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New York Times, Saturday, October 28, 1995

Author:
Chuck Deodene
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Across : Typify
TotalDebutLatest
4211/16/19942/26/2021
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
02398128
CircleScrabDebutFresh
31.5824265%
Chuck Deodene

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 30 Missing: {HJQ} This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Deodene. Saturday freshness: 62%
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© 1995, The New York Times10/28/95 ( No. 16,790 )
Across
1
Company agent : SALESREP
9
Yellow hue : LEMON
14
Lincoln or Infiniti, e.g. : LUXURYCAR
15
Pointed arch : OGIVE
16
Loathe : ABOMINATE
17
Place for locks : CANAL
18
Knack : TALENT
19
Fish-cleaning tools : SCALERS
21
Steel base : IRON
22
Blasting compound : AMATOL
25
1946 song "A Rainy Night in ___" : RIO
26
Kook : NUT
27
Midwest tornado site, 4/3/74 : XENIA
28
Scientist Pavlov : IVAN
29
Canadian physician Sir William : OSLER
32
Some bishops : ANGLICANS
34
Newfoundland lighthouse site : BELLEISLE
36
Verdi opera : RIGOLETTO
39
Velveeta maker : KRAFT
43
"Time ___ My Side" : ISON
44
St. ___ (third-century child-martyr) : VITUS
46
Whiz-bang : PRO
47
Pen's partner : COB
48
Most congenial : NICEST
49
Words from stubborn Scots : NAES
50
Egyptian relic : OBELISK
52
Geological formations : ARETES
54
Hawk's weapon : TALON
55
Typify : EPITOMIZE
58
Clan : TRIBE
59
Oysters' milieu : TIDEWATER
60
Emmy-winning Ed : ASNER
61
Dickens's Miss Havisham, e.g. : SPINSTER
Down
1
Some auto imports : SUBARUS
2
Speckled salamander : AXOLOTL
3
Light bulb unit : LUMEN
4
Irish lass's name : ERIN
5
Grammarian's concern : SYNTAX
6
Elvis's record label : RCA
7
Graze : EAT
8
Distinguished : PRESTIGIOUS
9
Townie : LOCAL
10
Alike, to Jacques : EGAL
11
Daughter of Jupiter : MINERVA
12
Of a reproductive gland : OVARIAN
13
Wrestling holds : NELSONS
14
Univision TV viewer : LATINO
20
Scuttle load : COALS
23
Food vouchers : MEALTICKETS
24
Bening of "The Grifters" : ANNETTE
28
Bakery gizmo : ICER
30
Dark : EBON
31
Theologians' subj. : REL
33
Lot : ILK
35
Informal wear : LEVIS
36
Italian cheese : RICOTTA
37
They're found between highs and lows : ISOBARS
38
Fine French tapestry : GOBELIN
40
Mineral in the teeth : APATITE
41
Supermarket section : FREEZER
42
Salad preparer, maybe : TOSSER
45
New York Bay's ___ Island : STATEN
48
West Coast gridder : NINER
49
Thread: Prefix : NEMAT
51
Part of a leaf, perhaps : LOBE
53
Wrangles : ROWS
56
Lulu : PIP
57
First name in despots : IDI

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

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