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New York Times, Friday, April 18, 1997

Author:
Martin Ashwood-Smith
Editor:
Will Shortz
4-Down : "You can't teach ___..."
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Martin Ashwood-Smith

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {FJQVZ} Spans: 3, (1 triple stack) This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Ashwood-Smith. Friday freshness: 21%
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© 1997, The New York Times4/18/97 ( No. 17,328 )
Across
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Whisk : CLEAN
6
Comforting words of empathy : ICARE
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Sound at the door : RAP
14
Barbera's partner in cartoons : HANNA
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Rover : NOMAD
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Pueblo pronoun : ESO
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Knock for ___ : ALOOP
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February birthstones : AMETHYSTS
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Decorates, in a way : WALLPAPERS
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Cork's place : EIRE
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Temple of Apollo site : DELPHI
24
"The Jungle Book" setting : INDIA
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Loser's place? : SPA
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Bolts over : RELOCKS
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Pulver, e.g., in "Mister Roberts": Abbr. : ENS
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Range rovers : HERDS
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Terminal activity : EMAILING
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Ne plus ultra : ACME
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Tip : UPEND
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Made a great point : ACED
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Pitcher's place : CAMPSITE
41
Edit : AMEND
42
Portmanteau : BAG
43
1976 Peck-Remick thriller : THEOMEN
45
___-Anne-de-Beaupre, Quebec : STE
46
___ Rogers St. Johns : ADELA
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Roundabout routes : ORBITS
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Jaunt : RIDE
51
Reacting to, as a bad joke : GROANINGAT
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Some Cadillacs : ELDORADOS
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Kind of fairy : TOOTH
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Highway warning : SLO
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In ___ (untidy) : AMESS
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Sharp ridge : ARETE
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Great amount : TON
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Best Picture of 1955 : MARTY
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Copy at the office : XEROX
Down
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Tobacco wad : CHAW
2
Syllables meaning "I forgot the words" : LALA
3
Hydroxyl compound : ENOL
4
"You can't teach ___..." : ANOLD
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Siesta takers : NAPPERS
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Shipshape : INAPPLEPIEORDER
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Boomerang : COMEHOMETOROOST
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Foreign office? : AMERICANEMBASSY
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"Darn!" : RATS
10
Old English letter : EDH
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Quarters : RESIDENCES
12
Harsh : ASTRINGENT
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Impersonate : POSEAS
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Long : YEN
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It may come in cases : ALE
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Man, e.g.: Abbr. : ISL
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___ Na Na : SHA
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Slight sin : PECCADILLO
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Decisive conflict : ARMAGEDDON
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Fun, so to speak : KID
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Like one side of the aisle: Abbr. : DEM
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Cartesian conclusion : IAM
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Seat, slangily : USH
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Presidential monogram : DDE
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Grp. throwing an open house : PTA
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Loathing levies : ANTITAX
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Minimum : BAREST
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"___ Heldenleben" (Strauss opus) : EIN
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Sign of summer : LEO
49
Overnight sensation? : SNORE
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Navigator Vasco da ___ : GAMA
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Attendee : GOER
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One-quintillionth: Prefix : ATTO
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TV's "___-Files" : THEX
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Farm butter : RAM

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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