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New York Times, Friday, August 11, 1995

Author:
Martin Ashwood-Smith
Editor:
Will Shortz
56-Across : Lifeless
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
876/5/19919/24/202210
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.52456766%
Martin Ashwood-Smith

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 32 Missing: {BFQZ} Spans: 6, (2 triple stacks) This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Ashwood-Smith. Friday freshness: 57%
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© 1995, The New York Times8/11/95 ( No. 16,712 )
Across
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It turns into a different story : SPIRALSTAIRCASE
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Mother tongues : NATIVELANGUAGES
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Collegiate goals : ACADEMICDEGREES
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Enter as a group, with "in" : PILE
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Commercial quotation : COST
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Actress Swenson : INGA
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Bi-halved : UNI
22
Shades : HUES
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Deucy preceder : ACEY
25
Takes without authorization : POCKETS
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Ballet step : PAS
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Capone's nemesis : IRS
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"N ___?" (Agatha Christie novel) : ORM
32
Forces open : JIMMIES
34
Humankind : HOMOSAPIENS
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Acquires in large amounts : RAKESIN
37
Court V.I.P.'s, for short : DAS
38
X rating? : TEN
39
Elisabeth, e.g.: Abbr. : STE
40
Real people : MORTALS
44
Dosimeters measure them : RADS
46
"The Gypsy" painter : HALS
47
Heater : GAT
48
___ many words : INSO
49
One who gives special service? : ACER
51
San ___, Calif. : JOSE
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Lifeless : DEADASADOORNAIL
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Forensic psychiatrists, at times : EXPERTWITNESSES
Down
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Grab : SNAPUP
2
"Author! Author!" actor : PACINO
3
Inclined, in a way : ITALIC
4
Carpool : RIDE
5
Hail from the past : AVE
6
Apollo part : LEM
7
Driving hazards? : SLICES
8
South-of-the-border orders : TACOS
9
Everyday connections : ANDS
10
"___ Ideas" (1950 hit) : IGET
11
Throw : RUG
12
Ancient district in Asia Minor : CARIA
13
Bureaus : AGENCIES
14
Folk singer and family : SEEGERS
15
Lamb products : ESSAYS
22
Son of Maia : HERMES
23
Nth : UTMOST
26
Nut : KOOK
27
Doozie : PIP
28
Photo developing powder : AMIDOL
29
Vilifies : SMEARS
32
Tenor Peerce : JAN
33
Research facility: Abbr. : INST
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It's seen in bars : HANDSOAP
35
German pronoun : SIE
36
Take back lost territory : REANNEX
38
Certain tube : TRIODE
40
English author Asquith : MARGOT
41
Ancient squares : AGORAS
42
Film "star" since 1943 : LASSIE
43
Girds : STEELS
45
Balloon probe : SONDE
46
Swiss miss : HEIDI
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Like some eds. : ASST
50
Tobacco wad : CHAW
51
Rock's Bon Jovi and others : JONS
53
Canal site : EAR
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Title of respect: Abbr. : HON
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Initials on maps of old Eur. : HRE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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