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New York Times, Saturday, January 20, 1996

Author:
F. Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Across : Catty comments
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
9110/29/199411/24/20192
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
150137142922
RebusScrabDebutFresh
41.4868687%
Frank Longo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 29 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Longo. Saturday freshness: 78%
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© 1996, The New York Times1/20/96 ( No. 16,874 )
Across
1
Office accessory : DESKLAMP
9
Emergency room supply : PLASMA
15
Certain rifle : REPEATER
16
Vital passages : AORTAS
17
409, e.g. : AREACODE
18
Track meet officials : TIMERS
19
Boons : GODSENDS
20
Sheathe : ENCASE
21
United competitor : DELTA
23
Ending with win or hand : SOME
24
Tangled hair mass : SHAG
28
Catty comments : MEOWS
30
Eraser Mate alternative : BIC
32
So far : TODATE
34
Piece of hard candy : SOURBALL
37
Insecticides : ALDRINS
39
By the rules : LICITLY
40
Literal : VERBATIM
42
Cut deeply : GASHED
43
From Okla. City to Birmingham : ESE
44
Extra : SPARE
46
In___ (actually) : ESSE
47
Adherents : ISTS
50
Sneaked : SLUNK
52
Having a handle : ANSATE
54
Yank : AMERICAN
59
Hang out : LOITER
60
Crown, as a sovereign : CORONATE
61
History : ANNALS
62
Tissue paper sounds : CRINKLES
63
Never forgive oneself : REGRET
64
Sizes up : ASSESSES
Down
1
Complete bore : DRAG
2
Finnish skiing gold medalist Mäntyranta : EERO
3
Put the pedal to the metal : SPED
4
Large green parrots : KEAS
5
Spiked : LACED
6
Reparations : ATONEMENTS
7
Butt in : MEDDLE
8
Fast musical passages : PRESTOS
9
Head : PATE
10
Section of the body : LOINS
11
Noted name in steel : ARMCO
12
Health spa offerings : STEAMBATHS
13
Large Mediterranean port : MARSEILLES
14
Cape fox : ASSE
22
Lost leatherneck : AWOL
24
Rung : STAVE
25
Aces : HOLESINONE
26
Speaking to : ADDRESSING
27
Habiliments : GARB
29
Unique : SUIGENERIS
31
Playwright Fitch : CLYDE
33
Member of the familia : TIA
35
Alternative to Magnavox : RCA
36
Cold north wind : BISE
38
Thimblefuls : SIPS
41
Cane : MALACCA
45
They spread quickly : RUMORS
48
Khan's subject : TATAR
49
Commemorative stone : STELE
51
100 ore : KRONE
52
Wing-shaped : ALAR
53
Once, long ago : ERST
55
Finalizes the deal : INKS
56
Jazzman Tjader et al. : CALS
57
To___(just right) : ATEE
58
Early 60's TV hero : NESS

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3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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