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New York Times, Sunday, January 29, 1995

Author:
Bryant White
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Down : Engine power, informally
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Bryant White

This puzzle:

Rows: 23, Columns: 23 Words: 158, Blocks: 97 Missing: {J} This is puzzle # 26 for Mr. White. Sunday freshness: 90%
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© 1995, The New York Times1/29/95 ( No. 16,518 )
Across
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Muezzin's call at a mosque : AZAN
5
Bottomless pit : ABYSS
10
Escapade : LARK
14
Cutlass cut : GASH
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Hitachi competitor : SONY
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Give a price : QUOTE
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Unsteady on one's feet : AREEL
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One of the Furies : ALECTO
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TV knob : TONE
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Proponent : URGER
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Nun, e.g. : HEBREWLETTER
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Demographic datum : AGE
29
Captain of the Sáo Gabriel : DAGAMA
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Earth-moving equipment? : TAURUSDOZERS
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___ publica : RES
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Cinnabar and barite : ORES
33
Overrefined : PRISSY
35
Speakeasy customer : WET
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Joey ___ and the Starliters : DEE
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Burns' "___ Mouse" : TOA
38
Laugh: Fr. : RIS
39
Start of a laugh : HEE
40
Hindu gentlemen : BABOOS
42
Kind of timer : EGG
43
"Enough, Giuseppe!" : BASTA
45
Foreshadow : BODE
49
Ancient Roman priests : FLAMENS
51
"All ___!" (court phrase) : RISE
53
Nightmare : INCUBUS
55
Broadcast : AIRED
56
Gate-crasher? : BATTERINGARIES
59
Ivan, e.g. : CZAR
60
"Ben-Hur" studio : MGM
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Exams for would-be workers : APTITUDETESTS
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People with lists : DEANS
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Sale-price abbr. : IRR
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Noted spokestuna : CHARLIE
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Social hangers-on : ISTS
68
Cherished one : PET
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Computer company : NEC
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Geom. figure : CIR
71
Bambi's aunt : ENA
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Barker and Kettle : MAS
73
South China, e.g. : SEA
74
Balancer, of sorts : CPA
77
1958 song "___ Blu, Dipinto di Blu" : NEL
78
Handel's "___, Galatea e Polifemo" : ACI
79
Celtic Neptune : LER
80
1995 House chant : NEWT
81
Greek : HELLENE
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Kind of cross : TAU
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"Odyssey" fruit : LOTUS
87
1960 John Wayne movie : NORTHTOALASKA
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Ernie of the P.G.A. : ELS
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Match king Kreuger : IVAR
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Printer's daggers : OBELI
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Smash hit : HOMERUN
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Case worker: Abbr. : ATTY
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Like a drunk's speech : SLURRED
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Professional soc. : ASSN
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Song of joy : PAEAN
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Auto ad abbr. : APR
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Hypnotic ingredient in medicine : ACETAL
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QB's goals : TDS
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"Oranges & Lemons" rock group : XTC
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Telecommunications corp. : GTE
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"We Do Our Part" org. : NRA
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Darker than chestnut : BAY
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Jellyfish : MEDUSA
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Fortune : FATE
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Years and years : EON
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Sidling arachnid? : CANCERSPIDER
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Pieces of pieces of eight : REALES
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Phone dial trio : MNO
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Lorgnettes : OPERAGLASSES
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Loses vigor : WILTS
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Clock hour : VIII
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Conspectus : RESUME
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First name in silents : THEDA
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Atlas picture : INSET
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Verb type: Abbr. : INTR
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Jocular Johnson : ARTE
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Otherwise : ELSE
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Has to have : NEEDS
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Architect ___ van der Rohe : MIES
Down
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Aphrodite's Semitic counterpart : ASTARTE
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Re the science of animal distribution : ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL
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"Patriot Games" actress? : ANNESAGITTARIUS
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Humorist Bill : NYE
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Locales for swordtails : AQUARIA
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"1985" novelist : BURGESS
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Meditative methods : YOGAS
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Check : STEM
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Shawl for siestas : SERAPE
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Actress Christine : LAHTI
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Tracts : AREAS
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Picture puzzle : REBUS
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Dairy cattle breed : KERRY
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Tenor sax great : GETZ
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Followed, as a tip : ACTEDON
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Sound investments : STEREOS
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Engine power, informally : HORSES
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100 bani : LEU
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Brilliant orange star of the northern sky : ALDEBARAN
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Circus stars? : LEOTAMERS
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Storm heading : WSW
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June bug : DORBEETLE
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Breaks violently again : REBURSTS
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Measures for punts : HANGTIMES
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Bunk : BED
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Trident feature : TINE
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Final notices : OBITS
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They're often paid : DUES
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Pluralizer : ESS
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Aspect : FACET
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1929 Gershwin song : LIZA
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To-do : STIR
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Shaw's "___ and Cleopatra" : CAESAR
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Berrylike : BACCATE
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Havoc : RUIN
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"The very ___!" : IDEA
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Diamond club? : MINNESOTAGEMINI
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Superman's bane : GREENKRYPTONITE
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Bald man of advertising : MRCLEAN
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Poisonous mushrooms : DEATHCUPS
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Kin of silverware : PEWTER
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Ancient marine "hazards" : SERPENTS
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Whack : CHOP
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Bergamot, e.g. : PEAR
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Leagues : ALLIANCES
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Attention-grabbing : LURID
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Linguist Chomsky et al. : NOAMS
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Milk: Prefix : LACT
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Gymnastic apparatus? : LIBRABEAM
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Baggy, as clothes : OVERLARGE
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Scheherazade's recital : TALE
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Mil. members : NCOS
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Lake from which the Blue Nile springs : TANA
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Akihito's temple : SHA
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Unconscious : OUT
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Windshield clearer : SCRAPER
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Least fat : LEANEST
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Noble : EXALTED
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Gives proof : ATTESTS
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"La Loge" and "La Grenouillère," e.g. : RENOIRS
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Mooring for a Spanish galleon : ANCORA
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Noted naturalist : DARWIN
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Designer's monogram : YSL
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___-Mokwa ("Hiawatha" bear) : MISHE
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Corsair or Ranger : EDSEL
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1936 Cooper role : DEEDS
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Alpha ___ Minoris (Polaris) : URSAE
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Counterfeit : FALSE
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Rock's Mötley ___ : CRUE
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Perfectly : PAT
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Article written by Nietzsche : EINE
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Get-up-and-go : VIM

Answer summary:
19 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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