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New York Times, Saturday, April 27, 1996

Author:
F. Hansen
Editor:
Will Shortz
48-Down : "Pardon..."
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Frances Hansen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 4 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 90 for Ms. Hansen. Saturday freshness: 2%
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A
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Y
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E
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S
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G
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O
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R
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O
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O
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M
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A
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N
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R
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R
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M
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T
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L
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B
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Y
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T
W
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N
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T
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Y
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U
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A
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I
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T
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T
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N
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O
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R
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O
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R
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B
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D
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M
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T
Y
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B
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E
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A
N
D
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B
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R
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S
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T
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T
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O
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J
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M
M
Y
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H
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W
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H
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W
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B
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S
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© 1996, The New York Times4/27/96 ( No. 16,972 )
Across
1
Billy Budd's affirmatives : AYES
5
Cio-Cio-San's marriage broker : GORO
9
Land in the Rub al Khali : OMAN
13
Almost red : RARE
14
One may be found near a cloverleaf : MOTEL
15
Mental barrier : BOGY
16
Start of a tribute to the Metropolitan Opera's James Levine : TWENTYFIVEYEARS
19
Like soap operas : EPISODIC
20
Sgt. Bilko : ERNIE
21
E.T. carriers : UFOS
22
Ship of myth : ARGO
24
More of the tribute : ISTOUGHTOIGNORE
31
Hawaiian "gathering place" : OAHU
32
Points of difficulty : RUBS
33
Met guest artist DeLuise : DOM
34
Ship ropes : TYES
35
Detroit Dark Red and others : BEETS
37
Flag : TIRE
38
Additionally : AND
39
Kind of dance : BARN
40
Regretful one : RUER
41
More of the tribute : SOATOASTTOJIMMY
46
Maximum degree : HILT
47
Letters from Greece : ETAS
48
Expect : AWAIT
51
Expiate : ATONEFOR
55
End of the tribute : HEKNOWSTHESCORE
58
"Der Fliegende Holländer" tenor : ERIK
59
___Park : ESTES
60
Singer's concern : TONE
61
Department store department : MENS
62
Walton opera, with "The" : BEAR
63
Coast : SLED
Down
1
"Vissi d'___" (Puccini aria) : ARTE
2
Squawk : YAWP
3
"...___saw Elba" : EREI
4
Like Salome's dance : SENSUOUS
5
Card game similar to Authors : GOFISH
6
Of the ear : OTIC
7
Pastor, informally : REV
8
Cheer for Escamillo : OLE
9
Weber opera : OBERON
10
Loud complaint : MOAN
11
Rural prefix : AGRI
12
Stock page heading : NYSE
14
Me's partner, in a 1936 song : MYDOG
17
Modern protein source : TOFU
18
Safecrackers : YEGGS
22
Month of l'été : AOUT
23
Cookout fare : RIBS
24
Minute amounts : IOTAS
25
Refuse : SAYNO
26
Vamp Bara : THEDA
27
16th-century council site : TRENT
28
Abhorrence : ODIUM
29
Composer of "Miss Julie" : ROREM
30
Manicurist's board : EMERY
35
Object of Canaanite worship : BAAL
36
Once : ERST
37
Cuts geometrically : TRISECTS
39
"Mefistofele" composer : BOITO
42
Speculates : THINKS
43
Utmost extent of one's strength : TETHER
44
Western tribe : OTOES
45
Peerce and Smuts : JANS
48
"Pardon..." : AHEM
49
Had being : WERE
50
Related : AKIN
51
Boy preceder : ATTA
52
Silly billy : FOOL
53
Author Sarah ___Jewett : ORNE
54
Sax or oboe : REED
56
Spider's parlor : WEB
57
Compass point : SSE

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

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