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New York Times, Monday, June 24, 1996

Author:
M. Schneider
Editor:
Will Shortz
21-Down : ___Fleming
TotalDebutLatest
134/11/19945/22/2024
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.5913563%
Martin Schneider

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQWXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Schneider. Monday freshness: 62%
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© 1996, The New York Times6/24/96 ( No. 17,030 )
Across
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___Doc Duvalier : PAPA
5
J.___Hoover : EDGAR
10
___au lait : CAFE
14
___Corporation (ammunition maker) : OLIN
15
Jules___ : VERNE
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___-friendly : USER
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"Of___and Men" : MICE
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"___the news today..." (Beatles lyric) : IREAD
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"Take___Train" : THEA
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___basket : PICNIC
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"The___Show on Earth" : GREATEST
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"It's___!" ("See you then!") : ADATE
26
Camus's "The___of Sisyphus" : MYTH
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___so on : AND
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Nick at___ : NITE
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___living : EARNA
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TV's "___& Clark" : LOIS
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Hippocratic___ : OATH
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On the___ : LOOSE
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Title for this puzzle : FILLINTHEBLANKS
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"Van Gogh in___" : ARLES
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"Que___..." : SERA
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___River, N.J. : TOMS
46
___the storm : EYEOF
48
Jay___ : LENO
50
Jacqueline Kennedy,___Bouvier : NEE
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"___Fiction" : PULP
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British___ : ISLES
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"The___Heart" : TELLTALE
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Mount St.___ : HELENS
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___Canal : ERIE
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___finish : MATTE
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Get___the ground floor : INON
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"Rock of___" : AGES
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___nous : ENTRE
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___spumante : ASTI
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"...gathers no___" : MOSS
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___the course (perseveres) : STAYS
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"Have a___" : SEAT
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"___and Circumstance" : POMP
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Et___ : ALII
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___Circus : PICCADILLY
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Put___to : ANEND
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___notice : EVICTION
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"___Rosenkavalier" : DER
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Cyclist___LeMond : GREG
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___and a leg : ANARM
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Take the___(fly at night) : REDEYE
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___competition : CUTTHROAT
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Arthur___ : ASHE
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Legal___ : FEES
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Quod___demonstrandum : ERAT
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___Fleming : IAN
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"Not___" ("Think nothing of it") : ATALL
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___-Unis : ETATS
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___Romeo : ALFA
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Bete___ : NOIRE
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___Merman : ETHEL
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___panty hose : NONONSENSE
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Billy Joel's "Don't___Why" : ASKME
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"___in Seattle" : SLEEPLESS
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"Ready or not,___come!" : HEREI
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In___(actually) : ESSE
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The word___ : ISOUT
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Rock's Siouxsie and the___ : BANSHEES
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Go down in___ : FLAMES
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Grand___Opry : OLE
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Manufacturing___ : PLANT
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___Howe : ELIAS
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___player : TEAM
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"Cogito___sum" : ERGO
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"True___" : LIES
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___Kett of the comics : ETTA
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___bene : NOTA
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In a___(agitated) : SNIT
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The old college___ : TRY

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

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