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New York Times, Saturday, September 9, 1995

Author:
Daniel R. Stark
Editor:
Will Shortz
46-Across : Wavy-bladed dagger
TotalDebutLatest
165/18/199412/5/1998
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Daniel R. Stark

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: {FJQVXZ} This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Stark. Saturday freshness: 22%
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© 1995, The New York Times9/9/95 ( No. 16,741 )
Across
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Makes one's hair stand on end : TEASES
7
Fourposter, e.g. : BEDSTEAD
15
Current measure : AMPERE
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Small and unimportant : ONEHORSE
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Italy's ___ Islands, north of Sicily : LIPARI
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"The Call of the Wild" dog : MALAMUTE
19
Russian epic hero : IGOR
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Small ear of corn : NUBBIN
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Alternative to Crisco : PAM
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Sahib's address : SRI
24
Petal base : SEPAL
25
French prefix : ENTRE
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"Dejeuner sur l'herbe" painter : MANET
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Warm-up : PREP
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Wont (to) : USED
32
Reached : ATTAINED
34
Money dispenser : ATM
36
Got cozy : NESTLED
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Censored : BLEEPED
41
Common Market inits. : EEC
42
9-Down item : PASTRAMI
43
Have on : WEAR
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Wavy-bladed dagger : KRIS
48
Ring boundaries : ROPES
49
"O come, ___ ..." : ALLYE
51
Minnesota city : EDINA
53
Tidbit for Fido : ORT
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Trim the tree : LOP
55
Without emotion : COLDLY
57
Delta House attire : TOGA
58
Short cut, maybe : DIAGONAL
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Humbles : ABASES
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Mount : ESCALATE
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Dormant : LATENT
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Put in order : NEATENED
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Carol opener : ADESTE
Down
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Amulet : TALISMAN
2
Change citizenship : EMIGRATE
3
Names : APPOINTS
4
Brand : SEAR
5
Goof up : ERR
6
___ Maritime (Rouen's department) : SEINE
7
Pepper : BOMBARD
8
Capacitate : ENABLE
9
Fast-food place : DELI
10
1953 film gunslinger : SHANE
11
Back-fence yowler : TOM
12
Comes out in a hurry : ERUPTS
13
Poetically gaping : ASTARE
14
Considered : DEEMED
21
Hiked : UPPED
24
Crooked site in a nursery rhyme : STILE
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It may be due overseas : NUMERO
28
Greasy spoon : EATERY
30
Inner circle members : PALS
33
Spoon : NECK
35
Neon ___ : TETRA
37
Sherlock portrayer : BASIL
38
Bundles of joy? : PAPOOSES
39
Coming to light : EMERGENT
40
Aversion : DISTASTE
42
Wasted time : PIDDLED
43
Whence the line "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation" : WALDEN
44
Fictional Plaza Hotel brat : ELOISE
45
Guanaco relative : ALPACA
47
Divulge : RELATE
50
Maitre's domain : ECOLE
52
Striped antelope : NYALA
56
___ even keel : ONAN
57
"Soap" family name : TATE
59
Godfather's piece : GAT
61
Sequel to "Thriller" : BAD

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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