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New York Times, Thursday, June 13, 1996

Author:
D. J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
"The Substance of Fire" playwright
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16241.551,23753%
David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQV} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Kahn. Thursday freshness: 53%
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S
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W
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A
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G
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B
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A
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S
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S
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O
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P
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L
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E
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L
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C
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A
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A
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S
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G
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L
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A
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S
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I
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T
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H
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D
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Y
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L
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A
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N
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H
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D
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A
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S
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C
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I
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O
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K
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G
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F
T
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H
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I
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G
H
C
S
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E
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G
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R
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A
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G
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M
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S
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E
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D
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P
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N
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K
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B
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U
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P
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P
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© 1996, The New York Times6/13/96 ( No. 17,019 )
Across
1
Booty : SWAG
5
Met singer : BASSO
10
Untanned : PALE
14
As written, in music : LOCO
15
"Encore!" : AGAIN
16
During : AMID
17
Sacramento's ___Arena : ARCO
18
60's actress Demick : IRINA
19
___qua non : SINE
20
Metro cars : GEOS
21
Wire: Abbr. : TEL
22
Toward the end : LATTER
24
Exhortation from Horace's "Odes" : SEIZETHEDAY
27
Get dark : LATEN
29
The first H in 4-H : HEAD
30
Straighten : ALIGN
31
French seasonings : SELS
32
A.F.L.-___ : CIO
35
Pavarotti, to fans : KINGOFTHEHIGHCS
39
Brain scan, for short : EEG
40
Bankrupt : RUIN
41
Paris decree : ARRET
42
TV's "The___Show" : GONG
43
Julianne or Marianne : MOORE
44
Survives another night : SEESTHEDAWN
48
Warhol's genre : POPART
50
___Paulo : SAO
51
Reebok rival : NIKE
54
Newspaper item : OBIT
55
"The Champ" star, 1931 : BEERY
57
Where Jackie Robinson lettered : UCLA
58
Tenant problem, perhaps : MICE
59
"Darn___!" : ITALL
60
Extra : PLUS
61
Hammer head : PEEN
62
Armor plate : TASSE
63
Erotic : SEXY
Down
1
Cinder : SLAG
2
Had on : WORE
3
Challenging in public : ACCOSTING
4
Zero on the scoreboard : GOOSEEGG
5
"The Substance of Fire" playwright : BAITZ
6
Conclude negotiations : AGREE
7
What pirates used to do : SAILTHEHIGHSEAS
8
Subject of a sermon : SIN
9
Tethered : ONALEASH
10
Trattoria offering : PASTA
11
___Island ("Jaws" resort) : AMITY
12
Come-on : LINE
13
Pulitzer-winning critic Richard : EDER
23
Tack (on) : ADD
25
___way (never) : INNO
26
Fabled beauty : HELEN
27
Daytime talk show host : LAKE
28
"I cannot tell___" : ALIE
31
Knievel feat : STUNT
32
Narrative : CHRONICLE
33
Bakery worker : ICER
34
Bone: Prefix : OSTE
36
Nipped in the winter : FROSTBIT
37
"___Camera" : IAMA
38
Adults : GROWNUPS
42
Neighbor of Switz. : GER
44
Enlivener : SPICE
45
Chewed up : EATEN
46
Peerage members : EARLS
47
"The Doings of Raffles Haw" writer : DOYLE
48
Splendor : POMP
49
Prize for "Prelude to a Kiss" : OBIE
52
Ku___Klan : KLUX
53
Effortless : EASY
56
Sorority letter : ETA

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

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