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New York Times, Thursday, August 15, 1996

Author:
S. B. Whitten
Editor:
Will Shortz
27-Down : Beach terrain
TotalDebutLatest
1810/16/19846/25/1998
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0373311
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.5029920%
Stanley B. Whitten

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {BJQZ} This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Whitten. Thursday freshness: 22%
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© 1996, The New York Times8/15/96 ( No. 17,082 )
Across
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Football executive Hunt : LAMAR
6
Proofreader's direction : STET
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Opposite of "absent" : HERE
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Run off together : ELOPE
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Olympic sport discontinued after 1936 : POLO
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Poles' connector : AXIS
17
Spills (over) : SLOPS
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Garden site : EDEN
19
Equips : RIGS
20
1957 Cooper/Hepburn film title, literally : NOONLOVEINTHE
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Fleet runner : ADMIRAL
25
Circular homes : NESTS
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Some art : PRINTS
27
Biographical data : DEEDS
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Fuel that's burned : PEAT
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Makes livable, as a house : FURNISHES
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Escape : LAM
36
1980's invasion site : GRENADA
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Gnaw at : EAT
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Settles elsewhere : EMIGRATES
41
Batting backstop : CAGE
42
Bowling alleys : LANES
43
Hold protectively : CRADLE
45
Ditch : SCRAP
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Aquatic bird : MOORHEN
49
1951 Grable/Carey film title, literally : THESHOWMEETME
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Pub round : ALES
54
Way to go : ROAD
55
Former swimsuit cover model : TIEGS
58
Building regulations : CODE
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"Caro nome," e.g. : ARIA
60
Zhou ___ : ENLAI
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Jailer's need : KEYS
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1994 Jodie Foster film : NELL
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Musical bars? : RESTS
Down
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Article in France-Soir : LES
2
Exclusively : ALL
3
1941 Ameche/Grable film title, literally : MOONMIAMI
4
Select : APPOINT
5
Vacation destination : RESORT
6
Incantation : SPELL
7
Kind of list : TODO
8
Mountain sign abbr. : ELEV
9
___ of voice : TONE
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Bring under control : HARNESS
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Leaves : EXITS
12
Amendment subject : RIGHT
13
Largest section of a dictionary, usually : ESSES
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TV's "Emerald Point ___" : NAS
22
Where George Orwell was born : INDIA
23
PowerBook maker : APPLE
24
Fantasize : DREAM
27
Beach terrain : DUNES
28
Times to remember : ERAS
29
Intention : END
31
Entertain grandly : FETE
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1979 Heard/Hurt film title, literally : HEADHEELS
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Boy Scout rank : EAGLE
34
"Skittle Player Outside an Inn" painter : STEEN
36
Place for peaks : GRAPH
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Competed : RAN
40
Specs : GLASSES
41
Purplish-red : CARMINE
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Former mile record holder : COE
44
Scoundrel : ROTTER
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Pancake arrangement : STACK
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Daphnis's lover, in Greek romance : CHLOE
47
Slender : REEDY
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Take first, second or third, in the Olympics : MEDAL
50
Mediterranean port : ORAN
51
Exhausted, with "out" : WORE
52
Letters : MAIL
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Gangster's gun : GAT
57
Family member : SIS

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

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