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New York Times, Saturday, June 29, 1996

Author:
F. Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Down : Can't stomach
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
9110/29/199411/24/20192
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
41.4868687%
Frank Longo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 58, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQVZ} Minimum word length: 4 Average word length: 6.45 This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Longo. Saturday freshness: 99%
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© 1996, The New York Times6/29/96 ( No. 17,035 )
Across
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European farm unit : HECTARE
8
Land whose name means "west island" : ERIN
12
Gallery fare : EXHIBITS
14
Gland: Prefix : ADENO
15
Common insecticide : ACEPHATE
16
Mideastern fiddles : REBABS
18
Control : DISPOSAL
19
Lined up : INAROW
20
Ethyl acetate, for one : ESTER
21
Jet-setter's way of life : FASTLANE
23
Parkway pulloffs : RESTSTOPS
26
"Seascape" playwright : ALBEE
27
B-vitamin compounds : INOSITOLS
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Plumlike fruit : CHINESEDATE
32
What kitsch shows : POORTASTE
33
Sonoma County firm : GALLO
34
Transplants : RESETTLES
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Pen names adopted from others' real names : ALLONYMS
42
Oven-dry : ROAST
43
Tactless : GAUCHE
44
Sea quality : SALINITY
47
Like some South American cultures : ANDEAN
48
Like a Nin novel : EROTICAL
49
Amount after the decimal point : CENTS
50
Go off : DETONATE
51
Early American patriot and journalist Benjamin : EDES
52
Jukebox supply : SINGLES
Down
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Quite a stumble : HEADER
2
Cut out : EXCISE
3
Safekeeping sites : CHESTS
4
Shoulder cape with hanging ends : TIPPET
5
Can't stomach : ABHORS
6
Inlets : RIAS
7
Feminine name suffix : ETTA
8
Sloth's order : EDENTATA
9
Take another vote : REBALLOT
10
Like rocky soil : INARABLE
11
Lack of objections, in a phrase : NOBONES
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Onassis and others : ARIS
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___'pea : SWEE
22
Capital : ASSETS
24
TV knob : TINT
25
Slot machine feature : ONEARM
28
Nice notion : IDEE
29
Caballed : COLLUDED
30
Recent epoch : HOLOCENE
31
rust-colored minerals deposits : IRONHATS
32
"The four Deuces" star : PALANCE
33
Completely infatuated : GAGA
35
Merman of myth : TRITON
36
Gym activity, with "up" : TONING
37
Secular : LAICAL
38
Subject of passing concern? : ESTATE
39
Barbers : STYLES
41
Desires : YENS
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Son of Hera : ARES
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French novelist Pierre : LOTI

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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