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New York Times, Saturday, February 22, 1997

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Will Shortz
32-Down : Carnival exhibit
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A. J. Santora

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 30 Missing: {FJQWXYZ} This is puzzle # 220 for Mr. Santora. Saturday freshness: 63%
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© 1997, The New York Times2/22/97 ( No. 17,273 )
Across
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Very expensive : BIGTICKET
10
Covenants : PACTS
15
Cut time, in music : ALLABREVE
16
Honor : ADORE
17
Turned off : ALIENATED
18
Noted stage role of 1949 : LOMAN
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Nod, maybe : BID
20
___ Heath of Philo Vance mysteries : SGT
21
Extremely : TOO
23
Literature Nobelist Andric : IVO
24
End of "the end of" : ANERA
26
Process server : SUMMONER
28
Talk over : AIROUT
30
Marital situation : TRIANGLE
31
Inflexible : ADAMANT
33
Brewings : ALES
34
Wife of Saturn : OPS
36
He originated the line "Bury my heart at Wounded Knee" : BENET
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Inspirational talk: Abbr. : SER
38
Agitation : SNIT
39
She played "She" : ANDRESS
41
Holy Week service, for Catholics : TENEBRAE
43
Cleared, in a way : DEICED
47
Jazz trumpeter Roy : ELDRIDGE
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All together : ASONE
49
___ provencale (with garlic or onions) : ALA
50
Suffix with RNA : ASE
51
Barker and others : MAS
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Brig. ___ : GEN
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Home run great : MARIS
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Inclination : READINESS
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Microphone inventor Berliner : EMILE
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Rhythmically : INCADENCE
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Ran : RACED
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Legal officer in charge of reversions of land : ESCHEATOR
Down
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Nursery rhyme start : BAABAA
2
Big Ten team : ILLINI
3
Aircraft : GLIDER
4
Menlo Park initials : TAE
5
30's-50's Arab ruler : IBNSAUD
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Outcropping : CRAG
7
Funny Etta : KETT
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Christmas ___ : EVE
9
Courageous skipper : TEDTURNER
10
"___ Blanca" (1976 hit) : PALOMA
11
Stir : ADO
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Mix together: Var. : COMINGLE
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Itinerant : TRAVELER
14
Misters abroad : SENORES
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Missing : OMITTED
25
Friar cutup : ROASTER
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Straphanger : STANDEE
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Noted groom of 1968 : ONASSIS
29
Coats with coats of arms : TABARDS
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Carnival exhibit : MENAGERIE
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Nash character : ONELLAMA
35
Ode form : PINDARIC
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Clambake delicacy : STEAMER
40
Oceanfront : SEASIDE
42
Unfair : BIASED
44
Penetrating : COGENT
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Teacher of Menuhin : ENESCO
46
Less clear : DENSER
51
Book of the Cath. Bible : MACC
52
Wife of Esau : ADAH
55
Addition to percent : ILE
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One who takes capt.'s orders : ENS
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Teachers' org. : NEA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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