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New York Times, Friday, February 18, 1994

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Down : Oscar-winning film director Zinnemann
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 4%
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© 1994, The New York Times2/18/94 ( No. 16,173 )
Across
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Suit : BEFIT
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Bit of smoke : WISP
10
___ scratch : FROM
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Town near Bangor : ORONO
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"The ___!" (hmmph!) : IDEA
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Good enough to eat : RIPE
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One-___ : NIGHTSTAND
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Gray's subj. : ANAT
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Disprove : NEGATE
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Go all-out : STRUGGLE
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Washington story, maybe : LEAK
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Remembrance of things past : RELIC
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Easier to count : FEWER
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Turn-of-century Secretary of State : HAY
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Fleece : CLIP
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Hoorays : RAHS
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U.C.L.A. rival : CAL
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Knocked, in a way : JEERED
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She raised Cain : EVE
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One side in an 1862 battle : MONITOR
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1951 Johnnie Ray hit : CRY
41
Disk spinner : DEEJAY
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Exceptional word? : BUT
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Deliberate : MUSE
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Vending machine part : SLOT
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Stewed : LIT
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Firedamps : GASES
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Name in robotry : DETOO
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Over : UPON
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Dinner alfresco : BARBECUE
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Fancy-coiffed bird : HOOPOE
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Nobelist ___ von Behring : EMIL
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Two-___ : EDGEDSWORD
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The L of L-dopa : LEVO
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Scads : ALOT
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___ up (relented) : EASED
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From the top : ANEW
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Popular source of quotes, for short : NYSE
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Sans elan : DRYLY
Down
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Beethoven's birthplace : BONN
2
Spooky waterway? : ERIE
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80-day traveler : FOGG
4
Gulps : INHALES
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Rock : TOTTER
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Dorothy Parker, e.g. : WIT
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G. & S. princess and others : IDAS
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Door stopper? : SENTRY
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Army chaplain : PADRE
10
Box label : FRAGILE
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Three-___ : RINGCIRCUS
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Type of glass : OPAL
13
Dish (out) : METE
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Main : SEA
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Worrier's risk, so they say : ULCER
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Turkish for "ruler" : KHAN
26
Oscar-winning film director Zinnemann : FRED
27
Runoff site : EAVES
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Four-___ : WHEELDRIVE
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Convenient story : ALIBI
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In itself : PERSE
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Not 100% open : COY
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Make a memo of : JOT
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Aids in disguises : DYES
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Photo choice : MATTE
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Balletic put-on : TUTU
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Mr. Average : JOEBLOW
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Sports legend of 1920 : MANOWAR
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With trumpets ablare : LOUDLY
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Spurred on : GOOSED
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Symbol of vastness : OCEAN
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Reward for yrs. of study : PHD
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Gymnastics coach Karolyi : BELA
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"I agree!" : AMEN
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Inflatable items : EGOS
56
Bouquet : POSY
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Heavily damaged city of W.W. II : OREL
58
Swirl : EDDY
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Somme summer : ETE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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