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New York Times, Friday, October 11, 1996

Author:
F. Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
18-Across : Owing money
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
9110/29/199411/24/20192
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
150137142922
RebusScrabDebutFresh
41.4868687%
Frank Longo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 29 Missing: {BFJQUWXZ} This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. Longo. Friday freshness: 48%
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© 1996, The New York Times10/11/96 ( No. 17,139 )
Across
1
Lilliputian : SMALL
6
"Delirious" co-star, 1991 : EMMASAMMS
15
Where the Gia Lan International Airport is : HANOI
16
Drop-in? : PARATROOP
17
Attachment : ADDON
18
Owing money : INTHEHOLE
19
Kind of china : DRESDEN
21
Popular stuffed carnival prize : PANDA
22
"Very well" : YES
23
Londoner's sour brew : ALEGAR
27
Pilgrimage : TREK
28
More icy, informally : SLIPPIER
30
Dander : IRE
31
Pa. hub : PHILA
34
Star of a one-woman Broadway hit, 1980-82 : HORNE
35
Itinerary word : VIA
36
Exceeded : RANOVER
38
Drives insane : MADDENS
40
Onion bits? : ENS
41
One of a Chekhov trio : IRINA
43
Gershwin hero : PORGY
44
Subject of a 1973 ban : DDT
45
It's in the "I" column in bingo : NINETEEN
47
Crocus or freesia : IRID
49
Primp : NEATEN
50
Jacuzzi site : SPA
53
Beats : CANES
55
Entertainment center : RECROOM
57
Where one draws the line? : TICTACTOE
61
Site of ancient Ephesus : IONIA
62
Sources of plumes : OSTRICHES
63
Butchers' offerings : LOINS
64
Scalpers : RESELLERS
65
Age and weight, e.g. : STATS
Down
1
Questionable : SHADY
2
Member of the familia : MADRE
3
Mount Aconcagua's locale : ANDES
4
Creator of Lorelei Lee : LOOS
5
Vic Tayback's sitcom co-star : LINDALAVIN
6
Asthma sufferer's relief : EPINEPHRINE
7
"Whew!" : MAN
8
"D.C. Cab" actor : MRT
9
Word to a doctor : AAH
10
Part of an Army chant : STEP
11
Enlightened Buddhist : ARHAT
12
Mancini masterpiece : MOONRIVER
13
Crumbling : MOLDERING
14
"Blind tiger" : SPEAKEASY
20
Ransom ___ Olds : ELI
24
Major mail ctr. : GPO
25
Inflatable camping item : AIRMATTRESS
26
"General Hospital" regular Sofer : RENA
28
___-mo : SLO
29
Censors : REDPENCILS
31
Jeane Dixon, for one : PREDICTOR
32
Bring up, as an orphaned animal : HANDRAISE
33
Nature guides? : INSTINCTS
37
Land of poetry : ERIN
39
Family head? : DON
42
Teachers' advocate, for short : NEA
46
Letters on a shoe box : EEE
48
Raison ___ : DETRE
50
Braga of "Kiss of the Spider Woman" : SONIA
51
Word with dew or view : POINT
52
Squirrel away : AMASS
54
Windmill blade : SAIL
56
Kind of canal : ROOT
58
Year in Fabian's papacy : CCL
59
Everyday article : THE
60
Burns's "___ the Water to Charlie" : OER

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

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