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New York Times, Friday, December 13, 1996

Author:
J. Page
Editor:
Will Shortz
44-Across : Undertake
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Jim Page

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 38 Missing: {BJQVXZ} This is puzzle # 98 for Mr. Page. Friday freshness: 27%
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© 1996, The New York Times12/13/96 ( No. 17,202 )
Across
1
Glower : STARE
6
Yuri's love : LARA
10
Crooked : WRY
13
"Hill Street Blues" star : HAMEL
14
Athletic supporter? : PROCAREER
17
With lance in hand : ATILT
18
W.W. II fighter planes : SPITFIRES
19
Indiana city or college : MARION
21
Sent into orbit : LOFTED
22
Pen name : CROSS
25
Soak flax : RET
26
Composer of "The Christmas Song" : MELTORME
29
Opener, of sorts : SCENEI
33
Farm females : EWES
34
___ culpa : MEA
35
Constitutional : STROLL
36
Seam : SEW
37
Holes over which timber is cut : SAWPITS
39
1969 Super Bowl : III
40
Olympus support : TRIPOD
42
Post-op destination : ICU
43
Barker of filmdom : ASTA
44
Undertake : ASSUME
45
"Best of luck!" : GODSPEED
47
Court matter : RES
48
Petty criticism : SNIPE
49
It's used for trim : CHROME
52
"The Wizard of Oz" prop : OILCAN
56
Direction at sea : TRUENORTH
59
Game, to Guglielmo : GIOCO
60
Paint additives : HARDENERS
61
Gumbo dishes : OKRAS
62
Temple University athlete : OWL
63
Reduced-fare program? : DIET
64
Drill targets : TEETH
Down
1
Pretended : SHAM
2
"Bye!" : TATA
3
Old song "Abdul Abulbul ___" : AMIR
4
Survivors : RELICTS
5
Corrida cynosure : ELTORO
6
Contents of some sleeves : LPS
7
Dada figure : ARP
8
Make muddy : ROIL
9
Group once directed by Lee Strasberg : ACTORSSTUDIO
10
"As you ___" : WERE
11
Thatcher's need : REED
12
Jr. et al. : YRS
15
Feigns : AFFECTS
16
Singer of the "High Noon" theme : RITTER
20
Glenn Close stage role : NORMADESMOND
23
Diving duck : SMEW
24
Porpoises : SEAPIGS
26
Host of note : MESTA
27
Juice holders : EWERS
28
"The Chronicles of Narnia" author : LEWIS
30
Bruit (about) : NOISE
31
Power ___ : ELITE
32
It's a long story : ILIAD
37
Unnamed person : SOMEONE
38
Object of devotion : ICON
41
Ran smoothly : PURRED
43
Simian : APELIKE
46
Tap : SPIGOT
49
Animal stomach : CRAW
50
Catapult : HURL
51
"Dear mother Ida, harken ___ die" (Tennyson refrain) : EREI
53
Like some beliefs : CORE
54
It may look on a king : ACAT
55
Bite : NOSH
56
Vietnam's Le Duc ___ : THO
57
Past-due amount? : TRE
58
Presidential inits. : HST

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

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