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New York Times, Friday, June 6, 1997

Author:
Gerald R. Ferguson
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Across : Encrusted
TotalDebutLatest
225/28/19943/25/2002
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.4511076%
Gerald R. Ferguson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {HJQWXZ} This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Ferguson. Friday freshness: 44%
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© 1997, The New York Times6/6/97 ( No. 17,377 )
Across
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"Cheers!" : BOTTOMSUP
10
1995 Horse of the Year : CIGAR
15
Chesterfields : OVERCOATS
16
Julio's opposite : ENERO
17
Opera cast members : BARITONES
18
Important boards, for short : LSATS
19
Molecules that bind to receptors : LIGANDS
20
If-looks-could-kill looks : GLARES
21
Certain neckline : VEE
22
Humorist Lebowitz : FRAN
23
Encrusted : CAKED
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Captain's log heading : STARDATE
30
Shows : BARES
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Blisters, of a kind : COLDSORES
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Handicap : EDGE
33
Force units : DYNES
34
Still-life subjects : URNS
35
Foundry device : DROPFORGE
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Kind of fair : STATE
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Capable of being felt : SENSUOUS
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___ profundo : BASSO
40
Chamber workers: Abbr. : SENS
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Headlight setting : DIM
42
Lifter's asset : MUSCLE
45
Singsong sounds : TRALALA
49
Press into service : ENROL
50
Ships' sinkers? : LOOSELIPS
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Glorify : ADORE
53
They get taken to dinner : APPETITES
54
Word with hard or hook : NOSED
55
Duesenberg A's, e.g. : ROADSTERS
Down
1
Weave's partner : BOB
2
Geometry's ___ of Cassini : OVAL
3
Actress Copley : TERI
4
Math class, informally : TRIG
5
Parts of sonnets : OCTAVES
6
Engaged in reverie : MOONED
7
Horse racing Hall-of-Famer Earl : SANDE
8
Western Athletic Conference team : UTES
9
They're not part of the body: Abbr. : PSS
10
Tornado refuge sites : CELLARS
11
Ropes, so to speak : INSANDOUTS
12
Reverse, e.g. : GEAR
13
Museo offering : ARTE
14
"E.R." doctor : ROSS
20
Homecoming V.I.P.'s : GRADS
22
Town by Palisades State Pk. : FTLEE
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Fighting force : CADRE
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Scientific discovery of 1894 : ARGON
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Tallies : KEEPSSCORE
26
Airs : SONGS
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Rich tapestry : ARRAS
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Fifty minutes past the hour : TENTO
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"___ quam videri" (North Carolina's motto) : ESSE
30
Penitentiary count : BEDS
31
Inventor McCormick : CYRUS
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Blackmore heroine : DOONE
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Nourished: Var. : FUELLED
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Young salmon : SAMLETS
39
Not square : BIASED
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Words before hint or line : DROPA
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Ill-tempered : MEAN
43
Ruin : UNDO
44
B'way hits : SROS
45
"___ the mornin'!" : TOPO
46
Settled : ALIT
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Low-cal : LITE
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Impressionist : APER
50
Ancient Roman spirit : LAR
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Natl. registry org. : SSS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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