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New York Times, Friday, March 31, 1995

Author:
Chuck Deodene
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Across : Dickens novel
TotalDebutLatest
4211/16/19942/26/2021
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
02398128
CircleScrabDebutFresh
31.5824265%
Chuck Deodene

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Deodene. Friday freshness: 87%
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© 1995, The New York Times3/31/95 ( No. 16,579 )
Across
1
Bad accident : SMASHUP
8
Nettles : RILES
13
Scattering of a population : DIASPORA
14
Kind of lines : ENEMY
15
Man-made : SYNTHETIC
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Turkeys : FLOPS
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Ben-Gay, e.g. : UNGUENT
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Place to put bags : TEAPOT
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Activist : DOER
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Kind of party : TUPPERWARE
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Soaking wet : ADRIP
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Trumpet's sound : BLARE
26
Lip : RIM
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Lie in a sheltered spot : NESTLE
29
Galway Bay's ___ Island : ARAN
30
"___ Boot" (1981 film) : DAS
31
Extended rule? : YARDSTICK
34
Round: Abbr. : CIR
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Jog : TROT
38
Rummage : SEARCH
42
Sugar suffix : OSE
43
Charged, in a way : IONIC
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1,000 liters : STERE
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Events at Newport : YACHTRACES
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Participating in 46 Across : ASEA
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Hateful : ODIOUS
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Cause turmoil in : DISRUPT
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Lugged : TOTED
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Dickens novel : HARDTIMES
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Expunge : ERASE
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Tasty mollusks : ABALONES
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De-ices, in a way : SALTS
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Tablet : NOTEPAD
Down
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Glee club members : SINGERS
2
Bond's end : MATURITY
3
Foe of Laver and Newcombe : ASHE
4
Exhausted : SPENT
5
Jacuzzi : HOTTUB
6
Swiss canton : URI
7
___ 10 conference : PAC
8
Résumé list : REFERENCES
9
Acquired relative : INLAW
10
Ferocious cat : LEOPARD
11
Department stores : EMPORIA
12
___ analyst : SYSTEMS
13
Vacuum tube feature : DYNODE
15
Red Sea borderer : SUDAN
18
Sun helmets : TERAIS
21
Cash alternative : PLASTIC
22
Role : PART
24
Soothing words : PLATITUDES
28
Box score figure : ERRORS
32
"___ Barbara" (Gallegos novel) : DONA
33
Witt on ice : KATARINA
34
Prairie wolves : COYOTES
35
First name in dance : ISADORA
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Conservatory offering : RECITAL
39
On again : RESUMED
40
Breakfast fare : CREPES
41
Prelims : HEATS
44
Lemonlike fruit : CEDRAT
47
"The Lockhorns" cartoonist Bill : HOEST
48
Edge : SIDLE
52
Pull up : STOP
54
"Star Wars" rogue : HAN
55
___ system (blood typing) : ABO

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2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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