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New York Times, Saturday, March 14, 1998

Author:
Ed Pegg Jr.
Editor:
Will Shortz
27-Down : Boring speech
TotalDebutLatest
55/16/199412/25/1998
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0100121
RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.712777%
Ed Pegg Jr.

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 35 Missing: {QVZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Pegg. Saturday freshness: 91%
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C
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C
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M
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P
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F
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W
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G
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L
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D
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© 1998, The New York Times3/14/98 ( No. 17,658 )
Across
1
Like a certain computer number system : OCTAL
6
Smoked dish : HADDOCK
13
Queen's land : SHEBA
14
TV royalty : RESIDUAL
15
Subject of "It Must Be Love, My Face Is Breaking Out" : CATHY
16
Its home is on the range : TEAKETTLE
17
Big do : AFRO
18
Good as new : MENDED
19
When tripled, a nursery rhyme cry : WEE
20
Classic movie set in Greenwich Village : REARWINDOW
22
"Buddenbrooks" novelist : MANN
23
Blush : REDDEN
24
Senorita's need : TILDE
25
Pioneer radiation researcher : GEIGER
26
Chipper? : PICKAX
27
Stable place : MANGER
28
Saturn, to Jupiter : FATHER
29
Values : WORTHS
30
The Seven Dwarfs, e.g. : HEPTAD
31
Dye-yielding shrubs : ANILS
32
Formed by melting : FUSILE
33
Pass : GOBY
34
Kind of list : BESTSELLER
38
Fraternity letter : ETA
39
Soldier's helmet : TINHAT
40
De ___ (by right) : JURE
41
Hero type : ROLEMODEL
43
Flaming : AFIRE
44
Where mates are commonly found : ENDGAMES
45
Olden magistrates : DOGES
46
Saw fit : DEIGNED
47
Lime, for one : OXIDE
Down
1
Gold statue : OSCAR
2
Irritate : CHAFE
3
Prefix with fluoride : TETRA
4
In an awful way : ABHORRENTLY
5
Nonprofessional : LAY
6
Direct : HEADON
7
Sideways : ASKEW
8
Didn't get a single laugh : DIED
9
C14H9Cl5, familiarly : DDT
10
Beat on foot : OUTWALKED
11
Desk item : CALENDAR
12
Soft tissue : KLEENEX
14
Perform : RENDER
16
Money : TENDER
18
Tiny flies : MIDGES
21
Evaluates : WEIGHS
22
Emmy-winning actor, 1986-88 : MICHAELJFOX
24
Jot : TITTLE
25
Leader in 19th-century Italian unity : GARIBALDI
26
Old Church of England opponent : PAPIST
27
Boring speech : MONOTONE
28
Suitable for a holiday : FESTAL
29
Bet : WAGERED
30
Quiets : HUSHES
32
Warded (off) : FENDED
34
Complex ecologic community : BIOME
35
Composer Cherubini : LUIGI
36
Was a boob : ERRED
37
40's-50's Dodger great : REESE
39
Revenuer : TMAN
42
Halloween prankster's aid : EGG
43
Tumult : ADO

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

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