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New York Times, Thursday, April 4, 1996

Author:
M. Diehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
10-Down : Full of juice
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
7711/11/19841/22/20233
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3214720373
RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
31.57592888%
Mark Diehl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 32 Missing: {X} Spans: 3 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Diehl. Thursday freshness: 75%
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H
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I
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C
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S
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S
6
E
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T
8
A
9
T
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E
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D
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A
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M
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A
R
E
A
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P
L
A
Z
A
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L
O
C
O
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T
A
B
L
18
E
O
F
C
O
N
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T
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N
T
S
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S
Q
U
A
W
K
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H
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G
H
C
O
S
T
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D
E
E
23
S
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C
O
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T
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B
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A
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R
S
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O
A
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F
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S
E
R
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A
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C
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S
34
A
S
H
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S
U
L
L
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A
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V
I
T
A
E
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C
L
I
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E
N
T
S
O
F
40
R
E
C
O
R
D
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K
A
N
G
A
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A
R
I
A
S
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N
A
G
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S
P
O
O
K
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S
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A
R
S
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J
E
T
E
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M
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S
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C
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H
O
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A
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S
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I
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U
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Z
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E
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C
H
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N
G
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O
F
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C
L
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T
H
E
S
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H
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M
I
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S
P
O
O
L
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I
S
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P
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E
L
B
A
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T
E
S
T
Y
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N
O
S
Y
© 1996, The New York Times4/4/96 ( No. 16,949 )
Across
1
Pickled utterances : HICS
5
Attack : SETAT
10
Red-coated food item : EDAM
14
Tract : AREA
15
Setting for a 1968 Neil Simon play, with "the" : PLAZA
16
Cockeyed : LOCO
17
What a busboy clears : TABLEOFCONTENTS
20
Chicken's complaint? : SQUAWK
21
Pricey : HIGHCOST
22
TV host Rick : DEES
24
San Francisco's___Tower : COIT
25
Butter units : BARS
28
Lummox : OAF
30
Glacial masses : SERACS
34
Wood used for tool handles : ASH
35
Dictator before Caesar : SULLA
37
Curriculum follower : VITAE
38
What a criminal lawyer clears : CLIENTSOFRECORD
41
A.A. Milne character : KANGA
42
Peace Nobelist of 1987 : ARIAS
43
Slowpoke at the tract : NAG
44
Startles : SPOOKS
46
Word in the M-G-M motto : ARS
47
Ballet leap : JETE
48
Veterans Day honorees : MIAS
50
Back talk? : ECHO
52
Annual vaccine target : ASIANFLU
56
In flames : ABLAZE
60
What a pickpocket clears : CHANGEOFCLOTHES
62
Prefix with sphere : HEMI
63
Sewing kit portion : SPOOL
64
"The jig___!" : ISUP
65
Isle of exile : ELBA
66
On edge : TESTY
67
Given to eavesdropping : NOSY
Down
1
Items in the ring : HATS
2
Where dinars buy dinner : IRAQ
3
Oldest Spanish city in the Philippines : CEBU
4
Side orders, at times : SALADS
5
Was forthright : SPOKEOUT
6
Polar toiler : ELF
7
Dashboard dial, for short : TACH
8
___dye : AZOIC
9
Lively dances : TANGOS
10
Full of juice : ELECTRIC
11
___harm to (leave be) : DONO
12
Romans predecessor : ACTS
13
Guinness superlative : MOST
18
Flock member : EWE
19
Den denizens : THIEVES
23
Nacho topping : SALSA
25
Subsidizes : BACKS
26
Like___in the face : ASLAP
27
Zoo beast : RHINO
29
Vegetation : FLORA
31
United (with) : ATONE
32
Diamond figure : CARAT
33
Papyrus plant : SEDGE
35
Weaving in and out : SNAKING
36
In flames : AFIRE
39
I problem? : EGOMANIA
40
Like Bugs Bunny : RASCALLY
45
Least perilous : SAFEST
47
Adjective for Joe DiMaggio : JOLTIN
49
Ski area : SLOPE
51
Showtime rival : HBO
52
Liniment target : ACHE
53
Satirist Silverstein : SHEL
54
Part of a meter, maybe : IAMB
55
Tabloid topics : UFOS
57
Mr. Moto comment : AHSO
58
Olympian leader : ZEUS
59
Catch sight of : ESPY
61
Army sleeper : COT

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

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