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New York Times, Monday, April 8, 1996

Author:
S. B. Whitten
Editor:
Will Shortz
61-Down : ___out (barely got)
TotalDebutLatest
1810/16/19846/25/1998
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
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Stanley B. Whitten

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Whitten. Monday freshness: 80%
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© 1996, The New York Times4/8/96 ( No. 16,953 )
Across
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Surviving : ALIVE
6
Police radio messages, for short : APBS
10
Come clean, with "up" : FESS
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Rich veins : LODES
15
Word to a fly : SHOO
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"Step___!" : ONIT
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1995 Kline-Ryan comedy : FRENCHKISS
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Monster : OGRE
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Look up to : ADMIRE
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One who works at a stable : HOSTLER
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Free, as a subscription : COMP
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Think out loud : OPINE
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Make misty : BEDEW
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Naval fleets : ARMADAS
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Buckeyes' school: Abbr. : OSU
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Exertion : STRAIN
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Slender : THIN
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Dobbin's dinner : OATS
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Redhead's dye : HENNA
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Hawaiian seaport : HILO
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Filth : MUCK
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Bars at Fort Knox : INGOTS
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Chablis or Beaujolais : VIN
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He's cool : HIPSTER
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Check recipient : PAYEE
51
Quarrel : SETTO
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Walk heavily : SLOG
55
Celebrates : PARTIES
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Make possible : ENABLE
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Words of understanding : ISEE
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Beef entree : SWISSSTEAK
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Close : NEAR
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Riot spray : MACE
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Chicago's ___Field : OHARE
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Concordes : SSTS
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"Iliad," e.g. : EPIC
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Area of corporate expenditure, in brief : RANDD
Down
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Italian auto ___Romeo : ALFA
2
The Almighty : LORD
3
The same as before : IDEM
4
City of canals : VENICE
5
Home seller deposits : ESCROWS
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Inquire : ASK
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___Beta Kappa : PHI
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"Poppycock!" : BOSH
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Middling : SOSO
10
Walker's lane : FOOTPATH
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Ornamental vine : ENGLISHIVY
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Ambulance's warning : SIREN
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Cubic meter : STERE
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Dress's bottom : HEM
22
Square of lawn : SOD
24
Ma or Pa : PARENT
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Cannon's sound : BOOM
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Jacob's twin : ESAU
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Separate-checks occasion : DUTCHTREAT
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Distance : RANGE
31
Class AAA baseball : MINORS
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Med. sch. course : ANAT
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"___Magic Moment" (60's hit) : THIS
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Nastase of tennis : ILIE
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"And Then There Were___" : NONE
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Runs lightly and rapidly : SKITTERS
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Advertiser : SPONSOR
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Luau dish : POI
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Christie who wrote 38-Down : AGATHA
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Rotates : SPINS
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Facilitates : EASES
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"___Miserables" : LES
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Salinger girl : ESME
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Trade : SWAP
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Lima, for one : BEAN
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Cooking fat : LARD
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___out (barely got) : EKED
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Here, in Nice : ICI
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Jiffy : SEC

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

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