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New York Times, Thursday, August 31, 1995

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Across : What a commuter mustn't miss
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16241.551,23753%
David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JK} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Kahn. Thursday freshness: 90%
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© 1995, The New York Times8/31/95 ( No. 16,732 )
Across
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Winter workers : SHOVELERS
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Woodsy area : GLADE
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Place for the self-serving : CAFETERIA
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Alternative to a Movado : ROLEX
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Projects, in a way : OVERHANGS
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Gulf of ___ : AQABA
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Tint again : REDYE
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Group : HERD
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___ de plume : NOM
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Hot time in Paris : ETE
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What a commuter mustn't miss : LASTBUS
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Cuckoo : ANI
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Underworld figures : DONS
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Take a risk : BETON
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Caramel-topped dessert : FLAN
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Disney pooch : PLUTO
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Sad Sack's girlfriend, in the comics : SADIE
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"...___ from our sponsor" : AWORD
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Wore : HADON
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Miss out on a prize : LOSE
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Schiller's "___ Joy" : ODETO
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Fast fliers : SSTS
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Wolfed down : ATE
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Some soon-to-be marrieds : ELOPERS
52
Designate : TAP
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___ good turn : DOA
54
Samoan port, if repeated : PAGO
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Heavy clay : ADOBE
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One-time Reagan co-star : BONZO
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Woman's magazine founded in 1989 : MIRABELLA
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Wing : ANNEX
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"Sugar Babies" star : ANNMILLER
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Frail : REEDY
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Like some tableware : STAINLESS
Down
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Went home : SCORED
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Must : HAVETO
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"East ___" : OFEDEN
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To a high degree : VERY
5
Mertz or Merman : ETHEL
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Grazing area : LEA
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Directional suffix : ERN
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Southwest Japanese port : SASEBO
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Last year's srs. : GRADS
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He speaks: Lat. abbr. : LOQ
12
"The Four Seasons" director : ALANALDA
13
Cary Grant-like : DEBONAIR
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Grilled : EXAMINED
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Part of a dog pound : RUN
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Put ___ in one's ear : ABUG
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Dickens's Pecksniff : SETH
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Replacement item : SPARE
31
Babes in the woods : FAWNS
33
Pot top : LID
34
Sign of success : SRO
35
Restaurant feature : SALADBAR
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Fairly solid, as odds : TWOTOONE
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Emmy-winning comedienne : ROSEANNE
38
Lot : FATE
39
Repute : ODOR
43
Spanish wave : OLA
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Beliefs : DOGMAS
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Aussie tennis champ Fred : STOLLE
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Turn the ___ : TABLES
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Tridents : SPEARS
50
Sticky stuff : EPOXY
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Vaccine developer : SABIN
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Secluded spot : DELL
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British finale : ZED
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Ribosomal ___ : RNA
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"___ Blue?" (1929 hit) : AMI

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

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