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New York Times, Monday, April 11, 1994

Author:
Martin Schneider
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Across : Insult
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Martin Schneider

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQWXZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Schneider. Monday freshness: 26%
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© 1994, The New York Times4/11/94 ( No. 16,225 )
Across
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Expire, as a membership : LAPSE
6
Show hosts, for short : MCS
9
Fill : SATE
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Secretary of State Root : ELIHU
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Dadaist Hans : ARP
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Like Old King Cole : MERRY
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Baseball bigwig Bud : SELIG
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Assurance : GUARANTEE
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Not brand-name : GENERIC
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Spring blooms : IRISES
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Wildebeest : GNU
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Entomological stage : IMAGO
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Less original : STALER
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Monks and nuns : VOTARIES
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Apartment sign : TOLET
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Lebanese symbol : CEDAR
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Soup container : CAN
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Immense, poetically : ENORM
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Mine find : ORE
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Lift the spirits of : ELATE
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From ___ Z : ATO
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Most Egyptians : ARABS
42
Meet official : TIMER
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Louvre highlight : MONALISA
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Insult : OFFEND
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1983 Streisand role : YENTL
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Scottish denial : NAE
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Value : ASSESS
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Lethargy : INERTIA
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Prohibition establishment : SPEAKEASY
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Chain of hills : RIDGE
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Country music's Tucker : TANYA
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Drunk's problem, with "the" : DTS
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Near Eastern chieftain : AMEER
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Bettor's starter : ANTE
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Opposite of WNW : ESE
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Pores over : READS
Down
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Broadway's "___ Miz" : LES
2
Words after shake or break : ALEG
3
Mass : PILE
4
Roof worker : SHINGLER
5
Noted name in puzzling : EUGENETMALESKA
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Biblical trio : MAGI
7
Fancy term for 5-Down and 15-Down : CRUCIVERBALISTS
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Vacation destination : SPA
9
Grad-to-be : SENIOR
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Liberal ___ : ARTS
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Corner : TREE
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Potato features : EYES
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Noted name in puzzling : MARGARETFARRAR
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Lasso : RIATA
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Capek play : RUR
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Styles : MODES
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It may come in a head : STEAM
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Kemo Sabe's companion : TONTO
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Crazy as ___ : ALOON
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"___, I saw ..." : ICAME
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Eroded : EATEN
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Dummy Mortimer : SNERD
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Slide : COAST
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Cable choice : LIFETIME
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Washer cycle : RINSE
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"Roger," at sea : AYEAYE
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___ for the books : ONE
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Film dog : ASTA
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Breadth : SPAN
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Faxed : SENT
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Wall Street abbr. : NYSE
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Brainstorm : IDEA
54
Like some cheeses : AGED
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Suffix added to fruit names : ADE
58
Speech stumbles : ERS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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