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New York Times, Saturday, June 18, 1994

Author:
Randolph Ross
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Across : Nine-digit ID: Abbr.
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Randolph Ross

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JKQVXY} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Ross. Saturday freshness: 98%
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© 1994, The New York Times6/18/94 ( No. 16,293 )
Across
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Siegfried Line of 1930's Germany : WESTWALL
9
Lashes : CILIA
14
Cherub : AMORETTO
15
Gym activity : TONING
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Like an uninhabited preserve : GAMELESS
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Colorful fish : WRASSE
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___ time : ONEATA
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Teen idol : POPSTAR
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Talk incessantly : NATTER
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Name : DUB
22
Olympic gymnast's goals : TENS
23
Clear sky : ETHER
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Jesus was one : NAZARENE
26
Tim of "WKRP in Cincinnati" : REID
27
Woodworking tools : BUZZSAWS
28
Nine-digit ID: Abbr. : SSN
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Shut up by force : MUZZLED
30
___ Maria : TIA
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Turns gray : GRIZZLES
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Pith helmet : TOPI
36
At one's wits' end : FRAZZLED
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Kitchen utensil : CORER
38
Graceland name : ARON
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___ Lingus : AER
40
Liberator of Scotland : ROBERT
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Counts : MATTERS
43
Bind up : ENLACE
44
Detached : UNTIED
45
Yeast enzymes : LACTASES
47
To-dos : SCENES
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1969 rock concert site chronicled in "Gimme Shelter" : ALTAMONT
49
Cube holders : TONGS
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Flight finishes : DESCENTS
Down
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Mule train drivers : WAGONERS
2
Issues : EMANATES
3
What Hamlet sensed : SOMETHINGROTTEN
4
Doctored : TREATED
5
Commotion : WELTER
6
On ___ (binging) : ATEAR
7
Mil. officers : LTS
8
Pop music's ___ Lobos : LOS
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Fortune 500 abbr. : CORP
10
Upset : INASTEW
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Is swayed by logic : LISTENSTOREASON
12
Nuts : INSANE
13
Causes of gray hair : AGERS
15
A double, informally : TWOBASES
19
At sea : PUZZLED
21
Show-stopper : DAZZLER
24
Gets cozy : NUZZLES
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Far out : RAD
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___ Bay (New England site) : BUZZARDS
29
"Mrs." in dialect : MIZ
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Banker's point : IPERCENT
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Smog checks : AIRTESTS
34
Carrying on : RANTING
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Culpable : TOBLAME
36
He reigned in Spain : FRANCO
37
Cold medicine : CONTAC
38
Imperative : AMUST
40
Geom. figures : RECTS
42
Clowns' shoe widths : EEES
45
Fictional dog : LAD
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Pub drink : ALE

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5 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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