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New York Times, Friday, June 21, 1996

Author:
G. R. Ferguson
Editor:
Will Shortz
22-Down : English architect Sir John
TotalDebutLatest
225/28/19943/25/2002
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0122269
ScrabDebutFresh
1.4511076%
Gerald R. Ferguson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Ferguson. Friday freshness: 81%
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© 1996, The New York Times6/21/96 ( No. 17,027 )
Across
1
Miffed : STEAMEDUP
10
"___as that goes..." : ASFAR
15
Trail guides : OUTRIDERS
16
1953 Oscar nominee : SHANE
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More than a third of the residents of Canada : ONTARIANS
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___de ville (city hall) : HOTEL
19
Golfer's launches : TEEBALLS
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Eccentric : SCREWY
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Pay back : GET
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Now, on "E.R." : STAT
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Smooches : BUSSES
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Law force since 1873 : MOUNTIES
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Mining tunnels : ADITS
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Opposes, as the wind : LEANSINTO
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Hand, to Herrea : MANO
34
Hiker's woes : CORNS
35
Grumble : MOAN
36
Place in space : BLACKHOLE
38
Annuity in France : RENTE
39
Bygone political slogan : ILIKEIKE
40
Coercion : DURESS
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Walkers, for short : PEDS
42
Base V.I.P.'s : COS
43
Blueprint : RECIPE
46
Saddam Hussein, e.g. : BAGHDADI
51
Papal cape : ORALE
52
Like basset hounds : LONGEARED
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None the___ : WISER
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Murmur : UNDERTONE
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Bushels : SCADS
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Savvy : GOODSENSE
Down
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Air particulates : SOOT
2
Air : TUNE
3
Suffix with Rock : ETTE
4
Show horse : ARAB
5
French fighter-bombers : MIRAGES
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Officials of ancient Rome : EDILES
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Passed out : DEALT
8
Amphorae : URNS
9
Letter addenda : PSS
10
Waste receptacles : ASHCANS
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Soldier near the end of a tour of duty : SHORTTIMER
12
Kismet : FATE
13
From square one : ANEW
14
Bank : RELY
20
Flabbergasts : STUNS
22
English architect Sir John : SOANE
23
Phylline's mate, in a 1942 film : BAMBI
24
J.F.K.'s Interior Secretary : UDALL
25
Exodus mountain : SINAI
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Put away for a rainy day : STOCKPILED
27
First name in country music : MERLE
28
Words with all or hole : INONE
29
The "E" in E.-U. : ETATS
30
Loudness measures : SONES
32
Appearance : LOOKS
34
Say "tut-tut" : CHIDE
37
Big ones, to an angler : KEEPERS
38
Some linemen : RUSHERS
40
Persevering : DOGGED
42
Seabee's motto : CANDO
43
Dust-ups : ROWS
44
Folk singer___Anderson : ERIC
45
Bambino's home : CASA
46
Sonny on the Hill : BONO
47
Pudding flavor : DATE
48
"East of Eden" character : ARON
49
Cubs' hangouts : DENS
50
New pensee : IDEE
52
Oaf : LUG

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

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