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New York Times, Friday, November 8, 1996

Author:
M. Gaffney
Editor:
Will Shortz
22-Down : Ottoman dynasty founder
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
587/24/19949/6/20001
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.6152461%
Matt Gaffney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 34 Missing: {KQVXZ} Spans: 3, (1 triple stack) This is puzzle # 29 for Mr. Gaffney. Friday freshness: 35%
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© 1996, The New York Times11/8/96 ( No. 17,167 )
Across
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Wheedles : CAJOLES
8
Complete and orderly system : COSMOS
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Kind of board : MONOPOLY
15
Army threats? : OCTOPI
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Not shaded : INTHESUN
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Heavy : LEADEN
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Been angered : SEENRED
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Loud : BLARING
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Pottery : WARE
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Homecoming? : RUN
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Labor Dept. section : OSHA
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Glum : SAD
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"___ Boy" ("Tommy" song) : ITSA
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Noted Washington address : STATEOFTHEUNION
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City on the Clark Fork River : MISSOULAMONTANA
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"Interview With the Vampire" actor : ANTONIOBANDERAS
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Laser element : NEON
38
Ladies of the house : MAS
39
Chemistry Nobelist Onsager : LARS
40
Lucrative : FAT
41
Actor Jannings : EMIL
44
Facing : TOWARDS
48
37-Across, e.g. : RAREGAS
52
___-Romagna (region of Italy) : EMILIA
53
Atlanta corporate giant : COCACOLA
54
Turn in : REDEEM
55
Peg : IDENTIFY
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Existing : INESSE
57
Stops : DESISTS
Down
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Retina part : CONE
2
Amount to be raised? : ANTE
3
Sherlock Holmes's chronicler : JOHNWATSON
4
"Orfeo," e.g. : OPERA
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Vanquished : LOSER
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Dodge : ELUDE
7
Dict. listing : SYN
8
Plan jointly, as a prank : COLLUDEON
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Great quantity : OCEAN
10
Military award : STAR
11
___ operandi : MODI
12
Sports event : OPEN
13
Produce strains : SING
14
Wrong beginning : MIS
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The Creator, in Hinduism : BRAHMA
22
Ottoman dynasty founder : OSMAN
23
"Goosebumps" creator R. L. ___ : STINE
24
Must : HASTO
25
Guesstimates : STABS
26
Brains : INTELLECTS
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Coronet : TIARA
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Sub standard? : SONAR
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Jawbone of ___ : ANASS
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Phanerozoic, for instance : EON
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Reply in a French salon : OUIMADAME
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Malt shop orders : FLOATS
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Hamburger's connection : UND
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Hamburger accompaniment : FRIES
41
Shorelines do it : ERODE
42
Fends off, in a way, as a mugger : MACES
43
From Esfahan : IRANI
44
She plays Lois on "Lois & Clark" : TERI
45
Augur : OMEN
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All-inclusive : WIDE
47
Half pints, maybe : ALES
49
___ alone (fly solo) : GOIT
50
Swedish actor Kjellin et al. : ALFS
51
For example : SAY
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11th-century hero : CID

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

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