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New York Times, Thursday, November 7, 1996

Author:
G. R. Ferguson
Editor:
Will Shortz
4-Down : Language blooper
TotalDebutLatest
225/28/19943/25/2002
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Gerald R. Ferguson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 38 Missing: {GJQXZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Ferguson. Thursday freshness: 49%
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© 1996, The New York Times11/7/96 ( No. 17,166 )
Across
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Shoulder of a road : BERM
5
Magician's word : POOF
9
Succotash ingredients : LIMAS
14
Sneaking suspicion : IDEA
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Wheels of fortune? : LIMO
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___ Gay : ENOLA
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Dove rival : DIAL
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Forefather of the Edomites : ESAU
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Jane Smiley's "A Thousand ___" : ACRES
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Place for picky people? : STRAWBERRYPATCH
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Audio systems, for short : PAS
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Blended ___ : TEAS
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Noted Arctic explorer : PEARY
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London terminus : HEATHROW
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Nut favored in Chinese cooking : ALMOND
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50's political inits. : AES
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Gaelic "Oh my!" : OCH
36
Friend of Charlie Brown : PEPPERMINTPATTY
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Ariz.-to-Kan. dir. : ENE
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Suffix with resident : IAL
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Algonquian chief : SACHEM
43
One in a million : RARAAVIS
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Make a temporary stitch : BASTE
47
Writer Silverstein : SHEL
48
Monte Rosa, e.g. : ALP
49
Diet setback, maybe : CHOCOLATEMOUSSE
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A feather in one's cap : HONOR
58
Delft, e.g. : WARE
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"The Talmadge Girls" author : LOOS
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Goes up against : ABUTS
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African despot : AMIN
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Find fault : CARP
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Sworn body : POSSE
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Blathers : YAKS
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Up for grabs : OPEN
Down
1
Two hearts and others : BIDS
2
Touch up, in a way : EDIT
3
Backside : REAR
4
Language blooper : MALAPROP
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Commoners : PLEBS
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Department north of Paris : OISE
7
First name in Persian poetry : OMAR
8
Hercule Poirot's home on Farraway Street : FOURTEEN
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Go for : LEAPAT
10
One way to pay : INCASH
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Cartoonist Walker : MORT
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Novelist Waugh : ALEC
13
Pane holder : SASH
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"McQ" star : WAYNE
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Bakers' supplies : YEASTS
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First-anniversary gift : PAPER
26
Turgenev lady : ELENA
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Swelling, in England : AMPER
28
Loudly commends : HAILS
29
Authors Henry and Philip : ROTHS
30
Mendelssohn's ___ in E flat major : OCTET
31
Lamenter's question : WHYME
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Gibberish : DRIVEL
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Send (for) : MAILAWAY
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Poet Neruda : PABLO
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Mexican cruise port : ACAPULCO
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Scarves worn to the races : ASCOTS
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Exchange for "my kingdom" : AHORSE
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Church cries : AMENS
49
Bloke : CHAP
50
King of the road : HOBO
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Burden : ONUS
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Janowitz who wrote "Slaves of New York" : TAMA
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QB Kramer : ERIK
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Bar stuff : SOAP
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Needing liniment : SORE
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Armchair athlete's channel : ESPN

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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