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New York Times, Thursday, August 8, 1996

Author:
D. J. Kahn
Editor:
W. Shortz
Fiber named for a town in Mexico
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David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {BJKWXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Kahn. Thursday freshness: 93%
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© 1996, The New York Times8/8/96 ( No. 17,075 )
Across
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"Rock of ___" : AGES
5
Press output : APPLECIDER
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Brest bridge : PONT
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Subject of a Longfellow poem : PAULREVERE
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Raised nautically : HOVE
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Be mature : ACTONESAGE
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Short poem : ODELET
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Sounds of dismay : OYS
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Rx giver : DOC
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Ticks off : RILES
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"What happened next?" : AND
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Give a price : QUOTE
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Swear words : IDO
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Negri of silents : POLA
30
Game divisions : TURNS
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Fall mo. : SEP
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Moonfish : OPAH
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Towel word : HIS
34
50's TV game show : MASQUERADEPARTY
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Norfolk inits. : USN
41
Absolute worst : PITS
42
Cenozoic, e.g. : ERA
43
Is snoopy : PRIES
45
Old-fashioned fuel : PEAT
46
Patriotic soc. : DAR
47
Yale students beginning in 1969 : COEDS
48
Barrett of Pink Floyd : SYD
49
Heston film role : ELCID
51
Relevant : APT
52
"What's the ___?" : DIF
53
Fitting-room activities : TRYONS
54
1957 #1 song : CHANCESARE
58
Spanish linen fabric : CREA
59
Down-to-the-wire campaigns : TIGHTRACES
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Subject of peer pressure? : EARL
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Words of despair : ITSUSELESS
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Or ___ (if not) : ELSE
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Terse saying : APHORISM
2
"I like that!" : GOODIDEA
3
Surrounds : ENVELOPS
4
Inscribed slab : STELE
5
Give ___ on the back : APAT
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F.E.C. file entry : PAC
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"Bye Bye Birdie" song : PUTONAHAPPYFACE
8
Chaplin contemporary : LLOYD
9
Atlantic fliers : ERNS
10
Passing grade : CEE
11
Hosp. hookups : IVS
12
Precisely correct : DEADON
13
Cereal plant diseases : ERGOTS
14
Volleyball's Gabrielle : REECE
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Takes up, in a way : ESPOUSES
24
Orchard spray : ALAR
25
Wit : QUIPSTER
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___ Major : URSA
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Debuts : OPENS
30
Eighth in a series : THETA
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Chewable wad : QUID
36
Lost vitality : DIED
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Marine life used for jewelry : REDCORAL
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Workout figures : TRAINERS
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Event in a classified : YARDSALE
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54-Across, e.g. : POPHIT
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Puts new prices on : RETAGS
47
Western plants : CACTI
48
Fiber named for a town in Mexico : SISAL
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Eleve's place : LYCEE
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Classic Latin work "___ Rustica" : DERE
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1979 Polanski film : TESS
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Madame ___ of 60's Vietnam : NHU
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Pennies: Abbr. : CTS
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___ judicata : RES

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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