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New York Times, Saturday, September 3, 1994

Author:
Raymond Hamel
Editor:
Will Shortz
41-Across : Car job
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
271/22/19946/19/20061
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
3442446
ScrabDebutFresh
1.6015145%
Raymond Hamel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Hamel. Saturday freshness: 42%
1
H
2
A
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L
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F
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E
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A
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G
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L
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E
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A
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G
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A
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V
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E
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O
V
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R
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U
R
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S
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L
A
C
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D
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G
E
T
A
C
R
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S
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A
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N
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G
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A
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T
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P
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N
A
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S
Y
N
C
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H
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O
X
Y
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G
E
N
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S
O
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L
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A
N
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P
U
D
G
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E
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A
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R
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M
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C
O
F
F
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E
E
T
A
B
L
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E
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R
O
O
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M
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M
A
R
L
S
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L
U
B
E
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P
O
W
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R
B
R
O
K
E
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R
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G
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R
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D
E
C
C
A
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M
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A
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L
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D
H
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M
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N
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P
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P
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E
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D
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A
D
A
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D
O
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C
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E
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P
E
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N
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A
S
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E
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R
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G
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H
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P
O
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L
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T
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L
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A
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© 1994, The New York Times9/3/94 ( No. 16,370 )
Across
1
Collectible coin : HALFEAGLE
10
Mescal source : AGAVE
15
First efforts at compromise : OVERTURES
16
Tied up : LACED
17
Communicate : GETACROSS
18
Actor John : ASTIN
19
Broad beam : GRIN
20
Plus : ASSET
22
___ cloth (lingerie fabric) : PINA
23
Togetherness : SYNCH
25
Astronaut's supply : OXYGEN
27
Web-footed bird : SOLAN
30
Overweight one : PUDGE
32
Turntable extension : ARM
35
Kind of book : COFFEETABLE
38
Part of a Clue accusation : ROOM
40
Earthy deposits : MARLS
41
Car job : LUBE
42
Kingmaker : POWERBROKER
45
Old veterans' org. : GAR
46
Onetime record label : DECCA
47
Bullion : METAL
49
Buddhist teaching : DHARMA
51
Sheet of rock : NAPPE
55
Some MOMA art : DADA
57
Sweetly, in music : DOLCE
60
Anne McCaffrey's dragon world : PERN
61
Conjointly : ASONE
63
Bit of trouble : ROUGHSPOT
65
Novelist Wyndham ___ : LEWIS
66
Transmit, as to a satellite : TELEMETER
67
Whaler's spear : LANCE
68
Oiler locale : ASTRODOME
Down
1
Scottish author James et al. : HOGGS
2
Brooks of "Spenser: For Hire" : AVERY
3
Accept : LETIN
4
Montmartre money : FRANCS
5
List shortener : ETC
6
Kirlian photography phenomenon : AURA
7
"Napoleon at Eylau" painter : GROS
8
Fugard play, with "A" : LESSONFROMALOES
9
Favorite of Elizabeth : ESSEX
10
Like : ALA
11
Accelerator : GASPEDAL
12
It bit Marlon Brando : ACTINGBUG
13
Blue vessel : VEIN
14
Actress Purviance : EDNA
21
Composed : TYPESET
24
In ___ signo vinces (ancient motto) : HOC
26
Belly : GUT
28
"My Man Godfrey" star : LOMBARD
29
Come from ___ : AFAR
31
Island NE of Corsica : ELBA
32
Torn-collage artist : ARP
33
Crucifix : ROOD
34
Annihilated : MOWEDDOWN
36
Actress Sommer : ELKE
37
Poetic adverb : EER
39
Wrench user : MECHANIC
43
Satcom co. : RCA
44
Politicked : RAN
48
Stopped : LAPSED
50
One of the Roman Fates : MORTA
52
___-Bismol : PEPTO
53
Introduction : PROEM
54
___-temps (interval): Fr. : ENTRE
55
"The Corn Is Green" Oscar nominee : DALL
56
On the briny : ASEA
58
Kind of following : CULT
59
Elbe feeder : EGER
62
Nationality ending : ESE
64
Medical grp. : HMO

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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