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New York Times, Tuesday, June 28, 1994

Author:
Jonathan Schmatzbach
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Down : Offenses
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
312/15/19945/16/20181
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.5211218%
Jonathan Schmalzbach

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Schmalzbach. Tuesday freshness: 80%
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© 1994, The New York Times6/28/94 ( No. 16,303 )
Across
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Send a Dear John letter : JILT
5
Antarctica's ___ Coast : CAIRD
10
Stain on Santa : SOOT
14
Medicinal herb : ALOE
15
"Golden" song : OLDIE
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Transportation Secretary Federico : PENA
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Prefix with bucks or bytes : MEGA
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Ad: Part 1 : SAIDJULIET
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Ad: Part 2 : TOROMEO
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And others : ETALII
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Lennon's lady : ONO
24
Clinches : ICES
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Ad: Part 3 : IFYOU
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Ad: Part 4 : WONTSHAVE
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Beats : DRUMS
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Judge : RATE
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Dogpatch diminutive : LIL
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Cabbies' credentials: Abbr. : LICS
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Jabbed : POKED
38
Radio knob : DIAL
39
And so forth, for short : ETC
40
Singular person : ONER
41
Gladiator's place : ARENA
42
Medium in which this puzzle's ad appeared : ROADSIGNS
45
Furnishes for a time : LENDS
46
Twilights, poetically : EENS
47
Richmond was its cap. : CSA
48
Queen Victoria's husband : ALBERT
51
Ad: Part 5 : GOHOMEO
55
Sponsor of the ad : BURMASHAVE
57
Snead and Spade : SAMS
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15 miles of song : ERIE
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Floor pieces : TILES
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Wasatch Range state : UTAH
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Prepared to drive : TEED
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Unclogs : OPENS
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Glazier's section : PANE
Down
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Predicament : JAM
2
"___ a song go..." : ILET
3
CBS's eye, e.g. : LOGO
4
Genteel snack spots : TEAROOMS
5
Topper's first name : COSMO
6
Wings : ALAE
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Peculiar: Prefix : IDIO
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Clear : RID
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Downcast : DEJECTED
10
Quite an impression : SPLASH
11
Trompe l' ___ : OEIL
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"Dedicated to the ___ Love" : ONEI
13
Noted Chaplin follower : TATI
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Shoshoneans : UTES
21
Responsibility : ONUS
24
Buries : INTERS
25
Shiftless one : IDLER
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___ Bandito of commercials : FRITO
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New Mexico's state flower : YUCCA
28
Offenses : WRONGS
29
"The Old ___ Bucket" : OAKEN
30
Martian or Venusian : ALIEN
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Article of food : VIAND
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Actress Raines and others : ELLAS
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Indicates : POINTSTO
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Concocts : DREAMSUP
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In addition : ALSO
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Adjudged : DEEMED
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"Buona ___" (Italian greeting) : SERA
47
Judit Polgar's game : CHESS
48
Help a crook : ABET
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Bait : LURE
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Spreadable cheese : BRIE
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Tempest : GALE
52
Browning locale : OVEN
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"Do I dare to ___ peach?": Eliot : EATA
54
Muscat's land : OMAN
56
Fashionable : HIP
58
That girl : SHE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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