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New York Times, Wednesday, October 4, 1995

Author:
Wayne Robert Williams
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Across : Pulitzer novelist Oliver
TotalDebutLatest
384/30/19943/5/1998
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
44312843
RebusScrabDebutFresh
21.5516243%
Wayne Robert Williams

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 35 Missing: {Z} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 26 for Mr. Williams. Wednesday freshness: 45%
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© 1995, The New York Times10/4/95 ( No. 16,766 )
Across
1
National park in Alberta : BANFF
6
"Reversal of Fortune" star : IRONS
11
Black shade : JET
14
January in Juarez : ENERO
15
Alter a film : RECUT
16
Adam's madam : EVE
17
Man of La Mancha : SENOR
18
Media worker's union : AFTRA
19
Wood of the Rolling Stones : RON
20
Parlor game : TWENTYQUESTIONS
23
Hide the gray, maybe : DYE
24
Tours summer : ETE
25
K-P interval : LMNO
26
Candidate to like : IKE
29
Seasonal songs : NOELS
31
Big name in sports cards : FLEER
32
1,000 percent : TENTIMES
34
Wrong: Prefix : MIS
35
Number in a series : ORDINAL
36
Pulitzer novelist Oliver : LAFARGE
40
Winter quarters : DEN
41
Like some billing periods : SIXTYDAY
42
Washington's ___ House : BLAIR
45
The silent dwarf : DOPEY
46
Biographical datum : AGE
47
Comfort : EASE
48
Pam Tillis's pop : MEL
49
Mil. advisory grp. : NSC
51
1987-91 TV drama : THIRTYSOMETHING
57
Symbol of school punishment : ROD
58
Evocative smell : AROMA
59
Eagle's home : AERIE
60
"Chances ___" : ARE
61
Dramatist Joe : ORTON
62
Dogie catcher : REATA
63
"By all means!" : YES
64
Cast light : SHONE
65
Asparagus unit : SPEAR
Down
1
Unsurpassed : BEST
2
Freshly : ANEW
3
Hawaiian goose : NENE
4
Piece of palm : FROND
5
Gold rush participant : FORTYNINER
6
Jordan neighbor : IRAQ
7
Tanks up : REFUELS
8
Musical eights : OCTETS
9
Breastfeed : NURSE
10
Sports figure : STAT
11
Saint honored on September 30 : JEROME
12
Tennis's Goolagong : EVONNE
13
Tightening muscle : TENSOR
21
Navy clerk : YEOMAN
22
"Couldn't agree with you more" : ILLSAY
26
"How was ___ know?" : ITO
27
Plunk preceder : KER
28
Wrap up : END
30
Cave-dwelling fish : EEL
31
Old Glory feature : FIFTYSTARS
33
Less cluttered : TIDIER
34
Andrews sister : MAXENE
36
Verbal defiance : LIP
37
Nutrition abbr. : RDA
38
(What an awful joke!) : GAG
39
Ogle : EYE
41
Biblical sage : SOLOMON
42
Sell out : BETRAY
43
Pakistani city : LAHORE
44
Comments to the audience : ASIDES
45
Old Chrysler make : DESOTO
48
Gift of the Magi : MYRRH
50
Chick's cry : CHEEP
52
New Mexico art colony : TAOS
53
Mare's hairs : MANE
54
"Dies ___" : IRAE
55
Actress Naldi : NITA
56
Reverse, e.g. : GEAR

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

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