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New York Times, Tuesday, August 22, 1995

Author:
Gregory E. Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Down : Prospect for oil
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Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJQWXZ} Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Minimum word length: 4 This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Paul. Tuesday freshness: 4%
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© 1995, The New York Times8/22/95 ( No. 16,723 )
Across
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Lullaby : SONG
5
"Betty ___" (1930 hit) : COED
9
Tin Pan Alley grp. : ASCAP
14
"It's a Sin to Tell ___" : ALIE
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Proficient : ABLE
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Billow : SURGE
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Camera's eye : LENS
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Italia's capital : ROMA
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Look of scorn : SNEER
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William Randolph Hearst's home : SANSIMEON
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Like neon : INERT
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"Who has an answer?" : ANYONE
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No sweat : EASY
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Pleased : GLAD
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"Hey, ___!" : MISTER
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Wood shaper : LATHE
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Rock's ZZ Top, e.g. : TRIO
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"Othello" villain : IAGO
40
It's west of Wales : EIRE
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Out of place : AMISS
42
Feet : DOGS
43
Nonesuch : ONER
44
Start for a hero : ROLL
45
Wiesbaden's state : HESSE
46
Thwart : STYMIE
48
Majesty lead-in : LESE
50
Savings plans, for short : IRAS
52
Silent's successor : TALKIE
57
Disciple of Socrates : PLATO
60
Michael Jackson's home : NEVERLAND
63
Salesman Willy : LOMAN
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One who's adored : IDOL
65
"Snug as ___..." : ABUG
66
Words of wisdom : ADAGE
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Medicine tablet : PILL
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Polyhymnia, e.g. : MUSE
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KNO : NITER
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Kett of the comics : ETTA
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Ballantine and others : ALES
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Party dip : SALSA
2
City SSE of Buffalo : OLEAN
3
Fool : NINNY
4
Plaster painting surface : GESSO
5
Mount ___, Israel : CARMEL
6
Bassoon relative : OBOE
7
Adm. Zumwalt : ELMO
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Patriot Silas : DEANE
9
Saintly city : ASSISI
10
Washington Irving's home : SUNNYSIDE
11
Algonquian Indian : CREE
12
Ending with teen or golden : AGER
13
Saucy : PERT
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Pulitzer playwright : INGE
25
Biblical prophet : AMOS
27
Prefix with sphere : ATMO
28
Prospect for oil : DRILL
30
Southwestern art colony : TAOS
31
Hatchery items : EGGS
32
Blush shade : ROSE
33
Composer Janácek : LEOS
34
Grammarian's eyebrow raiser : AINT
35
Deuce topper : TREY
36
Andrew Jackson's home, with "The" : HERMITAGE
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Man, e.g. : ISLE
41
Vicinity : AREA
45
Consider, as a case : HEAR
47
Laundry worker : IRONER
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"A Streetcar Named Desire" name : STELLA
51
Long-billed bird : SNIPE
53
Incan transport : LLAMA
54
Afghan capital : KABUL
55
Occupied : INUSE
56
Fringes : EDGES
57
Keogh, for one : PLAN
58
Felician College site : LODI
59
Latin 101 verb : AMAT
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Rework, as copy : EDIT
62
Bit of a shock : VOLT

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

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