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New York Times, Thursday, June 27, 1996

Author:
R. Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Down : Home contractor's hiree
TotalDebutLatest
1894/27/19948/3/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1814141616120
RebusScrabDebutFresh
31.571,11574%
Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 38 for Mr. Norris. Thursday freshness: 15%
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© 1996, The New York Times6/27/96 ( No. 17,033 )
Across
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Made___of things : AMESS
6
Business abbr. : CORP
10
Victuals : EATS
14
Feathery : LIGHT
15
Jon Arbuckle's dog : ODIE
16
Will Rogers line : QUIP
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Tee off : ANGER
18
Humphrey's "Casablanca" : RICK
19
Radius neighbor : ULNA
20
Everything, with "the" : WHOLEENCHILADA
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Saga : TALE
24
Zip : NIL
25
Everything : THEKITCHENSINK
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Passionate : FIERY
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Weather : LAST
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Teachers' org. : NEA
35
Troubles : ILLS
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Put an end to : CEASE
38
Crux : MEAT
39
Unagi, at a Japanese restaurant : EEL
40
Composer Khachaturian : ARAM
41
Kind of bird : EARLY
42
Everything : FROMSOUPTONUTS
46
___Z : ATO
47
Sea divers : ERNS
48
Everything : KITANDCABOODLE
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Luxury car name : BENZ
56
Servant of Antony in "Antony and Cleopatra" : EROS
57
Not rosy : BLEAK
58
Part of A.D. : ANNO
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Entice, with "in" : ROPE
60
Permission : LEAVE
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Bite : NOSH
62
Raced : SPED
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Like some seals : EARED
Down
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There ought to be one : ALAW
2
Ho Chi___ : MINH
3
Breakfast brand name : EGGO
4
Gazebos, e.g. : SHELTERS
5
Not monochromatic : STREAKY
6
Trumpet relative : CORNET
7
Like some Keats works : ODIC
8
Lucky in the lottery, maybe : RICH
9
Lap dog : PEKINESE
10
Is : EQUALS
11
Anne Lindsay's "___Robin Gray" : AULD
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Actress Louise : TINA
13
Place for a masseuse : SPA
21
"Boola Boola" singer : ELI
22
Dryer detritus : LINT
25
Home contractor's hiree : TILER
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Opening word : HELLO
27
Surgery aid : CLAMP
28
Bamboozles : HAS
29
Powerless to move : INERT
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Actress Patricia et al. : NEALS
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Girl of a 1918 song : KATY
32
Feudal estate : FIEF
36
Crosby and Como, e.g. : CROONERS
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Agua, in Arles : EAU
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Some shrines : MAUSOLEA
40
Cinematic canine : ASTA
41
Elevate : ENNOBLE
43
Seder staple : MATZOH
44
Like big hair, e.g. : TEASED
45
Telescopic sighting : ORB
48
Lotto-like game : KENO
49
Keepers keep them : INNS
50
Small amount : DROP
51
Handle, with "with" : COPE
52
Prized : DEAR
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Wash : LAVE
54
Squeezed (out) : EKED
55
Interdiction : BAN

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

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