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New York Times, Monday, November 7, 1994

Author:
Randall J. Hartman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Randall J. Hartman
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Randall J. Hartman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 43 Missing: {JQVX} Spans: 2 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Hartman. NYT links: Across Lite
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© 1994, The New York TimesNo. 1107 ( 16,435 )
Across
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_____ throat (winter ailment) : STREP
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Duelists' steps : PACES
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"20/20" network : ABC
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Actress Dunne : IRENE
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Spartan magistrate : EPHOR
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Interminable ride : SLOWBOATTOCHINA
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Heavy reading : TOME
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Mine yield : ORE
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Parade stopper : RAIN
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Zenith : ACME
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Each : PER
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Paragraph start : INDENT
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A.P. competitor : UPI
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Where ships run aground : REEF
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_____ Paulo : SAO
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Grand site? : CANYON
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Speaker's stand : DAIS
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German article : EIN
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"Sting like a bee" champion : ALI
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Gum ball : WAD
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Sony rival : RCA
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Bit of butter : PAT
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Castaway's call : SOS
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Mighty mite : ATOM
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Portuguese money : ESCUDO
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Suffix with correspond : ENT
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Client : USER
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Unit of radio frequency: Abbr. : KHZ
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Zone : SECTOR
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"Savvy?" : DIG
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Poet Pound : EZRA
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_____ Diamond : HOPE
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Diamonds, in slang : ICE
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Applaud : CLAP
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Children's game : CHINESECHECKERS
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Kind of closet : LINEN
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Taco sauce : SALSA
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Understand : SEE
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Amherst school, for short : UMASS
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More crafty : SLYER
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Sis or bro : SIB
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Scout unit : TROOP
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Parent, e.g. : REARER
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Went in : ENTERED
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Letterman's Stupid _____ Tricks : PET
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Nut for a nutcracker : PECAN
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Plant louse : APHID
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Intricate problems : CHINESEPUZZLES
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Long time : EON
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Matamoros Mrs. : SRA
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Nick and Nora's pooch : ASTA
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Coalition : BLOC
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Mao's domain : COMMUNISTCHINA
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Lachrymose : WEEPY
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Aperture : ORIFICE
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Spring nymph : NAIAD
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Lone Ranger's pal : TONTO
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Hawkeye State : IOWA
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Canal site : EAR
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Gardner's stories : CASES
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Single : ALONE
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"It's _____ way" : NATURES
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It's between Alta. and Man. : SASK
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John _____ Passos : DOS
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The M of "M.E." : MEDICAL
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One means of payment : CHECK
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With bounteousness : RICHLY
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Shades : TONES
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Unfolds : OPENS
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Gaggle members : GEESE
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Steak order : RARE
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Church niche : APSE
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Actor Gulager : CLU
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Not her : HIM
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Road curve : ESS
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Mercury or Saturn : CAR

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

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