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New York Times, Tuesday, October 8, 1996

Author:
E. C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
47-Across : Eighth in a Taylor series
TotalDebutLatest
2197/31/19952/23/2016
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
30221.541,51454%
Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 42 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 8 for Ms. Gorski. Tuesday freshness: 79%
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S
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U
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© 1996, The New York Times10/8/96 ( No. 17,136 )
Across
1
Movie souvenir : STUB
5
E. coli watchdog: Abbr. : CDC
8
Neil Simon's "___ Suite" : PLAZA
13
Moon goddess : LUNA
14
Unaccompanied : SOLO
15
Arthur Miller's salesman : LOMAN
16
Genesis son : ABEL
17
Opposed to, in dialect : AGIN
18
Do penance : ATONE
19
Noted Ballet Russe dancer : VASLAVNIJINSKY
22
The "A" in Thomas A. Edison : ALVA
23
___-Cat (winter vehicle) : SNO
24
"Network" satirist : PADDYCHAYEFSKY
31
Birds at sea : ERNES
32
Was in debt : OWED
33
Kind of soup : PEA
34
Duds : TOGS
35
Algebraic grouping : COSET
37
Halcyon : CALM
38
Prefix with lateral : UNI
39
Swiss river : AARE
40
Marx and Malden : KARLS
41
"Pulcinella" composer : IGORSTRAVINSKY
45
Biblical verb suffix : ETH
46
___-Day vitamins : ONEA
47
Eighth in a Taylor series : LARRYFORTENSKY
54
J.F.K. terminal architect : IMPEI
55
Pay to play, with "up" : ANTE
56
Mrs. Chaplin : OONA
57
Three-time P.G.A. tournament champ : SNEAD
58
Pastry chef, at times : ICER
59
Resort near Mt. Jackson : VAIL
60
Swarm : HORDE
61
Law, to Lucius : LEX
62
"Laugh-In" name : ARTE
Down
1
Eastern European : SLAV
2
Bottom brass : TUBA
3
French articles : UNES
4
Chopin compositions : BALLADES
5
After-dinner sipping : COGNAC
6
Sixth-century date : DLII
7
And, e.g.: Abbr. : CONJ
8
Mapped out : PLANNED
9
Many : LOTSOF
10
Run ___ (go off course) : AMOK
11
Off the wall : ZANY
12
Chemical suffix : ANE
14
"Get it?" : SAVVY
20
Local legislators: Abbr. : ALDS
21
"The best ___ to come" : ISYET
24
Pitchfork part : PRONG
25
Surgical procedure, for short : ANGIO
26
Hebrew prophet : HOSEA
27
Wonder : AWE
28
Explosion's cause : SPARK
29
Shade of green : KELLY
30
Candied items : YAMS
31
Holder for needles and things : ETUI
35
Frazzled comic strip heroine : CATHY
36
Puckster Bobby : ORR
37
Womanizer : CASANOVA
39
Spanning : ASTRIDE
40
Baby bouncer : KNEE
42
Go over again : REREAD
43
Maelstrom : VORTEX
44
Lay to rest : INTER
47
Alphabetic run : LMNO
48
Copycat : APER
49
Bomb : FAIL
50
"___ bitten, twice shy" : ONCE
51
Fly high : SOAR
52
Sweater, usually : KNIT
53
Word on a lock : YALE
54
Language suffix : ISH

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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