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New York Times, Thursday, October 31, 1996

Author:
L. Sidway
Editor:
Will Shortz
67-Across : Having beams of light
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Lois Sidway

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 41 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 82 for Ms. Sidway. Thursday freshness: 44%
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© 1996, The New York Times10/31/96 ( No. 17,159 )
Across
1
School subj. : SCI
4
Burst : SPURT
9
Overfill : SATE
13
Puddin' : HON
14
Triangular toast topping : CAVIAR
16
Kind of tomato : PLUM
17
Car trunk item : BOOSTERCABLE
19
As well : ALSO
20
Rock's ___ Vanilli : MILLI
21
Serious words are said in this : EARNEST
23
Ft. Bragg constabulary : MPS
25
What a waste! : BOONDOGGLE
26
Finds oneself with a pink slip : GETSTHEBOOT
30
"Rich Harbor" and others : KLEES
31
S.F., for one : APO
32
Some dashes : ENS
33
Honorarium : FEE
34
Creep : DIRTBAG
37
"Howards End" author : FORSTER
41
Lummox : OAF
42
Evil, to Yvette : MAL
43
Mission closing : ARY
44
State in NE India : ASSAM
47
Wilderness Road traveler : DANIELBOONE
50
Invitation to dance : LETSBOOGIE
52
Eggy prefix : OVI
53
Vamooses : BEATSIT
54
Tickle : AMUSE
58
Like some hands : IDLE
59
Remote area : THEBOONDOCKS
63
Poetic contraction : NEER
64
Living room piece : SETTEE
65
Tennis call : LET
66
Race track figures : ODDS
67
Having beams of light : RAYED
68
Wonderment : AWE
Down
1
1954 #1 hit by the Crew-Cuts : SHBOOM
2
Thus, to Luciano : COSI
3
Like some airports: Abbr. : INTL
4
Theater lines : SCRIPT
5
Rep.'s or Dem.'s money source : PAC
6
Charlottesville campus, for short : UVA
7
Razz : RIB
8
Kind of show : TALENT
9
Fabric add-ons : SPANGLES
10
Aver : ALLEGE
11
Shoving match : TUSSLE
12
Plays the ham : EMOTES
15
Interpret : READ
18
Some are slippery : ELMS
22
TV weatherman : ROKER
24
Bundle : SHEAF
25
Slips : BOOBOOS
26
Roam : GAD
27
Prefix with center : EPI
28
Crag : TOR
29
3-Down lang. : ENG
33
Original Shakespeare edition : FOLIO
35
Bank giveaways : TOASTERS
36
Furniture materials : BAMBOOS
37
It shoots the breeze : FAN
38
Thou-shalt-not : TABOO
39
Directional suffix : ERN
40
Deli request : RYE
42
Murray of the silents : MAE
44
White mouse, for example : ALBINO
45
Like Muscat raisins : SEEDED
46
Lost freshness : STALED
47
Tizzy : DITHER
48
Got around : EVADED
49
Wheels on Oscar night : LIMO
51
Vamooses : GITS
55
Kareem's alma mater : UCLA
56
Depict unfairly : SKEW
57
Marchese d'___ (Italian nobleman) : ESTE
60
J.F.K. info : ETA
61
Take : BOOTY
62
Born : NEE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later.

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