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New York Times, Wednesday, February 15, 1995

Author:
Harvey Estes
Editor:
Will Shortz
40-Down : Does a slow burn
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Harvey Estes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {GJQXZ} This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. Estes. Wednesday freshness: 93%
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© 1995, The New York Times2/15/95 ( No. 16,535 )
Across
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Noted Lyceum instructor : ARISTOTLE
10
Policy postscript : RIDER
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Mexican dance musicians : MARIACHIS
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Dicken's ___ Heep : URIAH
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Say "WHAT!?" : OVERREACT
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Itsy-___ : BITSY
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Funnyman Caesar : SID
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Center of interest : BANK
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Organizational need : SYSTEM
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Yarn measure : HANK
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Opening in the ice : AIRHOLE
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Splotches : BLOBS
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Sweaters? : PORES
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Frightful, in slang : HAIRY
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Evel Knievel, e.g. : DAREDEVIL
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Sea birds : ERNS
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Pub missiles : DARTS
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Garr of "Tootsie" : TERI
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Alexander's home : MACEDONIA
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Be an ecdysiast : STRIP
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Charges (at) : TILTS
39
Collar victims : FLEAS
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Cause to jump : STARTLE
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Bartlett, for one : PEAR
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Synagogue scrolls : TORAHS
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Wilderness home : CAMP
46
Tender spot? : BAR
49
Give the slip to : ELUDE
50
Sewing machine's inventor : ELIASHOWE
52
Bowling Hall-of-Famer Dick : WEBER
53
Like Poe's "Letter" : PURLOINED
54
Twinklers : STARS
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They're not there : ABSENTEES
Down
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Book after Joel : AMOS
2
Sitarist Shankar : RAVI
3
Plenty mad : IRED
4
Army address : SIR
5
Uncle Remus story, with "The" : TARBABY
6
Sinatra film "___ Eleven" : OCEANS
7
Word in an Oscar acceptance speech : THANK
8
Shellac : LICK
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"C'___ la vie!" : EST
10
Carmine : RUBYRED
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Hunting dog : IRISHSETTER
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The same : DITTO
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Canvas prop : EASEL
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Ditty : RHYME
21
Fathers : SIRES
22
Wheeler-dealer : HORSETRADER
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Cardiologist's concern : AORTA
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Femme fatale Theda : BARA
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___ Hayes of TV's "Mod Squad" : LINC
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Helen's abductor : PARIS
27
Dress's bottom : HEM
28
Infernal writer? : DANTE
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Novelist Brittain : VERA
30
Showy flower : IRIS
31
Edge : LIP
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Guys' partners : DOLLS
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Bumstead's boss : DITHERS
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Affixes quickly : SLAPSON
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Having two X chromosomes : FEMALE
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Does a slow burn : STEWS
41
For rent : TOLET
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Caribbean isle : ARUBA
43
Figure skating event : PAIRS
45
Putter, for one : CLUB
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Paleontologist's discovery : BONE
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"Just ___ bit" : AWEE
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1981 Beatty film : REDS
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Ecol. org. : EPA
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Top 40 song : HIT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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