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New York Times, Tuesday, August 29, 1995

Author:
John R. Conrad
Editor:
Will Shortz
63-Across : Wandered
TotalDebutLatest
118/29/19959/20/2012
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
51.546464%
John R. Conrad

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JKQXZ} Spans: 3 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Conrad. Tuesday freshness: 88%
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© 1995, The New York Times8/29/95 ( No. 16,730 )
Across
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False arguments : SOPHISMS
9
Most washed out : PALEST
15
Esthetically pleasing : ARTISTIC
16
1963 Broadway hit : OLIVER
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Beethoven opus in C-sharp minor : MOONLIGHTSONATA
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"___ Rosenkavalier" : DER
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Served at a restaurant : WAITEDON
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Forest fledgling : OWLET
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Shopping place : MART
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Computer key abbr. : ESC
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Rumor : HEARSAY
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Midafternoon : THREE
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Mai ___ : TAI
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Throw, as a buckaroo : UNHORSE
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Infrequently : ONCEINABLUEMOON
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Squalid environment : RATHOLE
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Quadri- minus one : TRI
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Couldn't hit the broadside of ___ : ABARN
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Not given to schmoozing : ASOCIAL
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Dismiss abruptly : CAN
50
Smallmouth fish : BASS
53
Pedal : CYCLE
54
Intestinal parasite : TRICHINA
57
Bank adjunct, for short : ATM
58
Brecht-Weill chorus line : OHMOONOFALABAMA
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Wandered : ROAMED
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Like some city railways : ELEVATED
65
Tears along : SPEEDS
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Pittsburgh team : STEELERS
Down
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Uncle ___ : SAM
2
Cortez's gold : ORO
3
School grp. : PTO
4
Impede : HINDER
5
Specks of land in the water : ISLETS
6
Budge : STIR
7
Russian-built fighter : MIG
8
Unstressed vowel : SCHWA
9
Set down as fact : POSIT
10
Oodles : ALOT
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Motor vehicle bureau feature : LINE
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Dodger : EVADER
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Bristly : SETOSE
14
Hypnotic spell : TRANCE
18
Cigarette stat : TAR
21
"___ be in England": Browning : OHTO
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Withdraw from a habit : WEAN
23
Of churchgoers : LAIC
24
One with nothing original to say? : MYNAH
27
Polly, to Tom Sawyer : AUNT
28
Mao ___-tung : TSE
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It may be taken up in sewing class : HEM
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Cable TV option : HBO
33
Southwestern stews : OLLAS
34
Regrets : RUES
36
Be mistaken : ERR
37
Author Fleming : IAN
38
Pertaining to the ear : OTIC
39
Exam type : ORAL
40
"Cleopatra" setting : NILE
43
Thespians : ACTORS
44
Paint the town red? : BARHOP
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Souls: Lat. : ANIMAE
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Musical range : OCTAVE
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Crash maker : CYMBAL
50
Ties up : BINDS
51
Enero a diciembre : ANO
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Bank repositories : SAFES
55
Arrive : COME
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Gardened, in a way : HOED
57
Sheltered, nautically : ALEE
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Elev. : ALT
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Snacked : ATE
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___ Mediterranée : MER
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Madison Avenue offerings : ADS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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