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New York Times, Wednesday, June 28, 1995

Author:
Roger H. Courtney
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Charming patriot?
TotalDebutLatest
134/16/198611/6/1995
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Roger H. Courtney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQXZ} Spans: 3 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Courtney. Wednesday freshness: 31%
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© 1995, The New York Times6/28/95 ( No. 16,668 )
Across
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Decorating ribbon : CRAPE
6
Not quite dry : DAMP
10
André, Françoise, etc. : NOMS
14
Loosened up, in a way : OILED
15
Poet translated by FitzGerald : OMAR
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Kind of testimony : ORAL
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Tongue-lash : SCOLD
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K.G.B. worry : MOLE
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___ of tears : VALE
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Charming patriot? : THELIBERTYBELLE
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Anthropologist Margaret : MEAD
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Dimwit of 80's-90's movies : ERNEST
25
Bear witness : ATTEST
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Radio, TV, etc. : MEDIA
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Anthracite : COAL
31
Home run king : AARON
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Cross shape : TAU
35
Legislators' perks? : HAULSOFCONGRESS
39
Summer Schenectady setting: Abbr. : EDT
40
Noses around : PRIES
41
"___ Coming" (1969 hit) : ELIS
42
Slims down : DIETS
43
"Woe is me!" : OHDEAR
45
___ Equity (stage group) : ACTORS
48
Othello, e.g. : MOOR
49
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Italian artist Guido ___ : RENI
56
Still-life figure : EWER
57
Sheeplike : OVINE
58
Monopoly token : IRON
59
Privy to : INON
60
Euripedes play : HELEN
61
Prefix with gram : AERO
62
Sale tag notation : ASIS
63
Mountain nymph : OREAD
Down
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Sacrifice : COST
2
Like a German chocolate cake : RICH
3
Skin softener : ALOE
4
In disorderly fashion : PELLMELL
5
Cantor and Murphy : EDDIES
6
Round on top : DOMED
7
Cupid : AMOR
8
Ice-cream parlor order : MALT
9
Victimized : PREYEDON
10
Nine days' devotion : NOVENA
11
Pontiff's vestment : ORALE
12
Suburban expanses : MALLS
13
Winter driving hazard : SLEET
21
Louisville Slugger : BAT
22
Fetch : BRING
25
Flu symptom : ACHE
26
"The Wind in the Willows' character : TOAD
27
Like some nerves : TAUT
28
Sprays rioters, e.g. : MACES
29
Cupid : EROS
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Throw ___ (explode) : AFIT
32
Prefix with gram : TELE
33
Atlas section : ASIA
34
Lenin's land: Abbr. : USSR
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Church topper : SPIRE
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Aeschylus trilogy : ORESTEIA
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Children's outdoor game : REDROVER
42
Fats of "Blueberry Hill" : DOMINO
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Sluggee's exclamation : OOF
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Santa's exclamation : HOHOHO
45
Skylit courts : ATRIA
46
Dear, in Dijon : CHERE
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Purport : TENOR
48
Dawns : MORNS
50
Plant bristles : AWNS
51
Pope called "The Great" : LEOI
52
Lake Nasser site : NILE
53
Draft status : ONEA
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Rip : REND

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

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