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New York Times, Wednesday, September 20, 1995

Author:
Randy Sowell
Editor:
Will Shortz
29-Across : Climbing plant
TotalDebutLatest
224/28/19947/8/2013
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.575217%
Randy Sowell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Sowell. Wednesday freshness: 29%
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© 1995, The New York Times9/20/95 ( No. 16,752 )
Across
1
Queens stadium : SHEA
5
Garth's TV/movie buddy : WAYNE
10
Causes of personality clashes : EGOS
14
Is sick : AILS
15
"Have I got ___ for you!" : ADEAL
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South of France : MIDI
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IT'S A BIRD : DREAMTEAMMEMBER
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16 Across vacation time : ETE
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Symbols of Egyptian royalty : ASPS
22
Piece-maker? : REESE
23
Ruse : PLOT
24
In love : SMIT
26
West Bank city : HEBRON
29
Climbing plant : SWEETPEA
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Completely pooped : ALLIN
34
Neat as ___ : APIN
35
Retirement age in old Rome? : LXV
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IT'S A PLANE : GEOMETRYSURFACE
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Actress Gardner : AVA
41
Summer desserts : ICES
42
Gourmand : EATER
43
Orthodontic device : RETAINER
46
Holiday Inns : MOTELS
47
Having no width or depth : ONED
48
Enlivens, with "up" : PEPS
49
Paint pigment : OCHRE
52
Word in many antique shop names : OLDE
53
Jungfrau, e.g. : ALP
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IT'S SUPERMAN : NIETZSCHEANIDEA
60
Lord Byron hero : LARA
61
Kafka novel, with "The" : TRIAL
62
County bordering London : KENT
63
Distant past : YORE
64
Crosses : ROODS
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Purposes : ENDS
Down
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Singer born in Nigeria : SADE
2
"Cotton Candy" trumpeter : HIRT
3
Gen. Robt. ___ : ELEE
4
Naked ___ jaybird : ASA
5
Nicklaus rival : WATSON
6
Expert : ADEPT
7
Those for : YEAS
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"Forrest Gump" locale : NAM
9
Shade giver : ELM
10
Clown Kelly : EMMETT
11
Barb : GIBE
12
Horace title : ODES
13
Your Majesty : SIRE
18
"Cheers" bartender : MALONE
19
Pennsylvania port : ERIE
23
Stiffly neat : PRIM
24
Ham go-with : SWISS
25
Computer listing : MENU
26
Dik Browne cartoon character : HAGAR
27
École attender : ELEVE
28
Swell up : BLOAT
29
Peeping Tom : SPYER
30
Catcher's locale : PLATE
31
Hyundai model : EXCEL
32
Declares : AVERS
34
Bowed : ARCED
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Food stabber : TINE
38
Unlock again : REOPEN
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Dieter's concerns : FATS
44
Arteries : AORTAE
45
Don Juan's mother : INEZ
46
Veteran's chestful : MEDALS
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Argue : PLEAD
49
Twitty's "It's ___ Make Believe" : ONLY
50
Genoa greeting : CIAO
51
Mister, in Munich : HERR
52
Columbus's home : OHIO
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Arabian port : ADEN
54
Contribute obligingly : LEND
55
Congratulates : PATS
57
Orch. section : STR
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___-Magnon : CRO
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50's campaign name : IKE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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