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New York Times, Friday, October 24, 1997

Author:
Frank Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
Aaron's son and successor as high priest
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Frank Longo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 54, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJQUXY} Average word length: 6.85 Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzlemakers. This is puzzle # 29 for Mr. Longo. Friday freshness: 100%
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© 1997, The New York Times10/24/97 ( No. 17,517 )
Across
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Woodworking tool : SHAPER
7
Come to an end : LAPSE
12
Shortens a sentence, perhaps : PAROLES
14
Dreadful : HORRID
15
Lose control at a buffet : OVEREAT
16
Forbes alternative : BARRONS
17
Clarion blast : TANTARA
18
She helped Theseus escape the Labyrinth : ARIADNE
19
One in the arms of Morpheus : SNOOZER
20
Monster slain by Beowulf : GRENDEL
21
Like italics : ASLANT
22
Teriyaki spices : GINGERS
23
Close call : NEARDISASTER
25
Andy Capp's wife, often : NAG
26
Acquiescence : RESIGNEDNESS
35
Like fans : ADORING
37
Work on text together : COEDIT
38
Piano relative : CELESTA
39
First, e.g. : LOWGEAR
41
It's full of rye, in rhyme : APOCKET
42
Silver: Prefix : ARGENTI
43
Tooth tissue : DENTINE
44
Cry of achievement : IMADEIT
45
Put right? : INDENT
46
Father of Fauvism : MATISSE
47
They follow Shebats : ADARS
48
Convictions : TENETS
Down
1
Ocelot features : SPOTS
2
One of over 2,000,000 Cubans : HAVANAN
3
Gritty : ARENOSE
4
San Diego's founder Gaspar de ___ : PORTOLA
5
Aaron's son and successor as high priest : ELEAZAR
6
Target of a swift kick : REAREND
7
China and environs, to the French : LORIENT
8
Systematize : ARRANGE
9
Cowboy on a cattle drive, e.g. : PRODDER
10
Preacher's pursuit : SINNER
11
Detroit duds : EDSELS
13
Where Whirlaway waited : STARTINGGATE
14
"The Abyss" star, 1989 : HARRIS
16
Carousel locale : BAGGAGECLAIM
24
Japanese surname suffix : SAN
26
Rival of Montel : ROLONDA
27
Raiser : ERECTER
28
Birds related to the goldfinch : SISKINS
29
Focused : INTENT
30
Habitually humiliated one : DOORMAT
31
Notorious London prison : NEWGATE
32
Added just before time ran out : EDGEDIN
33
Like Simone Martini's art : SIENESE
34
Oligarchy proponent : STATIST
35
"Evangeline" setting : ACADIA
36
Bank : DEPEND
40
Matrimony, bar mitzvah, etc. : RITES

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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