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New York Times, Friday, November 1, 1996

Author:
M. Rosen
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Across : Descendant of Fatima, to Shiites
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
3812/28/197011/3/20161
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10663346
RebusCircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
111.53932464%
Mel Rosen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQWX} This is puzzle # 27 for Mr. Rosen. Friday freshness: 59%
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D
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© 1996, The New York Times11/1/96 ( No. 17,160 )
Across
1
"I see," facetiously : AHSO
5
Descendant of Fatima, to Shiites : IMAM
9
Dash locale : CAR
12
Alfred the butler cares for it : BATMOBILE
14
Send elsewhere : REFER
16
Jazzed up : ENLIVENED
17
Place for an exchange : ALTAR
18
Crossword topics, often : ESOTERICA
19
Word of grace : BLESS
20
Clean-cut : TRIM
21
Plugs away (at) : LABORS
23
Stuff in envelopes : MANILA
26
Legation resident : MINISTER
28
Kind of column : AGONY
29
Workplaces : DESKS
30
Wordsworth's "We ___ Seven" : ARE
31
Lambaste, slangily : ZING
32
Crud : FILTH
33
Vino region : ASTI
34
Sci-fi figures : ETS
35
People in compromising positions? : DOVES
36
Kid : PUTON
37
War of 1812 locale : LAKEERIE
39
Humors, with "to" : CATERS
40
Oblique : TILTED
41
Oz visitor : TOTO
42
Part of Espana : TILDE
43
Malthus, for one : ECONOMIST
48
Powerful political duo : DOLES
49
Destined to fail : NONVIABLE
50
Hagar the Horrible's dog : SNERT
51
Peptic activity : DIGESTION
52
New Left grp. : SDS
53
Wow : SLAY
54
He became Earl of Avon : EDEN
Down
1
End of a Muhammad Ali catch phrase : ABEE
2
Renaissance artist Memling : HANS
3
Town liberated in July 1944 : STLO
4
Minus : OMITTING
5
Region between Cape Roca and Cape Creus : IBERIA
6
1/60 fluid dram : MINIM
7
"Black Stallion" boy : ALEC
8
Top three finishers : MEDALISTS
9
Piatigorsky's instruments : CELLOS
10
Remembrance of things past : AFTERTASTE
11
Second-time claimant : REASSERTOR
13
Too : OVERLY
14
Mishnah authorities : RABBIS
15
Reading and others: Abbr. : RRS
22
Symbol of life : ANKH
23
"___ tov!" : MAZEL
24
Incitements : AGITATIONS
25
Like some minimum-wage workers : NONSKILLED
26
Scrap : MELEE
27
They hold their horses : REINS
29
Bonuses : DIVIDENDS
32
Swinger's shout : FORE
33
One way to decrease the work force : AUTOMATE
35
Dislike : DETEST
36
Academese, for example : PATOIS
38
Experienced ones : ELDERS
39
Pass on : CONVEY
41
South Pacific nation : TONGA
42
They're made by FB's and HB's : TDS
44
Radiator part : COIL
45
Footnote note : IBID
46
Dark purple fruit : SLOE
47
Neighbor of Ark. : TENN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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