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New York Times, Wednesday, July 12, 1995

Author:
Robert Malinow
Editor:
Will Shortz
29-Across : Philippine headhunter
TotalDebutLatest
97/12/19953/14/2005
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
4131000
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.605135%
Robert Malinow

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Malinow. Wednesday freshness: 25%
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© 1995, The New York Times7/12/95 ( No. 16,682 )
Across
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Capital east of Abidjan : ACCRA
6
Three-time Oscar director : CAPRA
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___-wolf : SHE
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Sports show ending : RECAP
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Liquid fat : OLEIN
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Boar's Head product : HAM
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Power for an electric blanket? : COVERCHARGE
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Mill shipment : ORE
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Rug exporter : IRAN
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Riding ___ : MOWER
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Cooper Indian : MOHICAN
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Second-century astronomer : PTOLEMY
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Philippine headhunter : IGOROT
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46 Down character : MARNER
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Confine : LIMIT
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1911 Nobel chemist : CURIE
33
Jamaican music : SKA
36
Holiday beginnings : EVES
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Pentateuch author, traditionally : MOSES
38
Library index abbr. : ETAL
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Legal matter : RES
40
Certified : VALID
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Apollo attendant : ERATO
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Calamitous : TRAGIC
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W.W. II's Uncle Joe : STALIN
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Luther was one : HERETIC
47
Illegal, in a way : BOOTLEG
48
Varnish ingredient : ELEMI
49
Sentence subject : NOUN
50
River sight : AIT
51
Urban rainwear? : CITYSLICKER
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Mythical bird : ROC
59
April Fool's sign : ARIES
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Stand up : ARISE
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Kind of degree : NTH
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1986 Janet Jackson hit : NASTY
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A bit cool : NIPPY
Down
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Lob's path : ARC
2
Corp. head : CEO
3
Roman 205 : CCV
4
"Diff'rent Strokes" actress : RAE
5
Brandy source : APRICOT
6
"Give My Regards..." composer : COHAN
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Author Paton : ALAN
8
___ se : PER
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Fix : RIG
10
Buttercup family member : ANEMONE
11
Bridal party postponement? : SHOWERSTALL
12
Sheik's ladies : HAREM
13
Beauty parlor item : EMERY
18
Pluto or bureau add-on : CRAT
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Pamplona cry : OLE
23
Certain track athlete : MILER
24
Pointed arch : OGIVE
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Eye part : IRIS
27
Reduced : PARED
28
Baseball's Speaker : TRIS
30
Swing, e.g. : MUSIC
32
Baby discomfort : COLIC
34
Couric of "Today" : KATIE
35
With : ALONG
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New Testament trio : MAGI
38
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Sistine Chapel site, with "the" : VATICAN
41
Gladstone, e.g. : ETONIAN
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"Losing My Religion" group : REM
44
Cleaver's "___ on Ice" : SOUL
45
1995 Tony winner George : HEARN
46
Literary pen name : ELIOT
47
Controlling : BOSSY
49
Raisa's refusal : NYET
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Part of a tax plan: Abbr. : IRA
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"___ the season..." : TIS
54
Dernier ___ : CRI
55
Laotian dollar : KIP
56
Thought waves : ESP
57
Carlos, for one : REY

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1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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