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New York Times, Friday, June 14, 1996

Author:
R. Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
43-Down : Fancy
TotalDebutLatest
1894/27/19948/3/2024
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
31.571,11574%
Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {BJQWZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 37 for Mr. Norris. Friday freshness: 45%
1
S
2
T
3
A
4
N
5
D
6
O
7
F
8
F
9
A
10
S
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I
12
D
13
E
14
S
15
H
A
V
E
O
V
E
R
16
G
O
N
E
X
T
17
E
X
I
T
L
A
N
E
18
T
A
K
E
T
O
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A
S
A
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E
R
N
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21
R
E
P
R
O
22
R
A
T
23
S
24
Y
E
P
25
V
E
R
S
E
D
26
E
L
O
P
27
E
28
L
E
29
V
E
R
30
E
M
U
31
D
E
R
I
D
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E
33
R
A
N
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S
T
E
P
35
L
O
N
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G
S
T
O
37
R
Y
38
M
39
A
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L
L
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D
E
P
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M
E
R
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I
44
T
45
S
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A
N
A
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L
I
M
E
48
D
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S
U
M
A
C
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N
A
P
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L
E
S
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C
A
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P
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P
A
P
A
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A
T
T
E
N
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T
H
O
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R
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G
I
N
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G
O
O
G
O
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L
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I
L
L
U
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S
I
O
N
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E
M
P
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R
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V
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C
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S
Y
S
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M
66
E
A
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A
D
© 1996, The New York Times6/14/96 ( No. 17,020 )
Across
1
Tie : STANDOFF
9
Whispered words : ASIDES
15
Entertain : HAVEOVER
16
Follow : GONEXT
17
Turnpike feature : EXITLANE
18
Like almost immediately : TAKETO
19
Film box letters : ASA
20
Sea eagle : ERNE
21
Copy : REPRO
22
Comics expletive : RATS
24
Slangy assent : YEP
25
Experienced (in) : VERSED
26
Get an out-of-state license? : ELOPE
28
Crowbar, e.g. : LEVER
30
Five-foot runner : EMU
31
Mock : DERIDE
33
Skedaddled : RAN
34
Measure : STEP
35
Complicated affair : LONGSTORY
38
Shopaholic's hangout : MALL
41
Banking trans. : DEP
42
Case determinants : MERITS
46
Collection : ANA
47
Fertilized, in a way : LIMED
49
Squawbush, e.g. : SUMAC
50
City south of Ft. Myers Beach : NAPLES
52
Limit : CAP
54
"Down at___Joe's" ('63 hit) : PAPA
55
When some local news is on : ATTEN
56
Red-bearded god : THOR
58
Card table call : GIN
59
Very large number : GOOGOL
61
Fancy : ILLUSION
63
Domain : EMPIRE
64
What "R" might indicate : VIOLENCE
65
Complex : SYSTEM
66
Beach book, e.g. : EASYREAD
Down
1
Without a coat : SHEARED
2
Default consequence, sometimes : TAXSALE
3
Pilot : AVIATOR
4
Bottom line : NET
5
Relief : DOLE
6
Pistil part : OVARY
7
Aromatic herb : FENNEL
8
Stage designer's technique : FREEPERSPECTIVE
9
Govt. employee : AGT
10
Eagle, at times : SOARER
11
Press mechanism : INKER
12
Far back : DEEPSET
13
Limit : EXTREME
14
Resisted, with "to" : STOODUP
23
Highchair hazard : SPILL
25
Ill will : VENOM
27
Tokyo, once : EDO
29
Vineyard need : VAT
32
"The___in sight" : ENDIS
34
Dessert sweetener : SYRUP
36
Treasure : GEM
37
___alienae (legal term) : RES
38
Gets by : MANAGES
39
Makeup class? : ANATOMY
40
Some notebooks : LAPTOPS
43
Fancy : IMAGINE
44
Dessert made from a Brazilian export : TAPIOCA
45
Input, in a way : SCANNED
47
Poe poem : LENORE
48
Cactus___ : DAHLIA
51
On the up and up : LEGIT
53
Some shirts : POLOS
57
Like good behavior, jocularly : RULY
60
Space program acronym : LEM
62
Sun. talk : SER

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1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later.

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