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New York Times, Monday, November 18, 1996

Author:
F. & L. Sabin
Editor:
Will Shortz
7-Down : Manhattan Project project
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2510/5/19949/15/200925
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1.5112039%
Fran Sabin
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.4913710838%
Lou Sabin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 13 for Ms. Sabin. This is puzzle # 124 for Mr. Sabin. Monday freshness: 29%
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© 1996, The New York Times11/18/96 ( No. 17,177 )
Across
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One of the Three Bears : PAPA
5
Dog restraint : LEASH
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"___ It Romantic?" : ISNT
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Misfortunes : ILLS
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Dramatist Edward : ALBEE
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Swirl with a spoon : STIR
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School cutup : CLASSCLOWN
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Moon goddess : LUNA
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Basic belief : TENET
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"You said it!" : AMEN
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Garden of Eden man : ADAM
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Slept noisily : SNORED
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Muscular : BRAWNY
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Pony's gait : TROT
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Like some committees : ADHOC
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Young 'uns : LADS
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Between-meals eater : NOSHER
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Hubbub : ADO
40
Drink cooler : ICE
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Art student's subject : ANATOMY
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On, as a lamp : LIT
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Pie ___ mode : ALA
44
Longtime PBS series : NATURE
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Artist Paul : KLEE
46
Kind of sentence : RUNON
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"...one ___ two!" (Welk intro) : ANDA
50
Gobbles (up) : SCARFS
54
Wreck, as a train : DERAIL
58
1970 Kinks hit : LOLA
60
Poker players' markers : IOUS
62
Catch cowboy-style : LASSO
63
"We try harder" company : AVIS
64
Head of P.E. class : GYMTEACHER
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___-majeste : LESE
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"Stand and Deliver" star Edward James ___ : OLMOS
68
Mister, in Munich : HERR
69
Pretentiously cultured : ARTY
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Harvests : REAPS
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"That's clear" : ISEE
Down
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Early Brits : PICTS
2
Revolutionary hero Ethan : ALLEN
3
City in north Texas : PLANO
4
Declares : ASSERTS
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Fond du ___, Wis. : LAC
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Scat queen Fitzgerald : ELLA
7
Manhattan Project project : ABOMB
8
Underground passage : SEWER
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Redhead's dye : HENNA
10
Cuba, e.g. : ISLAND
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Quiet schoolroom : STUDYHALL
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Ship of 1492 : NINA
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Coal car : TRAM
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Suffix with trick or prank : STER
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Fashion's Karan : DONNA
26
Cautious : WARY
28
Perfectly : TOAT
30
"Garfield" dog : ODIE
31
Pigeon's home : COTE
32
Fibber : LIAR
33
Rights defender, for short : ACLU
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Honor for the A-team? : DEANSLIST
36
Alphabet trio : STU
37
Dance at a Jewish wedding : HORA
38
Improve : EMEND
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Model ___ Nicole Smith : ANNA
45
Pakistani port : KARACHI
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Playwright Sean : OCASEY
49
Oscar ___ Renta : DELA
51
Hardship : RIGOR
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Christopher Morley's "Kitty ___" : FOYLE
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Highest, in honors : SUMMA
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Grave matter? : ASHES
56
River to the Rhone : ISERE
57
Actor Peter : LORRE
58
Bit of a song refrain : LALA
59
Partner of "done with" : OVER
61
"Knock it off!" : STOP
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Road curve : ESS

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

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