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New York Times, Saturday, August 27, 1994

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Will Shortz
64-Across : Alter
TotalDebutLatest
1332/15/19788/8/2000
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.521912422%
Joy L. Wouk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 127 for Ms. Wouk. Saturday freshness: 0%
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A
2
L
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O
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P
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M
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A
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P
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W
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O
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R
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K
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V
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R
A
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S
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L
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C
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A
M
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A
M
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I
C
A
N
T
R
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A
G
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D
Y
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K
N
O
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G
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N
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S
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N
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I
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S
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U
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N
S
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P
A
R
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E
N
T
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E
R
E
D
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S
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R
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G
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O
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B
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S
C
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N
E
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E
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R
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D
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C
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T
H
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O
D
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O
R
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D
R
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E
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S
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R
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O
O
P
S
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D
E
L
E
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N
O
M
A
N
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R
N
S
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F
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D
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L
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A
D
R
O
N
E
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B
A
R
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L
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S
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S
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C
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O
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N
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B
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G
G
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E
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A
H
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O
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I
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H
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L
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D
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A
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Y
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N
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D
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R
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S
W
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A
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© 1994, The New York Times8/27/94 ( No. 16,363 )
Across
1
Not straight : ALOP
5
Plan : MAP
8
Operate : WORK
12
Ballerina Zorina : VERA
13
Share : SLICE
15
Pierre's date : AMIE
16
Book by 36 Across, with "An" : AMERICANTRAGEDY
19
Russian whips : KNOUTS
20
Families usually share them : GENES
21
Constantine the Great's birthplace : NIS
24
Samovars : URNS
25
Hole number? : PAR
26
Joined : ENTERED
28
Mister : SIR
29
Wad : GOB
32
Prospect : SCENE
33
Fort Presque Isle site : ERIE
35
Chuck-a-luck equipment : DICE
36
Author born August 27, 1871 : THEODOREDREISER
39
Bad word to hear at a china shop : OOPS
40
Take out : DELE
41
Habitual disagreer : NOMAN
42
Pulse takers, briefly : RNS
43
Sustained : FED
44
Southwestern bandit : LADRONE
46
Kind of code : BAR
47
Turkish money : LIRA
48
J.F.K. sight : SST
49
Utter disdain : SCORN
52
Dumbfound : BOGGLE
54
Book by 36 Across : AHOOSIERHOLIDAY
59
Ringo Starr's "___ Song" : NONO
60
Tapered seams : DARTS
61
Irritate : RILE
62
Frog-kicked : SWAM
63
"Kenilworth" woman : AMY
64
Alter : EDIT
Down
1
Rock video award : AVA
2
"Solaris" author : LEM
3
Hematite, e.g. : ORE
4
Common : PARK
5
Coins : MINTS
6
It relates the conversion of St. Paul : ACTS
7
___ cent : PER
8
Hazard : WAGER
9
1976 horror hit, with "The" : OMEN
10
Heckle : RIDE
11
Passe-partouts : KEYS
13
XX : SCORE
14
Cleaned : LAUNDERED
17
Habituated : INURED
18
Petri dish contents : AGAR
21
Adviser of the Greeks at Troy : NESTOR
22
Korean War invasion site : INCHON
23
Brews : STEEPS
25
Bridge support : PIER
27
Grandson of Adam : ENOS
28
Secondary attraction : SIDELIGHT
29
Contrivances : GISMOS
30
Thalassographers' topics : OCEANS
31
Sotheby Parke ___ (auction house, formerly) : BERNET
34
Electrical unit : REL
35
Christian of note : DIOR
37
Baltic feeder : ODER
38
The ultimate : ENDALL
43
Gear for Sally Rand : FANS
45
Peloponnesian city : ARGOS
46
Kind of corn : BROOM
47
It might carry coal to Newcastle : LORRY
49
Without : SANS
50
Vittles : CHOW
51
Lady Chaplin : OONA
52
Widest part : BEAM
53
Colleen's home : EIRE
55
Highest peak on Crete : IDA
56
Produced : DID
57
"The Lion of God" : ALI
58
Besides : YET

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

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