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New York Times, Tuesday, January 17, 1995

Author:
Gregory E. Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Across : Pocket bread
TotalDebutLatest
1169/13/199410/17/2005
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086291000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.502306%
Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Paul. Tuesday freshness: 36%
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© 1995, The New York Times1/17/95 ( No. 16,506 )
Across
1
Snitch : SWIPE
6
1986 World Series champs : METS
10
"You said it!" : AMEN
14
More washed out : PALER
15
Over : ATOP
16
Pop singer Laura : NYRO
17
Senator Specter : ARLEN
18
Pro ___ : RATA
19
Bushy hairstyle : AFRO
20
1970 George Harrison hit : MYSWEETLORD
23
Astronaut's "fine" : AOK
24
Catch sight of : ESPY
25
Tropical animals : TAPIRS
27
Bill Haley's band : COMETS
30
Tackle box gizmo : SCALER
32
Jazz's Kid ___ : ORY
33
Stendahl hero Julien : SOREL
35
Wedding guest : INLAW
38
Take à la magicians : PALM
40
Sinatra standard : MYWAY
42
Wise : SAGE
43
February forecast : SLEET
45
Katmandu's land : NEPAL
47
Narcs' grp. : DEA
48
"So Big" author : FERBER
50
Robert Shapiro, e.g. : LAWYER
52
Singer West : DOTTIE
54
Pocket bread : PITA
55
Shoemaker's helper, in story : ELF
56
60's sitcom : MYTHREESONS
62
Composer Janacek : LEOS
64
Nabisco brand : OREO
65
Walkie-talkie : RADIO
66
Landlocked Asian country : LAOS
67
Void's partner : NULL
68
In ___ (stuck) : ABIND
69
Scurriers : ANTS
70
Strike out, as copy : DELE
71
Post offices have them : LINES
Down
1
W.W. II meat : SPAM
2
On one's guard : WARY
3
Woes : ILLS
4
Shortstop Reese : PEEWEE
5
Hemingway and others : ERNESTS
6
"Back to the Future" role : MARTY
7
List shortener : ETAL
8
Baum dog : TOTO
9
"In the Heat of the Night" locale : SPARTA
10
Literary olio : ANA
11
Lerner-Loewe musical : MYFAIRLADY
12
Inaccuracy : ERROR
13
Crannies : NOOKS
21
British college : EPSOM
22
"Tuna Fishing" painter : DALI
26
Bic products : PENS
27
Flatfoots : COPS
28
Ph.D. exam : ORAL
29
1989 Daniel Day-Lewis film : MYLEFTFOOT
30
Underground way : SEWER
31
Applaud : CLAP
34
Sandberg of the Cubs : RYNE
36
"The African Queen" screenwriter : AGEE
37
Abrade : WEAR
39
Track contest : MEET
41
Ivy Leaguer : YALIE
44
Barbershop request : TRIM
46
Football fling : LATERAL
49
___ question (certainly) : BEYOND
51
Japanese mustard : WASABI
52
Perry's secretary : DELLA
53
City SSE of Buffalo : OLEAN
54
Capitalist tool : PROLE
57
Quiz choice : TRUE
58
Terrible rigor : HELL
59
Norse chief : ODIN
60
Supreme Court complement : NINE
61
Lays down the lawn : SODS
63
Draft letters : SSS

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

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