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New York Times, Wednesday, January 11, 1995

Author:
Stanley B. Whitten
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Across : Earthly
TotalDebutLatest
1810/16/19846/25/1998
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0373311
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.5029920%
Stanley B. Whitten

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Whitten. Wednesday freshness: 63%
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© 1995, The New York Times1/11/95 ( No. 16,500 )
Across
1
Event for Cinderella : BALL
5
Rewind function : ERASE
10
Grow tiresome : PALL
14
Lily plant : ALOE
15
Claw : TALON
16
Gobi Desert site : ASIA
17
Cape Canaveral sights : LAUNCHPADS
19
Outbuilding : SHED
20
Noon : MIDDAY
21
Hallowed : SAINTED
23
Women's fashion magazine : ELLE
25
Innuendo : SLUR
26
Nautical pulley : FAIRLEAD
30
Hard, glossy finish : ENAMEL
34
Mil. training site : OCS
35
Strip of equipment : UNRIG
37
Southern Filipino : MORO
38
Practical joker's items : WHOOPEECUSHIONS
42
Actress Albright : LOLA
43
Triangular item : DELTA
44
Co., in Caen : CIE
45
Absorb : SOAKUP
48
Very hot day : SCORCHER
50
Punishes in an old way : TARS
52
Folk dance : HORA
53
Earthly : TERRENE
56
Single shot, perhaps : DOSAGE
60
One of the Beach Boys : LOVE
61
1959 Day-Hudson film : PILLOWTALK
63
Double curve : OGEE
64
Bid one ___ (depart) : ADIEU
65
Ashtabula abuts it : ERIE
66
Prohibits : BANS
67
Ferment : YEAST
68
1860's Southerners : REBS
Down
1
Salve : BALM
2
Kyrgyzstan's ___ Mountains : ALAI
3
Noisy : LOUD
4
Bank, sometimes : LENDER
5
Citrus colorant : ETHYLENE
6
Séance sound : RAP
7
"Welladay" : ALAS
8
Fizzy drinks : SODAS
9
Preserve fodder : ENSILE
10
Deli offering : PASTRAMI
11
Connors rival : ASHE
12
More than misled : LIED
13
Young man : LAD
18
Summon for service : CALLUP
22
Sister : NUN
24
Bearing corn : EARED
26
Chickens and ducks : FOWLS
27
Cause for a blessing : ACHOO
28
Sicily, to Sicilians : ISOLA
29
Cuts into cubes : DICES
31
Sponge : MOOCH
32
Banks of Chicago : ERNIE
33
Misfit : LOSER
36
Deep ravine : GULCH
39
Squirrels' hangouts : OAKTREES
40
Protruded : STOODOUT
41
Farm implement : HARROW
46
Egypt, formerly: Abbr. : UAR
47
Settle up beforehand : PREPAY
49
Film V.I.P. : CASTER
51
Derogatory : SNIDE
53
Palatine garb : TOGA
54
Level : EVEN
55
Lamb's name : ELIA
57
Rhine feeder : AARE
58
Having too-easy answers : GLIB
59
___ out (supplements) : EKES
60
Smash setup : LOB
62
Kelly's "___ Girls" : LES

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

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