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New York Times, Wednesday, March 23, 1994

Author:
Cathy Millhauser
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Down : Backdoor
TotalDebutLatest
881/26/19925/15/2011
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410143552
RebusCircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
211.58657442%
Cathy Allis

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 7 for Ms. Allis. Wednesday freshness: 68%
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© 1994, The New York Times3/23/94 ( No. 16,206 )
Across
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Slates : LISTS
6
Provinces : AREAS
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Part of a footnote abbr. : CIT
14
Way of speaking : IDIOM
15
Slacken : LETUP
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Paul's "Exodus" role : ARI
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Kind of scout : EAGLE
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River to the Missouri : OSAGE
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Charles S. Dutton sitcom : ROC
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Performed a Herculean feat #1 : HELDUPTHEBANK
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Fray : BATTLE
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Preliminary figure: Abbr. : EST
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"A Letter for ___" (1945 movie) : EVIE
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Manipulate : USE
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Crony : PAL
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Uncle Sam poster words : IWANT
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Performed a Herculean feat #2 : DIDSHOPLIFTING
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Ile-de-France river : OISE
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Tart apples, informally : MACS
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Performed a Herculean feat #3 : PICKEDUPTHECAR
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___ Bornes (classic card game) : MILLE
45
"Hey, you!" : PST
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Bravo, e.g. : RIO
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Heraldic band : ORLE
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Treaty org. since 1948 : OAS
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Painter Hopper : EDWARD
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Performed a Herculean feat #4 : RAISEDTHEROOF
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List ender : ETC
57
Bad, bad Brown of song : LEROY
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Appoggiaturas : NOTES
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Hilo souvenir : LEI
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Honeymoon follower : SUITE
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Pauperized : NEEDY
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Fast wings, for short : SST
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Save up : AMASS
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Attach an ell : ADDON
Down
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Become prone : LIE
2
TV's Mrs. Morgenstern : IDA
3
Aimed : SIGHTED
4
Rental sign : TOLET
5
Suggest, with "of" : SMELL
6
Baseball's Moises : ALOU
7
Change "potatoe" to "potato," e.g. : RESPELL
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Our 50, to Francois : ETATS
9
Zero : AUGHT
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Admiral sunk with the Scharnhorst : SPEE
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Truck : lorry :: trailer: ___ : CARAVAN
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Type of board : IRONING
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Summons : TICKET
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Unseat : DEPOSE
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".... consider her ways, and ___": Proverbs : BEWISE
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Baby bloomer? : BUD
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"Do___say!" : ASI
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Made fun of, in a way : APED
30
Yen : ITCH
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Column bases, in architecture : SOCLES
33
Nature outing : HIKE
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Mischief-makers : IMPS
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More substantial : FATTER
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1979 World Series champs : PIRATES
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Backdoor : ILLICIT
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Results : UPSHOTS
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Precision-made : CRAFTED
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Tell the world : AIR
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Staff : ROD
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Mushrooms : MORELS
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Concert site : ODEUM
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Skylit courts : ATRIA
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Secretary Shalala : DONNA
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Wined and dined, perhaps : WOOED
54
Wagner heroine : ELSA
55
Regards : EYES
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Tokyo, once : EDO
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Dict. listing : SYN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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