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New York Times, Monday, December 11, 1995

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
44-Across : "Pull more!"
TotalDebutLatest
2197/31/19952/23/2016
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
6716363439243
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
30221.541,51454%
Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQVXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Ms. Gorski. Monday freshness: 85%
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© 1995, The New York Times12/11/95 ( No. 16,834 )
Across
1
Applaud : CLAP
5
"Just a ___" ("Hold on!") : SEC
8
Bodega owner : GROCER
14
Latvia's capital : RIGA
15
Undertake : TRY
16
Made over : REDONE
17
Strict rulership : IRONHAND
19
Experts : ADEPTS
20
Checkout line assistants : BAGGERS
21
H.M.O. employees : RNS
22
Building designer I. M. : PEI
23
Dampened : WETTED
25
Filmdom's Bruce or Laura : DERN
26
Builders of Stonehenge, some say : PAGANS
30
Damage : IMPAIR
32
Mob scene : RIOT
33
Dug up, as an artifact : UNEARTHED
36
Leisure suit material : ORLON
38
Composer Rorem : NED
39
Ones at hand : THESE
40
Midweek : WEDNESDAY
42
Facilitate : EASE
43
Important point : FACTOR
44
"Pull more!" : HARDER
46
Get-out-of-jail money : BAIL
48
Close up again : RESEAL
50
Possess : OWN
51
TV's Magnum and the like : PIS
52
Café pastry : BRIOCHE
57
Like yard-sale items : TAGGED
59
Fast driver, informally : LEADFOOT
60
"King ___" (1958 Presley film) : CREOLE
61
Tax collector: Abbr. : IRS
62
Carmel-topped dessert : FLAN
63
Villains' opposites : HEROES
64
Barnum and 109, e.g. : PTS
65
Lab fluids : SERA
Down
1
First bed : CRIB
2
Money in Milano : LIRA
3
Eyes-a-poppin' : AGOG
4
Feeling of hunger : PANG
5
Lady Godiva got them : STARES
6
Painter Max : ERNST
7
Dancer Charisse : CYD
8
White-bearded fellow : GRANDPA
9
Ruby and crimson : REDS
10
Exalting verse : ODE
11
Dangerous snake : COPPERHEAD
12
Joan Rivers's "___ Talking" : ENTER
13
Plant exudation : RESIN
18
Carved : HEWN
21
Curative : REMEDY
24
Musical insensitivities : TINEARS
25
In a ___ (flustered) : DITHER
26
Ship's front : PROW
27
Million or billion suffix : AIRE
28
007 film : GOLDFINGER
29
Like much Schoenberg music : ATONAL
31
Paintings : ART
33
Reverses : UNDOES
34
In ___ (actually) : ESSE
35
Venison : DEER
37
Japanese computer giant : NEC
41
Big steps : STRIDES
44
Bug : HARASS
45
"Put ___ on it!" : ALID
46
Mess up : BOTCH
47
Cognizant (of) : AWARE
49
Film reviewer Roger : EBERT
51
Soccer legend : PELE
53
Wastes, in mob slang : OFFS
54
Old King ___ : COLE
55
Frost : HOAR
56
Sicilian mount : ETNA
58
Gunk : GOO
59
Sass : LIP

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

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