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New York Times, Friday, January 5, 1996

Author:
R. Ross
Editor:
Will Shortz
16-Across : Self starter
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Randolph Ross

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 34 Missing: {GJQWXYZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 30 for Mr. Ross. Friday freshness: 60%
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© 1996, The New York Times1/5/96 ( No. 16,859 )
Across
1
Subject of "The Bridges of Madison County" : LOVEAFFAIR
11
Tree house : NEST
15
Not to be wished for : UNENVIABLE
16
Self starter : AUTO
17
Comprises : CONSISTSOF
18
Gin : TRAP
19
Pol. affiliation : IND
20
Big tops : STETSONHATS
22
TV's Ricky : DESI
24
Freed hostage : RELEASEE
25
Half of a famous comic duo : MEARA
29
Nicholas of "Room 222" : DENISE
30
For all times : CLASSIC
32
Succor : AID
33
Desert dare : LINEINTHESAND
38
José or Juan, e.g. : SAN
39
Humongous : IMMENSE
40
Connects (with) : TIESIN
44
Medical specialist's prefix : OSTEO
45
It's been rubbed the wrong way : ABRASION
47
___ball (popular toy) : NERF
51
Count's place : MONTECRISTO
55
One of the 13 colonies: Abbr. : DEL
56
Head of the class : PROF
57
New York eatery : KOSHERDELI
59
Wise about : ONTO
60
Of an embryonic layer : ENTODERMIC
61
Opposite of alway : NEER
62
Does poorly in Congressional election : LOSESSEATS
Down
1
Clear of thought : LUCID
2
Two-___(court situation) : ONONE
3
Sells : VENDS
4
Minnesota twins : ENS
5
Alamo rival : AVIS
6
Puncher : FIST
7
Oracle's reading : FATE
8
Pollock and Kline, e.g. : ABSTRACTIONISTS
9
Coin flip outcome, in a saying : ILOSE
10
Fix, as a napkin : REFOLD
11
Actor Lane : NATHAN
12
Continental hybrids : EURASIANS
13
Home, to Yanks : STATESIDE
14
#1 at Wimbledon : TOPSEED
21
Social register word : NEE
23
"___Old Cowhand" : IMAN
26
Linguistic suffix : ESE
27
"___said..." : ASI
28
Oysters___season : RIN
30
Brussels-born fashion designer : CLAIBORNE
31
Record writing : LINERNOTE
34
Pinafore, e.g. : HMS
35
Ambulance driver: Abbr. : EMT
36
Date : SEE
37
Quotation notation : ANON
38
Affix, as a date : STAMPON
41
Tolerated : SATFOR
42
Real London ending : ISE
43
Place for Jefferson : NICKEL
46
Maine town : ORONO
48
Tomato blight : EDEMA
49
Kindled anew : RELIT
50
Police officers, in slang : FLICS
52
Last wrapper : SHOE
53
Guitarist Nugent et al. : TEDS
54
Boxcar cargoes : ORES
58
Dr. of rap : DRE

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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