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New York Times, Tuesday, July 25, 1995

Author:
Gregory E. Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
50-Across : Prepared, as tomatoes
TotalDebutLatest
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ScrabDebutFresh
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Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {CFQUXZ} This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Paul. Tuesday freshness: 23%
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© 1995, The New York Times7/25/95 ( No. 16,695 )
Across
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Tijuana's locale, informally : BAJA
5
Pro ___ (proportionately) : RATA
9
Amount bet : STAKE
14
Pagan god : IDOL
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Decorative pitcher : EWER
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Electrical pioneer Nikola : TESLA
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Valley : DELL
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Witch's blemish : WART
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"All hope abandon, ye who ___ here!" : ENTER
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Home addition : ELL
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Century-old time : GAYNINETIES
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Polk's successor : TAYLOR
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Auction : SALE
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McGuffey book : READER
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Kind of measles : GERMAN
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Scrooge's visitor : GHOST
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Circus employee : TAMER
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Sooner than : ERE
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Furor : RAGE
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Bates, for one : MOTEL
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Barbra's "A Star Is Born" co-star : KRIS
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Secret ending : IVE
42
Jockey rival : HANES
43
Buenos ___ : AIRES
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Fright : TERROR
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Exquisite : DAINTY
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Ancient land east of the Tigris : ELAM
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Prepared, as tomatoes : STEWED
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Roy Rogers's theme song : HAPPYTRAILS
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"Sweet as apple cider" girl : IDA
59
TV soldiers of fortune : ATEAM
60
N.F.L. coach Jim : MORA
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Tennis score : ADIN
62
Newswoman Shriver : MARIA
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___ even keel : ONAN
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Investor's purchase : BOND
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Rear : STERN
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Darn : MEND
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Influence : SWAY
Down
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Bathroom fixture : BIDET
2
___ Rogers St. Johns : ADELA
3
Blackbeard flew one : JOLLYROGER
4
Totality : ALL
5
Finder's fee : REWARD
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"Begone!" : AWAY
7
Sea swallow : TERN
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Cager Gilmore : ARTIS
9
Three Rivers Stadium player : STEELER
10
Campground denizen : TENTER
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___ spumante : ASTI
12
Swiss painter : KLEE
13
Roasting items : EARS
21
One with kids : GOAT
22
Conrad of "The Kiss" : NAGEL
24
___ majesté : LESE
27
Thames town : ETON
28
Appraised : RATED
30
Lehár operetta, with "The" : MERRYWIDOW
31
Indy 500's Luyendyk : ARIE
32
Eliot of "The Untouchables" : NESS
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It's stuck in beach sandals : GRIT
34
Contain : HAVE
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Miniplateau : MESA
39
Corday's victim : MARAT
40
Pass, as a forged check : KITE
42
Francis of Assisi, e.g. : HOLYMAN
43
Aardvark's meal : ANTS
45
Fix : REPAIR
47
Hispaniola, e.g. : ISLAND
49
1983 Michael Keaton film : MRMOM
51
Minneapolis suburb : EDINA
52
Beaut : DANDY
53
Easter dinners : HAMS
54
Rat-___ : ATAT
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Balzac's "Le ___ Goriot" : PERE
56
Tiptop : AONE
57
Kurdish home : IRAN
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Stomach muscles, for short : ABS

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

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