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New York Times, Wednesday, November 16, 1994

Author:
Chuck Deodene
Editor:
Will Shortz
30-Down : Ring of short stories
TotalDebutLatest
4211/16/19942/26/2021
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02398128
CircleScrabDebutFresh
31.5824265%
Chuck Deodene

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 40 Missing: {Q} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Deodene. Wednesday freshness: 97%
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P
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J
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S
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N
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A
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P
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E
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F
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I
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S
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C
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A
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L
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R
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P
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I
L
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X
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E
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C
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G
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U
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H
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A
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D
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R
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K
C
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O
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E
M
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I
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S
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M
I
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T
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S
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L
V
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A
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P
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Y
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L
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Z
A
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A
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E
A
M
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A
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N
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E
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G
A
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N
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T
R
Y
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L
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I
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R
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N
A
R
D
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A
R
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D
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G
O
D
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G
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N
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G
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H
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O
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W
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G
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N
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D
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F
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E
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R
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D
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A
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A
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D
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B
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N
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M
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E
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A
M
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N
D
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B
A
K
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S
T
Y
© 1994, The New York Times11/16/94 ( No. 16,444 )
Across
1
Nightwear, for short : PJS
4
Scruff : NAPE
8
Kind of year : FISCAL
14
PAC donee: Abbr. : REP
15
Holly shrub : ILEX
16
Lock up : ENCAGE
17
Mentalist Geller : URI
18
Roll-call yell : HERE
19
Not digital : ANALOG
20
1991 N.B.A. Rookie of the Year : DERRICKCOLEMAN
23
P.C. messages : EMAIL
24
"___ a Small World" : ITS
25
With, in Wiesbaden : MIT
27
Poet Plath : SYLVIA
29
Wheedle : PLY
30
Maugham's "___ of Lambeth" : LIZA
31
Boiling : ASTEAM
33
Egyptian sun deity : ATEN
34
Sinclair Lewis novel : ELMERGANTRY
37
Lawn-and-garden shop purchase : LIME
39
French playwright Jules : RENARD
40
Saharan : ARID
41
Fourth word of the Bible : GOD
42
Zealous : GUNGHO
46
Phyllis Diller accessory : WIG
47
Los Angeles D.A. Garcetti : GIL
48
Perfumery ingredient : NEROL
49
Kelsey Grammer TV role : DRFRASIERCRANE
54
Phone headquarters : DIALIN
55
Inter ___ : ALIA
56
Party honoree : DEB
57
Drooping, botanically : NUTANT
58
Breath freshener : MINT
59
That, en espanol : ESO
60
Modifies : AMENDS
61
Make muffins : BAKE
62
Eye problem : STY
Down
1
Hardly libertines : PRUDES
2
Philosopher Bentham : JEREMY
3
Football motion : SPIRAL
4
Anarchy : NIHILISM
5
He played Obi-Wan : ALEC
6
Brew coffee : PERK
7
Administrator, briefly : EXEC
8
Faithfulness : FEALTY
9
Mystery writer Michael : INNES
10
Swindle : SCAM
11
Disaster : CALAMITY
12
Ponder painfully, with "over" : AGONIZE
13
Pants part : LEG
21
Competed with : RIVALED
22
J. Paul Getty, for one : OILMAN
26
Bronzed : TAN
28
Noshed : ATE
29
Summoned : PAGED
30
Ring of short stories : LARDNER
32
Flynn and others : ERROLS
34
Move to foreign shores : EMIGRATE
35
Pester : NAG
36
Cut short : TRUNCATE
37
Jurisprudence : LAW
38
Platinumlike metal : IRIDIUM
41
Candlestick Park team : GIANTS
43
K to 12 : GRADES
44
"That's the truth!" : HONEST
45
Good ___ (Dixie chum) : OLEBOY
47
Use a whetstone : GRIND
50
Tartlike pastry : FLAN
51
da-DUM : IAMB
52
Director Kazan : ELIA
53
Rangers locale : RINK
54
Genetic stuff : DNA

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

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