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New York Times, Friday, September 29, 1995

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Down : Firth of Tay city
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 34 Missing: {XZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 45 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 63%
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© 1995, The New York Times9/29/95 ( No. 16,761 )
Across
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Storage : CLOSETSPACE
12
Baseball fans' delights : DOUBLEHEADERS
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"Jane Avril dansant" artist : TOULOUSELAUTREC
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Pitcher : HURLER
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Golfer Ballesteros : SEVE
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"I ___ Rock" (1966 hit) : AMA
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Jerks : ASSES
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Goddess named in the opening of the "Aeneid" : JUNO
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Groucho in "A Night at the Opera" : OTIS
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Beggary : NEED
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Fanlight section : PANE
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Meanness : SPITE
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River's curve : ESS
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Arizona native : PIMA
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Blotto : JUICED
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Debater's entitlement : EQUALTIME
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Drug-yielding plants : ALDERS
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Military installation : SILO
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Confuse : FOG
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Kind of gold : FOOLS
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A word of warning : DONT
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Handouts : DOLE
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Infamous name in spying : AMES
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The Jacksons' hometown : GARY
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"Nobody's Fool" author Richard : RUSSO
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Good times : UPS
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Kachina doll-makers : HOPI
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Cato's epithet : CENSOR
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Wait awhile : COOLONESHEELS
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Begging : ONONESKNEES
Down
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Soup, salad, etc. : COURSES
2
Made quiet : LULLED
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Orchestra positions : OBOES
4
Musical sign : SLUR
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M.I.T. degrees : EES
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Novel featuring Lady Brett Ashley : THESUNALSORISES
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Lover of Endymion : SELENE
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Track star Nurmi : PAAVO
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In unison : ADUE
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This: Fr. : CET
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Not constant : ERRATIC
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Delights? : DOUSES
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Iraqi or Israeli : SEMITE
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Honorific for Macbeth : THANE
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In a box : CASED
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Dr.'s magazine : JAMA
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Humorist-novelist Read : OPIE
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Saint ___ (early Roman bishop) : PIUS
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Sport in a ring : SUMO
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Alphabetic run : PQRS
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Leave in the lurch : JILT
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Sushi fare : EELS
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Bantam : TINY
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"The Afternoon of ___" : AFAUN
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Site of Vandenberg Air Force Base : LOMPOC
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Reply in a playground argument : DOESTOO
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Museum displays : FOSSILS
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Baseball's Gregg et al. : OLSONS
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Physicist Ohm : GEORG
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She became a laurel tree, in myth : DAPHNE
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Firth of Tay city : DUNDEE
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Entrained : GOTON
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Silents star Adorée : RENEE
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Southernmost U.S. city : HILO
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"High Hopes" lyricist : CAHN
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Wooed partner? : WON
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"For shame!" : TSK

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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