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New York Times, Friday, April 7, 1995

Author:
Gerald R. Ferguson
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Down : Corn sugar
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225/28/19943/25/2002
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1.4511076%
Gerald R. Ferguson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 40 Missing: {GJKQZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Ferguson. Friday freshness: 71%
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© 1995, The New York Times4/7/95 ( No. 16,586 )
Across
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Blended desserts : FRAPPES
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Nursery item : CRIB
12
Trailblazed : PIONEERED
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"Crazy" singer : CLINE
15
Murmur : UNDERTONE
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Figure in a 1971 mystery : HOFFA
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Lickety-split : POSTHASTE
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Suffered : AILED
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Guinness, e.g. : ALE
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Opposite of runners : PASSERS
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Hydras : POLYPS
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Self-deprivation : DIET
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Notions, to Nicole : IDEES
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Woolgather : DAYDREAM
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Toll : PEAL
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Ballerina Jeanmarie : RENEE
34
Destroy : RUIN
36
Back from the shop : ALLFIXED
38
Mekong, for one : DELTA
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Bounce : OUST
40
Under wraps : HIDDEN
41
Bookstore visitor : BROWSER
44
Song syllables : LAS
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Jeweler's aid : LOUPE
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Some bridge bids : OVERCALLS
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Release : UNTIE
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Arctic hunting grounds : SEALERIES
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Blissful locales : EDENS
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Some Cadillacs : ELDORADOS
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Miffed : SORE
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Suddenly hits : DAWNSON
Down
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Dry sherry of Spain : FINO
2
Land measures : RODS
3
Operating without ___ : ANET
4
Conceivably : PERHAPS
5
Parts of bloomers : PETALS
6
Like a maple leaf : EROSE
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Posted : SENT
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Seclusive : CLOISTERED
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Repeater, maybe : RIFLE
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Construe : INFER
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Abacus parts : BEADS
12
Kind of tent : PUP
13
Bred-in-the-bone : DEEPDYED
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Second drink : CHASER
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Message taker, e.g. : AIDE
22
Dandy : PIP
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Theaters : ODEA
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Faithful, to a Scot : LEAL
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Good wood for floors : YELLOWPINE
28
Corn sugar : DEXTROSE
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Actress Sue ___ Langdon : ANE
30
1771 ballad, "___, Robin Gray" : AULD
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Minim : MITE
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Angry reaction : RISE
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Pulitzer-winning writer Robertson : NAN
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Red flares : FUSEES
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Make out : DISCERN
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Screen Jean : HARLOW
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Willie Dixon genre : BLUES
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Sonata finale : RONDO
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Peripheral : OUTER
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___ charmed life (be lucky) : LEADA
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South African grassland : VELD
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First king of Phliasia, in myth : ARAS
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Venetian beach : LIDO
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Pianist Fleisher : LEON
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Radiator sound : SSS

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 5 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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