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New York Times, Tuesday, January 10, 1995

Author:
Christopher Page
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Across : Under, in verse
TotalDebutLatest
173/6/19879/16/1997
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.4423951%
Christopher Page

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 32 Missing: {FJKQXZ} This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Page. Tuesday freshness: 89%
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© 1995, The New York Times1/10/95 ( No. 16,499 )
Across
1
Wasn't colorfast : RAN
4
"Le ___ de Monte Cristo" : COMTE
9
Napoleon's force : ARMEE
14
Gardner of "Mogambo" : AVA
15
1935 Triple Crown winner : OMAHA
16
Closes in on : NEARS
17
Coastal area : TIDEWATER
19
Birdlike : AVIAN
20
Unyielding : ADAMANT
21
Driver's need : LICENSE
23
Old town official : CRIER
25
Gets the soap out : RINSES
26
Investigated with "about" : NOSED
29
No-caffeine drink : SEVENUP
31
Drives : IMPELS
33
Freight weight : TON
34
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
37
___ capita : PER
38
Had a hankering : YEARNED
41
Anger : IRE
42
Barber's action : SNIP
44
Stars and Bars inits. : CSA
45
Commandment breaker : SINNER
47
Batman, to the Joker : NEMESIS
50
Astronomer Carl : SAGAN
51
"___ and rejoice": Psalms : BEGLAD
53
Under, in verse : NEATH
55
Largest newspaper in Calif. : LATIMES
57
Became less clear : CLOUDED
61
Chilean port : ARICA
62
Major pipe : WATERMAIN
64
Family car : SEDAN
65
"Hard ___!" (nautical command) : APORT
66
Mr. Gershwin : IRA
67
Idyllic spots : EDENS
68
Legal wrongs : TORTS
69
"___ Miz" : LES
Down
1
Pro ___ : RATA
2
Eager : AVID
3
Zilch, to Zapata : NADA
4
Like Lahr's lion : COWARDLY
5
Mideasterner : OMANI
6
Dull finishes : MATTES
7
Word before more and merrier : THE
8
Jazzman Hines : EARL
9
Tylenol alternative : ANACIN
10
Income : REVENUE
11
Watch's center : MAINSPRING
12
Clear the slate : ERASE
13
Workers of puzzledom : ESNES
18
Host : EMCEE
22
Worth and Castle : IRENES
24
Give new job skills : RETRAIN
26
Small drinks : NIPS
27
Augury : OMEN
28
Full moon occurrence : SPRINGTIDE
30
"___ Ryan's Express" : VON
32
Leave the union : SECEDE
35
Space : AREA
36
Slender-billed sea bird : TERN
39
Palm Sunday mount : ASS
40
Warps : DISTORTS
43
Big-billed sea bird : PELICAN
46
Biblical prophet : NAHUM
48
Marseille moms : MAMANS
49
Pie slice, in geometry : SECTOR
51
World-weary : BLASE
52
Like many seals : EARED
54
On the qui vive : ALERT
56
The Sultan of ___ : SWAT
58
Dublin's legislature : DAIL
59
Dublin's country : EIRE
60
Genetic materials : DNAS
63
G.I.'s address : APO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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