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New York Times, Friday, September 8, 1995

Author:
A.J. Santora
Editor:
Will Shortz
12-Down : They're history
TotalDebutLatest
2531/26/19565/22/2005
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RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
41.5234018556%
A. J. Santora

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 This is puzzle # 208 for Mr. Santora. Friday freshness: 40%
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L
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U
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C
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K
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A
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B
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E
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D
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E
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M
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BAR
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G
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O
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O
N
E
I
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J
U
N
O
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G
A
B
O
R
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BAR
BAR
Y
S
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T
A
T
E
S
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G
E
E
N
A
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S
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R
T
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I
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G
O
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C
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N
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C
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A
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BAR
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T
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O
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L
D
E
N
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B
U
R
G
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E
L
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S
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A
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I
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N
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N
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S
S
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L
E
T
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B
R
I
G
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E
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T
A
S
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C
O
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N
A
N
T
H
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E
BAR
BAR
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A
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N
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N
O
N
O
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T
A
R
S
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U
A
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R
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M
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I
E
N
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L
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E
E
R
Y
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C
C
N
Y
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A
S
C
E
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N
D
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N
T
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P
A
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S
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N
O
L
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O
S
T
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H
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A
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R
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A
G
E
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N
T
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S
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A
N
T
A
BAR
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BAR
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A
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BAR
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G
O
F
O
R
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U
N
U
M
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N
I
N
O
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E
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S
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P
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T
Y
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S
C
A
N
© 1995, The New York Times9/8/95 ( No. 16,740 )
Across
1
Way things fall : LUCK
5
Sleeping : ABED
9
Completely block : EMBARGO
14
R.E.M.'s "The ___ Love" : ONEI
15
Goddess often pictured in a peacock-drawn chariot : JUNO
16
"Green Acres" co-star : GABOR
17
Corsairs' base, in olden times : BARBARYSTATES
19
Davis of "The Fly" : GEENA
20
Systematize : SORT
21
"When ___ to sleep..." : IGO
23
100 yrs. : CEN
24
1967 Tony-winning musical : CABARET
27
Sculptor Claes ___ : OLDENBURG
30
Ivy leaguers : ELIS
31
Electrolysis particle : ANION
32
Caledonian loch : NESS
33
Rented : LET
34
Guardhouse : BRIG
35
Greek letters : ETAS
37
Schwarzenegger role : CONANTHEBARBARIAN
41
Taboo : NONO
42
Gobs : TARS
43
Nasser fed. : UAR
45
Bearing : MIEN
47
Hesitant : LEERY
49
Big Apple educ. inits. : CCNY
50
Like certain signs in horoscopes : ASCENDANT
52
Bel ___ cheese : PAESE
53
Cambodia's Lon ___ : NOL
54
East, in Bonn : OST
55
Do or dye, perhaps : HAIR
57
Detective : AGENT
59
Sometime TV soap setting : SANTABARBARABAR
64
Like : GOFOR
65
E pluribus ___ : UNUM
66
Child, in Chile : NINO
67
Succeed : ENSUE
68
Compassion : PITY
69
Read, as U.P.C. symbols : SCAN
Down
1
Of a lung area : LOBAR
2
Release a deadbolt : UNBAR
3
Baseball's Penguin : CEY
4
Canoodles : KISSES
5
Not shut tight : AJAR
6
"Quiet!" : BUTTONIT
7
Comp. reading : ENE
8
Square dance call : DOSIDO
9
Urge : EGGON
10
Ginnie ___ : MAE
11
Cookout item : BARBECUESAUCE
12
They're history : GONERS
13
Apes : ORANGS
18
Young un : TOT
22
TV's Bat Masterson : GENEBARRY
24
Cartoon frame : CEL
25
"Tess of the D'Ubervilles" cad : ALEC
26
Sheet music symbols : BARITONECLEFS
28
Uplift : LIGHTEN
29
___ B'rith : BNAI
31
"Happy Days" hangout : ARNOLDS
34
Shut out : BAN
36
Ski lifts : TBARS
38
Zilch : NONE
39
Truffle, e.g. : EARTHNUT
40
Actresses Grey and Martin : NANS
44
Beefeater bread : RYE
45
Get by : MANAGE
46
Equal-angled geometric figure : ISOGON
48
Relishes : EATSUP
49
Trolley shelters : CARBARNS
51
___ Dame : NOTRE
52
Kind of mater : PIA
56
Pat Boone's "___ Front Door" : ATMY
58
"___ Turn" : NOU
60
"Wheel" purchase : ANI
61
Of atmospheric weight : BARIC
62
Informational miscellany : ANA
63
House of Lords member : BARON

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

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