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New York Times, Wednesday, June 12, 1996

Author:
D. C. Baldwin
Editor:
Will Shortz
33-Across : "For want of___the shoe..."
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Diane C. Baldwin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QW} Spans: 4 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Baldwin. Wednesday freshness: 11%
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© 1996, The New York Times6/12/96 ( No. 17,018 )
Across
1
Quetzalcoatl worshiper : AZTEC
6
Poet Teasdale : SARA
10
Tie type : BOLO
14
1912 political symbol : MOOSE
15
Medical care grps. : HMOS
16
Author Hunter : EVAN
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Famous Fidos : PLUTOTRAMPDAISY
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Indulge to the limit : SATE
21
Attila's horde : HUNS
22
Book list : INDEX
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Living quarters, informally : DIGS
24
___alai : JAI
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Boston___ : COMMON
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Prep school attire : BLAZERS
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"For want of___the shoe..." : ANAIL
34
Geological period : AEON
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Golf's Woosnam : IAN
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Famous Fidos : ASTALASSIEBENJI
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Court divider : NET
42
Top 10 items : HITS
43
Hymn player : ORGAN
44
Annoys : TEESOFF
47
Putt, e.g. : STROKE
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Roguish : SLY
49
Too amusing for words : RICH
51
Puccini soprano : TOSCA
54
Love of Radames : AIDA
55
Moolah : JACK
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Famous Fidos : SNOOPYBEETHOVEN
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Cupid : AMOR
63
Lady Chaplin : OONA
64
Sheepish : OVINE
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Schism : RENT
66
Go-ahead cues : NODS
67
Beau___ : GESTE
Down
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Current matters : AMPS
2
"Germinal" author : ZOLA
3
Ballyhoo : TOUT
4
Punta del___, Uruguay : ESTE
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Company honcho : CEO
6
Indifference indicator : SHRUG
7
Fido, proverbially : AMANSBESTFRIEND
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CD-___ : ROMS
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Symbol on a sarcophagus : ASP
10
Brownie topper : BEANIE
11
Roman poet : OVID
12
Shoot a light gun : LASE
13
Shade of black : ONYX
18
Dilute : THIN
19
Longtime Mexican dictator Porfirio___ : DIAZ
23
Cutie : DOLL
24
Part of a jungle pair : JANE
25
Actor James : CAAN
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Beginning : ONSET
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Dull finish : MATTE
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Woody's love, once : MIA
30
Superman's sweetie : LOIS
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Fab Four name : RINGO
32
Game show spinmeister : SAJAK
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Just like : ASIF
36
Inches in a span : NINE
38
Sailing hailing : AHOY
39
Not just one : BOTH
40
Lapse, perhaps : ERR
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Small Ford : ESCORT
46
Affront : SLAP
47
Jazz singing : SCAT
50
Impressions : IDEAS
51
"Terrible" title : TSAR
52
"Lean___" (1989 movie) : ONME
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Before you know it : SOON
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Peek ending : ABOO
55
Jupiter, in an interjection : JOVE
56
Alamo rival : AVIS
57
Lincoln head : CENT
58
Kind of jerk : KNEE
60
Thither : YON
61
Not share : HOG

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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