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New York Times, Friday, July 19, 1996

Author:
D. Niles
Editor:
Will Shortz
14-Down : Minks and sables, e.g.
TotalDebutLatest
156/5/19946/27/1997
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8011023
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5813775%
Dean Niles

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 31 Missing: {QVX} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Niles. Friday freshness: 44%
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© 1996, The New York Times7/19/96 ( No. 17,055 )
Across
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Business : AFFAIRS
8
"Innocent Blood" author : PDJAMES
15
Cut, as coupons : CLIPOUT
16
When it's important to read the fine print : EYETEST
17
There are many in a pound : CANINES
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Himmler's command : GESTAPO
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Proclamation : UKASE
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Nest egg of sorts : IRA
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Ebbing and flowing, e.g. : TIDAL
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Word from the lovelorn : SIGH
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Put together : AMASS
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Essence : CORE
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Scaleless fish : EEL
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Full-bodied : OROTUND
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Maternity ward stats. : WTS
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___china (fine porcelain) : DRESDEN
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Declared : SAIDSO
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Handful? : TOT
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An athlete may turn this : PRO
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Puerta del Sol site : MADRID
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"Epithalamion" poet : SPENSER
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Winter cry : BRR
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Locker item : SNEAKER
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Bass, e.g. : ALE
48
Drop : OMIT
50
Desert shade : OCHER
51
1976 hit"___Gone" : SHES
52
Used binoculars, perhaps : GAZED
54
"Little Orphan Annie" villain with "the" : ASP
55
Kind of fright : STAGE
56
Person in a conflict : AGONIST
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Mideast capital : TEHERAN
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Lyric poem : RONDEAU
61
"Juno and the Paycock" setting : IRELAND
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Sunbeam product : TOASTER
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Glues : CEMENTS
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Charged : ACCUSED
2
Less reliable : FLAKIER
3
Worm (out of) : FINAGLE
4
Imitative : APISH
5
"The Last Days of Pompeii" heroine : IONE
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Wish undone : RUE
7
One of the Apostles : STSIMON
8
Mobil Oil symbol : PEGASUS
9
Magenta, e.g. : DYE
10
Quip : JEST
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Cobweb site : ATTIC
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Grasslands : MEADOWS
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Grass for making paper : ESPARTO
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Minks and sables, e.g. : STOLES
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Informer : RAT
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16th-century Italian poet and satirist : ARETINO
25
Fish on many menus : SNAPPER
28
Effluvia : ODORS
29
More calamitous : DIRER
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Regular: Abbr. : STD
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"GoodFellas" fellow : DON
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Jim Backus character : MRMAGOO
38
Fort Apache locale : ARIZONA
39
War of 1812 hero Stephen : DECATUR
40
Freethinker : SKEPTIC
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Hot and dry : SAHARAN
42
Well-turned : ELEGANT
43
Forwards : RESENDS
44
Duke Mantee portrayer : BOGART
46
Sounds at medical checkups : AHS
49
Inclines : TENDS
51
Stone slab : STELE
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Regular fare : DIET
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Biblical son : SHEM
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Encl. with a manuscript : SAE
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Prior to : ERE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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