAP
43
Certain base : FIRST
44
See 41-Across : ADAM
45
Makes teary : BLEARS
47
Noblemen : EARLS
50
Rorschach patterns : BLOTS
52
Plumbers' favorite anthropologist? : LEAKEY
55
Kapow! : BOOM
57
Patient reply, maybe : AAH
59
Looked impolitely : STARED
61
Early Tarzan player Lincoln : ELMO
62
Plumbers' favorite address? : FLUSHINGNY
64
Linen vestments : ALBS
65
Large book : FOLIO
66
Pigeon's home : COTE
67
Spar : MAST
68
Booby trap : SNARE
69
Greek vowels : ETAS
Down
1
"State Fair" state : IOWA
2
Aggregate : AMASS
3
Capone contemporary : NITTI
4
Without a smile : STERNLY
5
Wailed : BAWLED
6
Bustle : ADO
7
Canvas : TARP
8
Checks out, in a way : OGLES
9
Editor : REDACTOR
10
Like an eddy : ASWIRL
11
Plumbers' favorite baseball player? : CURTFLOOD
12
Hastens : HIES
13
Sicilian spouter : ETNA
18
Toothy tool : RAKE
24
Helicopter part : ROTOR
26
Broadcasts : AIRS
28
Hospital cry : NURSE
30
Author Ferber : EDNA
31
Judge : DEEM
32
Taxi's drop-off point : CURB
33
Kind of glass : OPAL
34
Plumbers' favorite weapons? : PIPEBOMBS
36
One may be precious : METAL
39
Bygone hairstyle : AFRO
40
Spinning wheel attachments : DISTAFFS
44
Sideways : ASKANCE
46
Nearly : ALMOST
48
Do a blacksmith's repair job : RESHOE
49
They follow so : LATI
51
Drawing room : SALON
53
Grain disease : ERGOT
54
Gossip : YENTA
55
Smile : BEAM
56
Cooking pot : OLLA
58
Sinuous dance : HULA
60
Henna and indigo : DYES
63
How to address a knight : SIR

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

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