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New York Times, Tuesday, November 28, 1995

Author:
Norman S. Wizer
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Across : Vigorous 60's dance
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Norman S. Wizer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQV} This is puzzle # 25 for Mr. Wizer. Tuesday freshness: 70%
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© 1995, The New York Times11/28/95 ( No. 16,821 )
Across
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Angel's instrument : HARP
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Hardly emotional : STOIC
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What's more : PLUS
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Pain reliever : ALOE
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"Where's ___?" : WALDO
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Use U-Haul, e.g. : RENT
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Serve with a summons : CITE
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Sacro follower : ILIAC
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Famous Ferrara family : ESTE
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Dogpatch's ___ Joy Juice : KICKAPOO
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Be servile (to) : KOWTOW
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Revival shout : AMEN
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"I Remember ___" : MAMA
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Brazilian dances : SAMBAS
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Downfall : WATERLOO
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"It's ___ question" : AMOOT
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Church belief : CANON
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Old World money : ECU
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Capital of Hawaii County : HILO
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Operatic voice : BASSO
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Bangkok buck : BAHT
39
Bank pymt. : INT
40
Lustrous velvet : PANNE
41
Amalgamated : FUSED
42
Vigorous 60's dance : BOOGALOO
44
Roman statesman : CICERO
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Every, in Essen : ALLE
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Polio vaccinator : SALK
47
Country singer West : SHELLY
50
Australian marsupial : WALLAROO
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Musical conclusion : CODA
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Boring : HOHUM
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Watermelon waste : RIND
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N.Y.S.E. counterpart : AMEX
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In the bag : ONICE
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Tribe in the Winnebago nation : OTOE
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Naysay : DENY
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Seeped : OOZED
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Rows : OARS
Down
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Literary drudge : HACK
2
Et ___ (and others) : ALII
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Coll. student's income source : ROTC
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Tot's game : PEEKABOO
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Liberates, so to speak : SWIPES
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Eagle's grabber : TALON
7
Mishmash : OLIO
8
Mrs. McKinley : IDA
9
Crested parrot : COCKATOO
10
From the 30's, e.g. : PREWAR
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"___ we forget" : LEST
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"For ___ us a child..." : UNTO
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Flight attendant, slangily : STEW
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Word for a Latin lover? : AMAT
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Boding : OMEN
25
Imposing home : MANSE
26
Sir, in Ahmedabad : SAHIB
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Protein acid : AMINO
28
Very, in Verona : MOLTO
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___ match for (couldn't compete with) : WASNO
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Let : LEASE
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Orangish shade : OCHER
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Show up : OUTDO
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Dugout : CANOE
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Hype : BALLYHOO
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Cowboy : BUCKAROO
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Coffin cloth : PALL
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Pervade : FILL
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___ of stars : GALAXY
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Given Demerol, e.g. : CALMED
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Hooch : SAUCE
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Multitude : SCAD
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"___, James!" : HOME
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First lady's residence : EDEN
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Crackerjack : WHIZ
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Pinup Hayworth : RITA
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___ about (around) : ONOR
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Poetical tributes : ODES
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Singer Yoko : ONO

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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