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New York Times, Wednesday, April 27, 1994

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
30-Down : Exonerate
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1894/27/19948/3/2024
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
31.571,11574%
Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 3 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Norris. Wednesday freshness: 58%
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© 1994, The New York Times4/27/94 ( No. 16,241 )
Across
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Fitzgerald's forte : SCAT
5
Inter ___ : ALIA
9
W.W. I battle site : YPRES
14
Science fiction's ___ Award : HUGO
15
Persuade cagily : COAX
16
Prime : ELECT
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Bon Ami rival : AJAX
18
Dog command : COME
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Robert Louis Stevenson home : SAMOA
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NO RUNS : HOSIERSBLESSING
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Observatory site? : CLUE
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Prepare to shoot : AIM
25
Have a few : IMBIBE
28
Takes away (from) : DETRACTS
33
Very, to Vivaldi : MOLTO
34
Muscovite, e.g. : MICA
35
Ring around the collar : LEI
36
NO HITS : PLAYWRIGHTSFEAR
40
Actor Wallach : ELI
41
1962 Met ___ Chacon : ELIO
42
Backspace, on a computer : ERASE
43
Lorenz Hart, for one : LYRICIST
46
Razzed : JEERED
47
Music hall tune : RAG
48
Linkletter subjects : KIDS
49
NO ERRORS : ACCOUNTANTSHOPE
57
Reddish equines : ROANS
58
Baker : OVEN
59
Vitamin D source : MILK
60
"...the better ___ you with" : TOSEE
61
Memphis's locale : NILE
62
___ vera : ALOE
63
Flag features : STARS
64
Without much thought : IDLY
65
TV's "___ Blue" : NYPD
Down
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Ayatollah preceder : SHAH
2
King work : CUJO
3
Mideast potentates : AGAS
4
E.P.A. concern : TOXICITY
5
Mount up : ACCRUE
6
Slack : LOOSE
7
Sonnet part : IAMB
8
Kerrigan feat : AXEL
9
"You bet!" : YESSIR
10
Sci-fi energy source : PLASMA
11
The Apostle of the Franks : REMI
12
Coll. course : ECON
13
Buck : STAG
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Be pushy : ELBOW
22
Corrode : EATAT
25
Drive : IMPEL
26
Tart-tongued writer ___ Ivins : MOLLY
27
Washington's ___ House : BLAIR
28
One, for one : DIGIT
29
Cavern phenomenon : ECHO
30
Exonerate : CLEAR
31
Coquette : TEASE
32
Fathered : SIRED
34
Thickness units : MILS
37
Be lordly : REIGN
38
Beginnings : SEEDS
39
Pledge, probably : FRESHMAN
44
One whose work is decreasing? : IRONER
45
Reasons why : CAUSES
46
Bus : JITNEY
48
Sound at sundown : KNELL
49
Some are liberal : ARTS
50
Geezer : COOT
51
___ Grande, Ariz. : CASA
52
Grammy winner Braxton : TONI
53
More than willing : AVID
54
Too glib : OILY
55
Sit (down) : PLOP
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Managed, with "out" : EKED

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