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New York Times, Friday, December 23, 1994

Author:
Frank A. Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
43-Across : Preparing, with "up"
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
9110/29/199411/24/20192
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
150137142922
RebusScrabDebutFresh
41.4868687%
Frank Longo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 62, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQVXY} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Longo. Friday freshness: 90%
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R
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A
3
S
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C
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A
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L
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E
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L
9
B
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O
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W
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S
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I
G
N
O
R
E
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S
W
E
E
P
E
A
15
T
R
A
U
M
A
16
S
17
T
E
S
T
E
R
S
18
Z
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P
C
O
D
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A
S
S
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T
S
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S
H
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P
M
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E
N
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O
L
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R
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N
C
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A
R
N
A
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T
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E
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T
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I
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L
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D
E
N
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M
E
N
S
U
R
A
L
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A
L
O
E
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C
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L
A
S
S
35
T
E
R
A
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B
I
G
A
37
M
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S
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W
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I
S
D
O
M
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S
A
N
D
B
L
A
S
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T
E
D
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O
L
A
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G
E
A
R
I
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N
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G
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C
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A
R
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B
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O
U
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F
L
O
O
R
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I
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T
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L
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M
E
A
D
E
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T
E
T
R
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E
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E
D
A
S
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S
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A
L
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F
A
L
T
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R
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S
C
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N
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S
© 1994, The New York Times12/23/94 ( No. 16,481 )
Across
1
Mischief-maker : RASCAL
7
Pokes : ELBOWS
13
Snub : IGNORE
14
Cartoon tot : SWEEPEA
15
Shocks : TRAUMAS
17
Guinea pigs : TESTERS
18
Numbers on a letter : ZIPCODE
19
Go-aheads : ASSENTS
20
Bluejackets : SHIPMEN
22
Comedian Olsen : OLE
23
With a whole new appearance : REINCARNATE
27
Big Bill of the court : TILDEN
31
Kind of music notation : MENSURAL
32
Sunburn soother : ALOE
33
Music Appreciation, for one : CLASS
35
Lead-in for flops or hertz : TERA
36
Certain crimes : BIGAMIES
38
Domain for Athena : WISDOM
40
Cleaned, in a way : SANDBLASTED
42
Ending with pay or plug : OLA
43
Preparing, with "up" : GEARING
46
Famously cold Maine town : CARIBOU
49
"Step on the gas!" : FLOORIT
52
Fruity beverage : LIMEADE
53
Electron tube : TETRODE
54
"The Gathering" star : EDASNER
55
Plants used in ropemaking : SISALS
56
Slip : FALTER
57
Tantrums : SCENES
Down
1
___ Brothers (old film slapstick team) : RITZ
2
Cultural opening : AGRI
3
Fractures : SNAPS
4
Tête-à-tête : COUCH
5
Fancy cabinet : ARMOIRE
6
S.A.T. taker's need : LEADPENCIL
7
Shropshire mothers : EWES
8
Landlords : LESSORS
9
Tropical kernels : BETELNUTS
10
Attentive : OPENEARED
11
Biblical verb : WERT
12
Mouth off : SASS
14
Attitudes : STANCES
16
Hauler : SEMI
21
All together : ENMASSE
24
Pleading the Fifth : ANSWERLESS
25
Edible rootstock : TARO
26
Ancient Khuzistan : ELAM
27
Filing aids : TABS
28
Pelvic bones : ILIA
29
Type of statistical distribution : LOGNORMAL
30
Most pernicious : DEADLIEST
34
Texas ___ : LEAGUER
37
Swaziland's capital : MBABANE
39
Crackbrained : IDIOTIC
41
Sherman was his Veep : TAFT
44
St. Olaf's subjects : NORSE
45
More than a murmur : GROAN
46
F or G, e.g. : CLEF
47
Opera set in Memphis : AIDA
48
Baltic Sea feeder : ODER
50
"Monty Python" regular : IDLE
51
1979 Nastassja Kinski role : TESS

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

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