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New York Times, Friday, June 23, 1995

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
40-Down : It doesn't go in circles
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JQVZ} Spans: 6, (2 triple stacks) This is puzzle # 41 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 45%
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© 1995, The New York Times6/23/95 ( No. 16,663 )
Across
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"Actually..." : ASFARASTHATGOES
16
Persisted : STAYEDTHECOURSE
17
1980 Seymour-Reeve love story : SOMEWHEREINTIME
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No for Burns : NAE
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Shapes again : REMOLDS
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Aquamarine, e.g. : GEM
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Arthurian knight who sought the Holy Grail : BORS
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Move about : STIR
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Composed : SEDATE
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Gladdens : ELATES
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Poker Flat chronicler : HARTE
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Shoot-out danger : CROSSFIRE
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"L'___ c'est moi": Louis XIV : ETAT
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Rushmore is one : MOUNT
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Blue hue : TEAL
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Sports doctors' supplies : LINIMENTS
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Hardly windy : TERSE
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U.S. Gold Bullion Depository site : FTKNOX
42
Analyzes sentences : PARSES
43
Quick with a reply : GLIB
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Goes for the bronze : SUNS
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School figure, for short : GPA
49
Emotionally cold person, informally : ICEBERG
51
___ tai : MAI
54
Cold-war collections : NUCLEARARSENALS
57
Law chief : ATTORNEYGENERAL
58
Puts in more chips, e.g. : RAISESTHESTAKES
Down
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Part of P.T.A.: Abbr. : ASSN
2
Columned walkway : STOA
3
"I would give all my ___ for a pot of ale":"Henry V" : FAME
4
Parliamentary stand : AYE
5
Did major editing : REWROTE
6
Stick : ADHERE
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Arises (from) : STEMS
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"Comin' ___ the Rye" : THRO
9
Ends of a loaf : HEELS
10
Defining challenge : ACIDTEST
11
Adenoids' neighbors : TONSILS
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Kind of reaction : GUT
13
Not a copy: Abbr. : ORIG
14
Seal in Disney's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" : ESME
15
Give the impression : SEEM
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Kind of average : BATTING
23
Whitewater sight : RAFTERS
24
Storage spot : SHELF
25
Enjoy something enormously, with "up" : EATIT
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Drained : DRANK
28
Ranks : TIERS
29
Clear the boards : ERASE
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1991-92 U.S. Open tennis champ : SELES
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Jailer's charge : CON
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Daily grind : RUT
34
Switch positions : ONS
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Rivera and Orozco, e.g. : MEXICANS
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"The Miser" playwright : MOLIERE
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It doesn't go in circles : TANGENT
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Coin holders : PURSES
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Picasso topper : BERET
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Twill : SERGE
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Growl like a dog : GNAR
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"___ lid on it!" : PUTA
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Pre-intermission period : ACTI
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Evan from Indiana : BAYH
51
Squiggle, e.g. : MARK
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Aves have them : ALAE
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Cuba and Aruba: Abbr. : ISLS
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___ Altos : LOS
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King Features competitor : NEA

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

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