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New York Times, Friday, November 3, 1995

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
62-Across : Aphrodite's beloved
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David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Kahn. Friday freshness: 35%
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© 1995, The New York Times11/3/95 ( No. 16,796 )
Across
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Wipe out : EFFACE
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Kind of parent : ADOPTIVE
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Originated (from) : ARISEN
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In a movie : FEATURED
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Large gully : RAVINE
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10-time A.L. Gold Glove winner : ALKALINE
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Historian Russel ___ : NYE
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Delineates : TRACES
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"How sweet ___!" : ITIS
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Lighting device : STROBE
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DeMille films : EPICS
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San ___, Calif. : MATEO
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Hayworth and Rudner : RITAS
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Sargasso, e.g. : SEA
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Poet who wrote a-a-b-a verses : OMAR
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Kodak rival : MINOLTA
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1988 Jonathan Demme film : MARRIEDTOTHEMOB
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Descends : ALIGHTS
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Environmentalist Al : GORE
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___ poetica : ARS
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Slippery as ___ : ANEEL
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Flowing and ebbing : TIDAL
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Like many old water pipes : LEADY
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Moderate red : CERISE
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Lay off : IDLE
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Touch : BORDER
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Half of an old comedy team : LUM
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In rapid-fire succession : STACCATO
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Street girl : GAMINE
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"Annie" refrain : TOMORROW
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Aphrodite's beloved : ADONIS
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Lively : SPIRITED
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At ___ (fully) : LENGTH
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Bring in : EARN
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Brawl : FRAY
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First-class : FIVESTAR
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"___ live and breathe!" : ASI
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Middle, in Italy : CENTRO
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Año nuevo time : ENERO
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1957 Elia Kazan film : AFACEINTHECROWD
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Take out : DELE
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Annual Epsom race, with "the" : OAKS
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School open-house organizer : PTA
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___ tree (white wood source) : TULIP
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Eye inflammation : IRITIS
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Where "La Traviata" premiered : VENICE
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Macedonian capital, once : EDESSA
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Shorten : ABRIDGE
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Earth : TERRA
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Book after Neh. : ESTH
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May honoree : MOM
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Healers' grp. : AMA
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Played the flute : TOOTLED
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Cockpit readings: Abbr. : ALTS
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"Count ___!" : MEIN
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Umbrella, in a manner of speaking : AEGIS
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"Now ___ me down..." : ILAY
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Career in fashion : MODELING
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Mouths : ORA
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___ and the Dragon (book of the Apocrypha) : BEL
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Party hosts prefer them : ALISTS
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Kind of grass : REDTOP
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Deli offering : SALAMI
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Harsh speech : TIRADE
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House Beautiful topic : DECOR
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August : REGAL
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TV bad boy : BART
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Western Indian : OTOE
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Condo : UNIT
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Entangle : MESH
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Dernier ___ : CRI
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Calendar abbr. : MON

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

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