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New York Times, Tuesday, June 6, 1995

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Down : Preoccupy the mind of
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Sidney L. Robbins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 180 for Mr. Robbins. Tuesday freshness: 5%
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© 1995, The New York Times6/6/95 ( No. 16,646 )
Across
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Victim of Corday : MARAT
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Reminder : MEMO
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Kind of tongue : ACID
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Wonderland lass : ALICE
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Graceful horse : ARAB
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Buy U.S. bonds : SAVE
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66 Across laurels : WITHHONORS
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Bridge : SPAN
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Asserted : STATED
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Wiped out in battle : SLEW
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Lover of sweets : ANT
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Suffix with ballad or mountain : EER
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Wan : ASHEN
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Taxi : CAB
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Taste : SIP
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Burlesque : SENDUP
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Wings : ALAE
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Puppeteer Tony : SARG
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Point of view : ANGLE
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66 Across cry : CONGRATULATIONS
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Revolutionary War spy Major ___ : ANDRE
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First of all : ADAM
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Letters on a love letter : SWAK
47
Peep show customers : OGLERS
49
Historic period : ERA
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Napoleonic general : NEY
51
___ Unis (United States, to Pierre) : ETATS
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Time Inc. workers : EDS
55
A Gershwin : IRA
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Puppy bites : NIPS
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Acid salt : OLEATE
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Cincinnati team : REDS
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This puzzle's theme : GRADUATION
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Spoon-playing locale : KNEE
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One turn of an odometer : MILE
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___ operandi : MODUS
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Classify : SORT
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Ripens : AGES
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Trap : SNARE
Down
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Gullets : MAWS
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Landed : ALIT
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Actress Hayworth : RITA
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Eight, to Hans und Franz : ACHT
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Titter : TEHEE
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"___ overboard!" : MAN
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Cupid : EROS
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Miss Maples : MARLA
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Preoccupy the mind of : OBSESS
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Silly one : ASS
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66 Across garb : CAPANDGOWN
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Ill-tempered czar : IVAN
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Car insurance case : DENT
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Black Sea port : ODESSA
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Plains harvest : WHEAT
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Cowboy's rope : RIATA
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City south of Dallas : ENNIS
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Chocolate source : CACAO
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Tag ___ with (accompany) : ALONG
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66 Across V.I.P. : BANDLEADER
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Hardly a libertine : PRUDE
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Arm bones : ULNAE
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Vexatious : PESKY
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White heron : EGRET
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Hostile look : GLARE
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Broadcast again : RERAN
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Substance used to ignite firework fuses : AMADOU
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Reputation harmer : STIGMA
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Offshoot : SPRIG
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Shuts with a bang : SLAMS
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Irritates : IRKS
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City near Tahoe : RENO
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Store event : SALE
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Uniform collar : ETON
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Verdi opera : AIDA
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Visitor's trip : TOUR
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Start of Massachusett's motto : ENSE
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Collection : SET
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___ Moines : DES

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

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