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New York Times, Monday, November 30, 1998

Author:
Cynthia Joy Higgins
Editor:
Will Shortz
32-Across : Second addendum to a letter: Abbr.
TotalDebutLatest
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Cynthia Joy Higgins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJKQYZ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Higgins. Monday freshness: 47%
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© 1998, The New York Times11/30/98 ( No. 17,919 )
Across
1
Number on a baseball card : STAT
5
Beginning with frost : PERMA
10
Like most nursery rhymes: Abbr. : ANON
14
Twosome : PAIR
15
To have, in Paris : AVOIR
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Timber wolf : LOBO
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Wheel rotator : AXLE
18
Butcher's ship? : MEATCUTTER
20
Squander : MISSPEND
22
"To your health!," e.g. : TOAST
23
A fisherman may spin one : TALE
24
Museum V.I.P. : TRUSTEE
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Postal worker's ship? : MAILCARRIER
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Gulf Coast bird : EGRET
31
Yemeni port : ADEN
32
Second addendum to a letter: Abbr. : PPS
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Most people born in August : LEOS
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Spoke wildly : RAVED
38
Codger : COOT
39
Pins or penny preceder : TEN
40
Fillet of ___ : SOLE
41
Beta's follower : GAMMA
42
Manicurist's ship? : NAILCLIPPER
45
Summer park event : CONCERT
49
Boaters pull them : OARS
50
Informed (of) : AWARE
51
Storm protectors : SHUTTERS
55
Highlighter's ship? : UNDERLINER
58
Pass over : OMIT
59
Espies : SEES
60
Become accustomed (to) : INURE
61
Egypt's main water supply : NILE
62
Misses the mark : ERRS
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Tower of ___ : BABEL
64
Grades 1-6: Abbr. : ELEM
Down
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Meat in a can : SPAM
2
Curbside call : TAXI
3
Is under the weather : AILS
4
Railroad bridges : TRESTLES
5
Actress Anderson of "Baywatch" : PAMELA
6
Closer to 50-50 : EVENER
7
Turnpike : ROAD
8
Prestigious sch. near Boston : MIT
9
Rainbow : ARC
10
Choir voices : ALTOS
11
Skipping, as an event : NOTAT
12
Portly and then some : OBESE
13
Sur's opposite, in México : NORTE
19
Sometimes illegal auto maneuver : UTURN
21
Treaty : PACT
24
Beach washer : TIDE
25
Critic Rex : REED
26
Sandwich that's been heated : MELT
27
"A Death in the Family" author : AGEE
28
Multivitamin supplement : IRON
29
Get tangled : RAVEL
32
Magnificence : POMP
33
Fleshy fruit : POME
34
Polaris, e.g. : STAR
36
Crowd sound : ROAR
37
Came down : ALIT
38
Crowning event : CAPSTONE
40
Show scorn : SNEER
41
Braced : GIRT
43
Stick (to) : COHERE
44
Victory emblem : LAUREL
45
___ célèbre : CAUSE
46
Tenant's counterpart : OWNER
47
Consumerist Ralph : NADER
48
Green garnish : CRESS
51
Rebuff : SNUB
52
Olympic track champion Zatopek : EMIL
53
Tick off : RILE
54
Flower holder : STEM
56
Conservative's foe: Abbr. : LIB
57
___ heartbeat (instantly) : INA

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

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