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New York Times, Saturday, February 11, 1995

Author:
Randolph Ross
Editor:
Will Shortz
32-Across : Run with quick, small steps
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Randolph Ross

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JQWXYZ} This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. Ross. Saturday freshness: 94%
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© 1995, The New York Times2/11/95 ( No. 16,531 )
Across
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Called : RANG
5
Pattern : TEMPLATE
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Untamed : FERAL
14
Helps get through : TIDESOVER
15
Spot ___ : OFTEA
16
Burberrys : RAINCOATS
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"What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" group : REM
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Part of a New England skyline : SPIRES
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Site of many scrapes : KNEE
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Indonesia's ___ Islands : ARU
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Actress Allgood et al. : SARAS
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Dearies : PETS
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Alternatives to Rivieras : LESABRES
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Sorry : SAD
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Like an old schoolhouse : ONEROOM
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Big Apple couple : TRUMPS
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Run with quick, small steps : SCUTTLE
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Ready : PREPARE
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Mideast native : SEMITE
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More in need of a brushoff? : LINTIER
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Cedar Rapids college : COE
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Like : COTTONTO
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It needs renewal : SLUM
40
Springe : CATCH
41
Vietnamese New Year : TET
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Cruise : SAIL
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Sinatra's "___ Way" : ALLTHE
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Verdi aria "___ tu" : ERI
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On the offensive : PROACTIVE
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"I got the ___ the morning..." : SUNIN
49
Under control : CONTAINED
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Gush : EMOTE
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Held, as claims : ASSERTED
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Without : SANS
Down
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Aid for a maid : REFERENCE
2
Metropolitan, e.g. : ARTMUSEUM
3
Scottish refusal : NAE
4
Sightseeing boat feature : GLASSBOTTOM
5
Fancy headgear : TIARAS
6
Singer Brickell and others : EDIES
7
Department store department : MENS
8
Utilities regulatory agcy. : PSC
9
Admired : LOOKEDUPTO
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D'___-guerre (prewar): Fr. : AVANT
11
Heads of Quebec : TETES
12
Relative of Manx : ERSE
13
One way to be thrown : FORALOSS
14
Ancient warship : TRIREME
19
Recent ex-con, maybe : PAROLEE
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They keep groups together : PARENTHESES
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State clearly : ARTICULATE
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"Bus Stop" star: 1955 : STRITCH
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Marquise de ___ (Louis XIV's second wife) : MAINTENON
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Past tenses : PRETERITS
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Late in flowering : SEROTINE
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Drew a graph : PLOTTED
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Made a little lower? : CALVED
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Aegean gulf : SAROS
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Silverdome team : LIONS
40
Lange role in "Sweet Dreams" : CLINE
42
Vet's employer: Abbr. : SPCA
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Busy : ATIT
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It's tired : CAR
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Thurman of "Pulp Fiction" : UMA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 9 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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