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New York Times, Friday, December 15, 1995

Author:
Harvey Estes
Editor:
Will Shortz
52-Across : Worked in whiteface
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Harvey Estes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVXZ} Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. This is puzzle # 25 for Mr. Estes. Friday freshness: 17%
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© 1995, The New York Times12/15/95 ( No. 16,838 )
Across
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Place for a bucket : ICEMACHINE
11
After-afterthought : PPS
14
Driver's rest : MOTORHOTEL
15
Sole protector : SHOE
16
Kind of boat : FLATBOTTOM
17
Marble tower site : PISA
18
Low-voiced ladies : ALTOS
19
Limb extenders : STILTS
21
Threatening words : ORELSE
25
Originate : ARISE
26
Creek constrictors : DAMS
29
Cries of pain : OWS
30
The Beatles' "I'm a ___" : LOSER
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G.E. bought it in 1986 : RCA
32
Peppard TV role : BANACEK
35
On ___ (from the barrel) : TAP
36
Paul's singing partner : ART
37
Incline : UPGRADE
38
British verb ending : ISE
39
Me, to a griever? : WOE
40
Walked heavily : TRAMPED
41
"Smoking or ___?" : NON
42
Jack of rhyme : SPRAT
44
Haw alternative : GEE
45
Flying eagle of the 1850's : CENT
46
Dark meat option : THIGH
47
Potemkin locale : ODESSA
50
Responded like Simba : ROARED
52
Worked in whiteface : MIMED
55
Practiced : ABLE
56
1963 Chiffons hit : ONEFINEDAY
61
Trick : WILE
62
Too-willing witness : TATTLETALE
63
For example : SAY
64
Ride and others : SPACEWOMEN
Down
1
World banking org. : IMF
2
Brown beverage : COLA
3
Card catalogue abbr. : ETAL
4
"Be prepared" and "Semper fi" : MOTTOS
5
Branch shelter : ARBOR
6
Decided on : CHOSE
7
On a roll : HOT
8
Addams Family cousin : ITT
9
New beginning : NEO
10
Shady ones : ELMS
11
Goliath, e.g. : PHILISTINE
12
Like most bowl games : POSTSEASON
13
Cecil of cartoons : SEASERPENT
15
Dick's running mate : SPIRO
20
Spilled the beans : TALKED
22
In the distant past : LONGAGO
23
Overran : SWARMED
24
Search dogs' target : ESCAPEE
26
Decide by chance : DRAWSTRAWS
27
Window washer's problem? : ACROPHOBIA
28
Much : MATERIALLY
32
"Nothing ___ truth..." : BUTTHE
33
Calendar abbr. : APR
34
Dutch city : EDE
43
Have the same tense, e.g. : AGREE
45
Recovered : CAMETO
48
Look favorably (upon) : SMILE
49
Tendon : SINEW
51
The i's have them : DOTS
53
Red rind contents : EDAM
54
Chip's chipmunk chum : DALE
57
Be off guard : NAP
58
Hellenic H : ETA
59
Commerce regulator: Abbr. : FTC
60
Foreign money : YEN

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

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