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New York Times, Saturday, March 11, 1995

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Will Shortz
8-Down : Bullish
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1093/27/19862/24/20081
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
4455891028
RebusCircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
921.473796162%
Nancy Nicholson Joline

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JKQWXZ} This is puzzle # 70 for Ms. Joline. Saturday freshness: 17%
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© 1995, The New York Times3/11/95 ( No. 16,559 )
Across
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Impasses : STALEMATES
11
Southern senator : ROBB
15
Yielder : CAPITULANT
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Fashion shade : ECRU
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Baloney : APPLESAUCE
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Bottom of the barrel : LEES
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Connection : TIE
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Muff : ERR
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Boxer Griffith et al. : EMILES
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Mr. ___ of "The Wind in the Willows" : TOAD
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Detailed computer instructions : MICROCODE
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Plaudits : ECLAT
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Game for the record books : NOHITTER
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One of a poetic eightsome : DASHER
32
Ransom ___ Olds : ELI
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Soc. Sec. recipients : SRS
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Look : SEEM
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Vitamin C drinks : ADES
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Pizzetti opera "___ Gherardo" : FRA
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Ad ___ : HOC
44
Bars : ESTOPS
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Empathize with : RELATETO
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___ Land (northern Greenland) : PEARY
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Not really that good : OVERRATED
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Critic's bestowal : STAR
55
Union : MERGER
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C.E.O., e.g. : VIP
58
Year in the Middle Ages : MII
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Countertenor : ALTO
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"Star Wars" or "Alien" : SPACEOPERA
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The Bee ___ : GEES
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Like some vehicles : ALLTERRAIN
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Swirl : EDDY
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Trojans' home base : LOSANGELES
Down
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Took off : SCATTED
2
Cook's thickener : TAPIOCA
3
Routes to the Supreme Court : APPEALS
4
Count Basie's "___ Darlin'" : LIL
5
Vacances time : ETE
6
Ruminate : MUSE
7
Morning sound : ALARM
8
Bullish : TAURINE
9
Letter abbr. : ENC
10
Type of leather : STEERHIDE
11
Survivor : RELICT
12
Wild cats : OCELOTS
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Strain improver : BREEDER
14
Some restaurant workers : BUSSERS
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Miss Piggy's query : MOI
24
Morse code dashes : DAHS
26
Fizzy drink : COLA
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Kickoff point : TEE
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Practice : REHEARSAL
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Early feminist Lucretia : MOTT
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Subj. of psychological study : ESP
38
Genevieve and others: Abbr. : STES
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Roquefort, e.g. : FROMAGE
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Celebrated : REVELED
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Put on guard : ALERTED
43
Contemporaries : COEVALS
45
Haggis ingredient : OATMEAL
46
Steppe : PRAIRIE
47
Aleppo residents : SYRIANS
49
Fleet : ARGOSY
50
Sei halved : TRE
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Pronouncements : DICTA
57
Hammer part : PEEN
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Hamas rival : PLO
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Assn. : ORG
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Grand ___ ("Evangeline" locale) : PRE

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

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