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New York Times, Thursday, November 21, 1996

Author:
M. Ashwood-Smith
Editor:
Will Shortz
31-Across : Motley crew
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
876/5/19919/24/202210
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
000246417
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.52456766%
Martin Ashwood-Smith

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 30 Missing: {QVWX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Ashwood-Smith. Thursday freshness: 75%
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© 1996, The New York Times11/21/96 ( No. 17,180 )
Across
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Whence the words "That the English Church shall be free" : MAGNACARTA
11
To-do : FLAP
15
Baker Street group : IRREGULARS
16
Old-style education : ROTE
17
Freshens, in a way : DEODORIZES
18
Ethereal : AIRY
19
Sticky substances : GOOS
20
Aspirant : SEEKER
22
Chinese principle : TAO
23
Slippery ___ : ELM
24
Shut (up) : PENT
25
Gift : TALENT
27
Cup of cafe : TASSE
29
Lush : SOT
31
Motley crew : HORDE
32
Writer's block? : PAD
34
___ Mahal : TAJ
36
Firm bosses : CEOS
37
Play Paul Revere : RAISETHEALARM
41
Pull a fast one? : YANK
42
Rocks : ICE
43
Came by : GOT
44
Out-and-out : UTTER
46
"Horrors!" : UGH
48
Worsted fabric : SERGE
52
Amoretto : CHERUB
54
Acquire signs of age : RUST
56
Work unit : ERG
57
Agatha Christie's "The ___ Murders" : ABC
58
Wet weather boot : GALOSH
60
Former Winter Palace resident: Var. : TZAR
61
Ten below? : TOES
63
Relative of a helicon : SOUSAPHONE
65
Capp of the comics : ANDY
66
Delaying tactics : RUNAROUNDS
67
Welfare state? : NEED
68
They get what's coming to them : ADDRESSEES
Down
1
Peewee : MIDGET
2
Anatomical ring : AREOLA
3
Ring bearers : GROOMS
4
Beatty and Rorem : NEDS
5
In the past : AGO
6
A mummy may have one, perhaps : CURSE
7
1986 Sigourney Weaver thriller : ALIENS
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Odyssey : TREK
10
Plus : ASSET
11
Monk's title : FRA
12
Drugstore cowboy : LOITERER
13
Haphazardly : ATRANDOM
14
Mescaline cacti : PEYOTES
21
Encouraging word : RAH
24
Shooter's ammo : PEAS
26
Pin down : LOCATE
28
Volleyball player, at times : SPIKER
30
Menlo Park monogram : TAE
33
Agnus ___ : DEI
35
Popular sports car, informally : JAG
37
Longtime Holmes portrayer : RATHBONE
38
Predate : ANTECEDE
39
Fort Worth sch. : TCU
40
At sea : LOST
41
Mexican peninsula : YUCATAN
45
Toupee, slangily : RUG
47
Cavalryman : HUSSAR
49
Change from commercial to residential, e.g. : REZONE
50
It's big in Spain : GRANDE
51
Way out : EGRESS
53
Iraqi city : BASRA
55
Quota : SHARE
59
Obstreperous : LOUD
60
So : THUS
62
One of the Chaplins : SYD
64
Certain battery term. : POS

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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