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New York Times, Thursday, January 12, 1995

Author:
Fran & Lou Sabin
Editor:
Will Shortz
16-Across : Proceeds as in a car chase
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2510/5/19949/15/200925
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5444422
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5112039%
Fran Sabin
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1378/3/19559/15/200926
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
19222525221410
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.4913710838%
Lou Sabin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {FQZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Sabin. This is puzzle # 115 for Mr. Sabin. Thursday freshness: 88%
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© 1995, The New York Times1/12/95 ( No. 16,501 )
Across
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More pronounced : ACUTER
7
Ladies : MADAMS
13
Law of the land : STATUTE
14
Run : OPERATE
16
Proceeds as in a car chase : CAREENS
17
They can't be beat : NEMESES
18
Bird: Prefix : AVI
19
Pre-Bond Moore role, with "The" : SAINT
21
"On Boxing" author : OATES
22
Zodiac animal : LION
24
Wooden Mortimer : SNERD
26
Like autumn leaves : SERE
27
Adam's-apple warmer : ASCOT
29
Succession of wins : SWEEP
31
90's cartoon character : REN
32
Yankee #9 : MARIS
34
Governess of Thornfield : JANEEYRE
36
New Hampshire's "Live Free or Die"? : STATELINE
38
Bessemer product : STEELBAR
41
Jalapeño hot stuff : SALSA
44
San Antone sobriquet : TEX
45
Director Lubitsch : ERNST
47
Ugly looks : LEERS
49
Iron pumper's routine : REPS
51
Golden ___ (retirees) : AGERS
53
Turkey meat request : DARK
54
Varsity : ATEAM
56
Giving the once-over : EYING
58
Year in Canute's life : MII
59
Dodgson's illustrator : TENNIEL
61
Utah emblem : BEEHIVE
63
Hall of broadcasting : ARSENIO
64
Was useful : AVAILED
65
Canary's cousins : SERINS
66
Greased the roast : LARDED
Down
1
Throwback : ATAVISM
2
Dance with dips and leaps : CARIOCA
3
New Mexico's ___ Lake : UTE
4
Amer. election day : TUES
5
Lab heaters : ETNAS
6
Oozings : RESINS
7
Habitants' home : MONTREAL
8
Compliment, in a way : APE
9
Deejay's disk : DEMO
10
Precincts : AREAS
11
Total control : MASTERY
12
Three-card monte shill : STEERER
13
La ___, Milan : SCALA
15
Palestinian sectarian : ESSENE
20
Just-born cow? : NEWJERSEY
23
Ibsen, for one : NORSE
25
Hockey great Potvin : DENIS
28
Champion's claim : TITLE
30
Kind of farm : PENAL
33
Prickly pear : SABRA
35
Sniggled : EELED
37
Peelable fruit : TANGELOS
38
Class levels : STRATA
39
Prepares for a fall : TEETERS
40
Tax form deduction : EXPENSE
42
About 6,080 feet : SEAMILE
43
Hit town : ARRIVED
46
Like certain customs : TRIBAL
48
Went downhill : SKIED
50
Better balanced : SANER
52
1983 Indy 500 champ : SNEVA
55
Small model : MINI
57
Duds : GEAR
60
Strauss's "___ Heldenleben" : EIN
62
Holed up : HID

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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