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New York Times, Saturday, April 22, 1995

Author:
Alex K. Justin
Editor:
Will Shortz
4-Down : In one's prime
TotalDebutLatest
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Alex K. Justin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 31 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Justin. Saturday freshness: 41%
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© 1995, The New York Times4/22/95 ( No. 16,601 )
Across
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Kind of guide : SHERPA
7
Everyday : NORMAL
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More unsavory : SHADIER
14
Superimpose : OVERLAY
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Tchaikovsky opera : MAZEPPA
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Noted Miami villa and garden : VIZCAYA
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Has an idea : OPINES
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"___ Lisa" : MONA
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Ebenezer's snub : BAH
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Popular dolls : KENS
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Beside oneself : IRATE
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"Metaphysics of Morals" author : KANT
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Centimeter-gram-second unit : ERG
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Haute ___ (style of horse training) : ECOLE
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Morticia's husband : GOMEZ
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Go against : FLOUT
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Search far and wide : FORAGE
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It may be indefinite : ARTICLE
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Unhinge : DERANGE
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Noted test-marketing site : PEORIA
35
Parthenope, for one : SIREN
36
Gave the glad eye : OGLED
37
Bow's opposite : STERN
38
Voracious appetite : MAW
41
Schubert specialty : LIED
42
Deep-felt : ACUTE
43
Bye : TATA
44
Garry Moore vocalist Denise : LOR
45
Steve McQueen's first major movie, with "The" : BLOB
46
Hitches, so to speak : THUMBS
48
Painting the town red : ONATEAR
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Royal servants of old : FOOTMEN
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Fill up : SATIATE
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Directly toward sunup : DUEEAST
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Money broker : LENDER
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Motionless : ATREST
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Former : SHAPER
2
Risky campus activity : HAZING
3
Idyllic locales : EDENS
4
In one's prime : RIPE
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Drink since 1898 : PEPSICOLA
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Notre Dame name of fame : ARA
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Nay : NOVOTE
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Sheeplike : OVINE
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Iran's Mohammed ___ Pahlevi : REZA
10
Perry Como, affectionately : MRC
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Mobile home dweller? : ALABAMAN
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Bomb : LAYANEGG
13
Cure, in a way : SMOKE
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Popular dice game : YAHTZEE
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Foamy drink : MALT
23
Bounder : ROUE
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It contains 114 suras : KORAN
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Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar : ELCID
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Bridge authority : GOREN
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Put in a kiln : FIRED
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Uncover diligently : FERRETOUT
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1960's-70's flights : APOLLOS
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Important basketball tournament : REGIONAL
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Bear : TOLERATE
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Balanced regimen : DIET
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Proof of attendance : STUB
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Musicographer : SCORER
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Family V.I.P.'s : MAMMAS
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Optimally : ATBEST
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"That ___ so bad" : WASNT
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Having wings : ALATE
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Pupil : TUTEE
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Bit of sweat : BEAD
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Garden hand : HOER
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10th-anniversary gift : TIN
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Many seek its approval: Abbr. : FDA

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1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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