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New York Times, Wednesday, November 29, 1995

Author:
Nancy S. Ross
Editor:
Will Shortz
70-Across : Dash
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Nancy S. Ross

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 4 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 40 for Ms. Ross. Wednesday freshness: 4%
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© 1995, The New York Times11/29/95 ( No. 16,822 )
Across
1
Mussorgsky's Boris : TSAR
5
Apostle to the Slavs : CYRIL
10
Shakespeare title starter : ALLS
14
Stewpot : OLLA
15
Bête ___ : NOIRE
16
Loser's concern : DIET
17
20
Cádiz's country : SPAIN
21
Debatable point : ISSUE
22
How a medium gets the message? : ESP
23
Crossers of aves. : STS
25
Cry of mock indignation : MOI
27
36
Have vitality : ARE
37
___ homo : ECCE
38
Logical or political preceder : SOCIO
39
"___ Ordinary Man" ("My Fair Lady" song) : IMAN
41
Anklebone : TALUS
43
Cicatrix : SCAR
44
Destined : FATED
46
Infrequent : RARE
47
Conclusive: Abbr. : ULT
48
52
Colo. neighbor : KAN
53
Soap unit : BAR
54
___ Na Na : SHA
57
Simon and others : NEILS
61
Wrinkled : LINED
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68
"Alas!" : AHME
69
Parcel out : ALLOT
70
Dash : ELAN
71
Catch one's breath : GASP
72
1923 Literature Nobelist : YEATS
73
New Jersey team : NETS
Down
1
Wee ones : TOTS
2
Smack : SLAP
3
Teatro ___ Scala : ALLA
4
Jaunty : RAKISH
5
Larry King broadcaster : CNN
6
Cartoon bear : YOGI
7
Criticizes hard : RIPS
8
See-through item : IRIS
9
Pea, e.g. : LEGUME
10
Hurry-scurry : ADO
11
Have vitality : LIVE
12
Oahu garlands : LEIS
13
Flight segment : STEP
18
Divider's word : INTO
19
Siamese cries : MEOWS
24
Woodpecker's snack : SUET
26
Certain Nigerians : IBOS
27
Mediterranean port : HAIFA
28
Wit Bombeck et al. : ERMAS
29
Under, poetically : NEATH
30
Aid in avoiding the draft? : SCARF
31
Brilliant display : ECLAT
32
Medical prefix : NEURO
33
Happen : OCCUR
34
Coins of Iran : RIALS
35
What's up? : NORTH
40
Make out : NECK
42
Certain Bosnian : SERB
45
Alternative to Liquid-Plumr : DRANO
49
Kind of street : ONEWAY
50
St. ___ (Channel port) : MALO
51
Up : ARISEN
54
Run producer : SNAG
55
"That was funny" : HAHA
56
Black market goods : ARMS
58
Innisfree, e.g. : ISLE
59
"Damn Yankees" siren : LOLA
60
Espy : SPOT
62
Shade of green : NILE
63
State of France : ETAT
64
Fox homes : DENS
66
G.O.P. : REP
67
Qt. halves : PTS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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