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New York Times, Saturday, July 8, 1995

Author:
Randolph Ross
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Across : Rink caretakers
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Randolph Ross

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JKQWXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 27 for Mr. Ross. Saturday freshness: 89%
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© 1995, The New York Times7/8/95 ( No. 16,678 )
Across
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Having a spinning motion : STROBIC
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Brouhahas : FLAPS
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Where Napoleon died : STHELENA
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Freshen : AIROUT
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Kind of care : PRENATAL
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Drawn : INATIE
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Competitor of the Oakland : REO
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Poison administrant : FANG
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Change from X to NC-17, e.g. : RERATE
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Some voters: Abbr. : INDS
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Showy flower : SNAPDRAGON
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"The ___ not master in its own house": Freud : EGOIS
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Collar makers : ARRESTERS
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Pour : STREAM
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Truly : YEA
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1955 Leslie Caron film musical : THEGLASSSLIPPER
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Not long. : LAT
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Contend : STRIVE
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Brief worker : PARALEGAL
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Unanimous : SOLID
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Insurance company paradigms : AVERAGEMEN
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Big donors of a sort : PACS
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Replace old obligations with new : NOVATE
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Fab Four name : PAUL
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Alphabet trio : STU
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Rink caretakers : ICEMEN
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Amiable 50's TV character : EDNORTON
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Shade of red : CERISE
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They employ red herrings : DECOYERS
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Lab work : TESTS
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Mistake fixers : ERASERS
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Intensity : STRENGTH
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Dryden's "___ and Honoria" : THEODORE
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Stimpy's TV friend : REN
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Elgar's "King ___" : OLAF
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Some stars : BETAS
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Sumerian earth goddess : INANNA
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Rodeo since 1912 : CALGARYSTAMPEDE
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Win-win solutions : FAIRDEALS
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Tennis court workmen : LINERS
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Genesis mountain : ARARAT
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Soup in Cannes : POTAGE
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One who goes to court : SUITOR
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Best prepared for gymnastics : SPRIEST
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When the Dada movement began : TEENS
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German victory : SIEG
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C. in C. : PRES
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Soda starter : SAL
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They're on the Y chromosome : MALEGENES
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Kind of brush : SAGE
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Tag players : ITS
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Stage piece : PROP
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Ornamental column : PILASTER
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House ousters : EVICTORS
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Scenes at dusk : REDSUNS
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Cause of an attack : PANIC
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Long-legged bird : AVOCET
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Resort city near Boston : REVERE
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Dumas character : ARAMIS
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State of the art, with "the" : LATEST
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Head : LEADER
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Never, in Nicaragua : NUNCA
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"Gigi" playwright, 1951 : LOOS
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Bar serving : RYE

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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