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New York Times, Wednesday, October 2, 1996

Author:
K. Hodge
Editor:
Will Shortz
46-Across : Circus employee in Cambridge?
TotalDebutLatest
1310/18/19822/22/2012
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.5974236%
Karen Young Bonin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQVZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Bonin. Wednesday freshness: 47%
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© 1996, The New York Times10/2/96 ( No. 17,130 )
Across
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Zeus's wife : HERA
5
"Nearer, My God, to Thee" writer ___ Adams : SARAH
10
See 59-Across : SALT
14
Tiptop : APEX
15
Critical : ACUTE
16
10 C-notes : THOU
17
Person next door in Honolulu? : HINEIGHBOR
19
Aretha Franklin's "___ No Way" : AINT
20
Tough nut : ACORN
21
Clothes hamper in Gary? : INBASKET
23
Lace with liquor : SPIKE
26
Word on a French valentine : CHERI
27
Musical sets : STEREOS
31
Dapper one : DAN
33
Tea holder in Pittsburgh? : PAKETTLE
35
Make new furrows : REPLOW
40
They can take a yoke : OXEN
41
Wyeth's "___ Pictures" : HELGA
43
Fictional slave girl of Egypt : AIDA
44
Fidget : TIDDLE
46
Circus employee in Cambridge? : MABARKER
48
Tide alternative : ERA
50
Tex and John : RITTERS
51
Tend to the turkey : BASTE
55
200 milligrams : CARAT
57
Pen in Tulsa? : OKCORRAL
59
Weapons limited by 10-Across : ICBMS
64
It means nothing to Nanette : RIEN
65
Jewelry in Pocatello? : IDBRACELET
68
Belly-button type : INNY
69
Family relation : NIECE
70
Grammy : NANA
71
Certain NCO's : SGTS
72
Author Richard Henry and others : DANAS
73
Goon : THUG
Down
1
A little laughter : HAHA
2
Kind of proportions : EPIC
3
Cabinet member Janet : RENO
4
Canner? : AXER
5
Droop : SAG
6
"Oh my," to Ohm : ACH
7
Cube creator : RUBIK
8
Made up (for) : ATONED
9
Sage or thyme, e.g. : HERB
10
Secret supply : STASH
11
"Take ___!" ("Scram!") : AHIKE
12
Recluse : LONER
13
___-frutti : TUTTI
18
Little map on a big page : INSET
22
Dermatologist's case : ACNE
24
Commotion : POTHER
25
Land in the ocean : ISLE
27
Difficult situation : SPOT
28
Danza/DeVito sitcom : TAXI
29
Scraped (out) : EKED
30
Rip : REND
32
Yemen's peninsula : ARABIA
34
Blight victim : ELM
36
Take different paths : PART
37
Go for : LIKE
38
Baltic feeder : ODER
39
Treaties end them : WARS
42
1974 N.L. batting champ Ralph : GARR
45
Once-over, maybe : LEER
47
Hideout for Anne Frank : ATTIC
49
Evangeline's home : ACADIA
51
First name in the Kremlin : BORIS
52
Fit for ___ : AKING
53
Chanel product : SCENT
54
Awards for Neil Simon : TONYS
56
Veep Barkley : ALBEN
58
Orange exterior : RIND
60
Penny : CENT
61
Hardly exciting : BLAH
62
Diner's card : MENU
63
Dateless : STAG
66
Nipper's co. : RCA
67
D.D.E.'s '52 and '56 rival : AES

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

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