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New York Times, Monday, February 28, 1994

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Will Shortz
11-Down : No blessing, this!
TotalDebutLatest
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Sidney L. Robbins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 44 Missing: {HJKQVWX} This is puzzle # 158 for Mr. Robbins. Monday freshness: 21%
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© 1994, The New York Times2/28/94 ( No. 16,183 )
Across
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Tot's talk, perhaps : LISP
5
Encourages : PATS
9
First-grade instruction : ABCS
13
Stinks : ODORS
15
"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
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Swing around : SLUE
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Like factory workers : BLUECOLLAR
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U, for one : TURN
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Elsie's bull : ELMER
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"Mommie ___" (Christina Crawford book) : DEAREST
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"What's ___ for me?" : INIT
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Take a potshot : SNIPE
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Teller of white lies : FIBSTER
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Stage whisper : ASIDE
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Give the eye : OGLE
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Quick bites : NIPS
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Advances : LENDS
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Baseball's Gehrig : LOU
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Trunk : TORSO
39
Runner Sebastian : COE
40
Remains : DREGS
43
Person of action : DOER
44
King's address : SIRE
45
Illegal inducement : BRIBE
47
Mexican dishes : TAMALES
49
Speak-easy offering : BOOZE
50
Saxophonist Getz : STAN
51
Candid : SINCERE
53
Waiter's jotting : ORDER
56
Actress Archer : ANNE
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Kind of jury : BLUERIBBON
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Bucks and does : DEER
62
Otherwise : ELSE
63
Singer ___ Neville : AARON
64
Lawyer: Abbr. : ATTY
65
Tackle-box item : REEL
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City inside the Servian Wall : ROME
Down
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Tennis shot : LOB
2
Run in neutral : IDLE
3
Body's partner : SOUL
4
Logician's start : PREMISE
5
Sidekick : PAL
6
Sum total : ALL
7
Wart giver, in old wives' tales : TOAD
8
Emphasis : STRESS
9
On a horse : ASTRIDE
10
Edit : BLUEPENCIL
11
No blessing, this! : CURSE
12
Shipped : SENT
14
Fragrance : SCENT
18
Marco Polo area : ORIENT
22
Dye color appropriate to this puzzle : ANIL
24
Vacuum tube : TRIODE
26
Go belly up : FOLD
27
Borodin's prince : IGOR
28
Texas' state flower : BLUEBONNET
29
Balance-sheet pluses : ASSETS
32
Golf club V.I.P. : PRO
34
Illustrator Gustave : DORE
35
Comprehends : SEES
38
Patrick Henry, e.g. : ORATOR
41
Bodega : GROCERY
42
Clothing specification : SIZE
44
Boating hazard : SANDBAR
46
Saharan tribesman : BERBER
48
Newswoman Shriver : MARIA
49
Intelligence-testing name : BINET
51
Actress Thompson : SADA
52
Glamour rival : ELLE
54
River of Spain : EBRO
55
Leeway : ROOM
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"It's no ___!" : USE
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Slippery one : EEL
60
Opposite SSW : NNE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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