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New York Times, Wednesday, April 30, 1997

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Down : Cheech of Cheech and Chong
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1938/7/199612/22/202321
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
385152119522716
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
531.631,16472%
Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {HQ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Quigley. Wednesday freshness: 65%
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J
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A
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P
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E
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D
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S
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T
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E
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V
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U
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M
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P
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A
R
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N
A
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K
A
L
A
M
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A
Z
O
O
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G
O
O
D
B
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Y
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C
O
L
U
M
B
U
S
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S
O
N
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N
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W
T
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W
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T
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P
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W
S
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R
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E
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M
A
K
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S
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A
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L
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W
A
Y
S
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C
A
M
A
Y
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L
I
R
A
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C
O
L
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N
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F
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E
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E
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A
F
A
R
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E
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W
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L
L
T
O
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A
R
M
S
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R
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P
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L
I
D
D
Y
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B
O
M
P
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M
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L
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S
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Z
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E
E
M
A
N
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B
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E
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W
A
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L
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T
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R
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R
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L
U
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G
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N
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E
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W
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A
R
R
I
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V
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E
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D
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C
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R
O
M
A
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W
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N
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B
A
G
O
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N
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V
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L
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X
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© 1997, The New York Times4/30/97 ( No. 17,340 )
Across
1
Made fun of : JAPED
6
Comic Martin : STEVE
11
Object of invective, often : UMP
14
Concert venue : ARENA
15
Site of Western Michigan University : KALAMAZOO
17
1959 Philip Roth book : GOODBYECOLUMBUS
19
Part of the Holy Trinity : SON
20
First name on Capitol Hill : NEWT
21
Cold war side, with "the" : WEST
22
Seats with cushions : PEWS
23
1932 and 1981 "Tarzan" films, e.g. : REMAKES
26
Inevitably : ALWAYS
29
Dove rival : CAMAY
30
Coin no longer minted : LIRA
31
Gen. Powell : COLIN
32
Charge : FEE
35
Hemingway novel of 1929 : AFAREWELLTOARMS
39
Abbr. for 20-Across, in two ways : REP
40
Watergate co-conspirator : LIDDY
41
Nonsense word repeated in a 1961 hit : BOMP
42
Chemistry measurements : MOLES
43
1902 Physics Nobelist Pieter : ZEEMAN
45
Loudly laments : BEWAILS
48
Add color to : TINT
49
Seat : REAR
50
The "pneumo" in pneumonia : LUNG
51
Untapped : NEW
54
1958 Mario Lanza song : ARRIVEDERCIROMA
59
Popular motor home : WINNEBAGO
60
Writer Shute : NEVIL
61
Article in France Soir : LES
62
Give : ENDOW
63
Ennoble : EXALT
Down
1
Certain sports cars, informally : JAGS
2
Suffix with buck : AROO
3
Drudge : PEON
4
Get rid of : END
5
Actor Coleman : DABNEY
6
Biases : SKEWS
7
Mediator's skill : TACT
8
"Hold On Tight" rock band : ELO
9
Kilmer of "The Saint" : VAL
10
Aussie bird : EMU
11
Language spoken in Tashkent : UZBEK
12
Cursor mover : MOUSE
13
Puts up, as a computer message : POSTS
16
Home products company : AMWAY
18
Evergreens : YEWS
22
Jack of 50's-60's TV : PAAR
23
Come-from-behind attempt : RALLY
24
Send out : EMIT
25
Jorge's hand : MANO
26
Winglike : ALAR
27
Never-ending sentence? : LIFE
28
Scarf : WRAP
29
Causes of some absences : COLDS
31
Turns over : CEDES
32
Gift tag word : FROM
33
Austen heroine : EMMA
34
Cable staple : ESPN
36
"The Time Machine" race : ELOI
37
Something left behind : WILL
38
Help : ABET
42
Cheech of Cheech and Chong : MARIN
43
Vitamin additive : ZINC
44
Head of a train : ENGINE
45
More than a scuffle : BRAWL
46
Chill-inducing : EERIE
47
Alerts : WARNS
48
"Presumed Innocent" author : TUROW
50
Lincoln Log competitor : LEGO
51
Astronomer's sighting : NOVA
52
Disney's "___ and the Detectives" : EMIL
53
Cartoonist Kelly : WALT
55
Churchill symbol : VEE
56
Surveyor's dir. : EBN
57
Pop : DAD
58
Latin ruler : REX

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

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