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New York Times, Saturday, June 15, 1996

Author:
R. Ross
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Turn black, then blue?
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Randolph Ross

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 60, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQWXZ} Spans: 1 Average word length: 6.43 This is puzzle # 33 for Mr. Ross. Saturday freshness: 98%
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© 1996, The New York Times6/15/96 ( No. 17,021 )
Across
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Comparison maker : ANALOGIST
10
Rain check? : TARP
14
Monazite, e.g. : RAREEARTH
15
Plantation worker : BALER
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Woolworth's e.g. : DIMESTORE
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High as___ : AKITE
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Suggestions : OVERTONES
19
Free to attack : LETAT
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Turn black, then blue? : REDYE
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Date : SEE
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Hanukkah dish : LATKE
23
Sight at Dulles : SST
24
Foldable furniture : TVTABLES
26
Fusses : TODOS
30
Most rundown : SEEDIEST
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Cry of success : IVEDONEIT
33
Gothic typeface: Var. : SANSERIF
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Spectacle : SCENE
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Like some motions : PRETRIAL
40
Feed bag morsel : OAT
42
Tart : ACERB
43
Second of three X's : TAC
45
Magna___ : CARTA
47
Spokes : RADII
48
Small chapels : ORATORIES
50
Order : EDICT
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Jubilation : MERRIMENT
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Lucky numero : SIETE
53
Propagandist : IDEOLOGUE
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Besmirches : TARS
55
Fall events : COLDSNAPS
Down
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Spirits : ARDORS
2
Least artful : NAIVEST
3
___the teeth : ARMEDTO
4
Chary : LEERY
5
Durango direction : OESTE
6
Catarina's cat : GATO
7
von Bulow portrayer, 1990 : IRONS
8
1949 remake of "The Texas Rangers" : STREETSOFLAREDO
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"Men of honest report," in Acts : THESEVEN
10
Sample : TAKEABITE
11
Somewhat : ALITTLE
12
Second shots : RETAKES
13
Practice exam : PRETEST
15
Like Sinatra songs : BALLADIC
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Driver's needs : TEES
27
Precincts : DISTRICTS
28
Dental problem : OVERBITE
29
Bandar___ Begawan (Brunei's capital) : SERI
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Structured like sodium chloride : DIATOMIC
33
Most meager : SPAREST
34
Pastoral land of ancient Greece : ARCADIA
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Comparatively poor : NEEDIER
37
Prisoner taken 1/3/90 : NORIEGA
38
Gone : EATENUP
41
Samples : TASTES
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Dutch painter___Fabritius : CAREL
45
Heating elements : COILS
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Put the___(intimidate) : ARMON
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Repressed, with "on" : TROD

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5 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 5 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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