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New York Times, Saturday, August 26, 1995

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
3-Down : Kind of delivery
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1418/26/19955/9/20241
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311092443303
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
331.591,23673%
Joe DiPietro

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 41 Missing: {FJQV} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. DiPietro. Saturday freshness: 30%
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© 1995, The New York Times8/26/95 ( No. 16,727 )
Across
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Calendar abbr. : THU
4
Surprise : TAKEABACK
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Scrub down, as for surgery : PREP
14
Commonplace : DIMEADOZEN
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They may be caught on a beach : RAYS
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Lack of fitness : INAPTITUDE
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Exceeds the limit : ODS
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Material used to dress wounds : LINT
19
Lost, in a way : THREW
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Equivocated : WEASELED
23
Mail-order encls. : SAES
24
Hagman role : EWING
25
Clarke's "Rendezvous with ___" : RAMA
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Fodder : SILAGE
30
Stands : ABIDES
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Camp awakeners : SNORERS
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Copies : XEROXES
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Comb : DREDGE
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L. Frank Baum character : TINMAN
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Brother and sister : SIBS
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Cut : SHARE
45
Mop up : SWAB
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High : EUPHORIA
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Swiftly : APACE
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Motocross, e.g. : RACE
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Publicity, informally : INK
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Lushness : LUXURIANCE
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"Splendor in the Grass" screenwriter : INGE
57
Airs : PRETENSION
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Conflate : MELD
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Red Cross equipment : STRETCHER
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Be too personal : PRY
Down
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Horse latitudes feature : TRADEWIND
2
Call at port? : HEYSAILOR
3
Kind of delivery : UPS
4
Like the bottom of an eye chart, comparatively speaking : TINIER
5
Blake of films : AMANDA
6
Kind of woman : KEPT
7
Put away : EAT
8
Miners' passages : ADITS
9
DeKlerk's predecessor : BOTHA
10
Sky shade : AZURE
11
Yields : CEDES
12
Grasped : KNEW
13
Superior skill : PROWESS
14
This can find itself in a pickle : DILL
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Take in : SNARE
22
Spurred : EGGED
26
1979 Mel Gibson role : MAX
27
Play the henchman : ABET
29
Portions of joules : ERGS
31
Type of coffee : IRISH
32
Island singer : DONHO
33
Ken Griffey Sr. is one : EXMARINER
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So hot as to burn : SEARINGLY
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Number after cinque : SEI
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Stole : SNEAKED
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Cap : BEANIE
43
Relief : SUCCOR
45
Jet : SPURT
46
Floor worker : WAXER
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Like some accents : ACUTE
48
1985 Prince hit "Raspberry ___" : BERET
50
Hammer end : PEEN
51
French ___ : ALPS
52
Breakout : RASH
55
Popular business magazine : INC
56
Troublemaker : IMP

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4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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