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New York Times, Saturday, December 16, 1995

Author:
Bryant White
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Across : SUMMER
TotalDebutLatest
406/1/19915/2/2018
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RebusCircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
511.542111170%
Bryant White

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 39 Missing: {QX} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 32 for Mr. White. Saturday freshness: 16%
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S
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C
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H
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W
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T
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M
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B
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C
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K
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© 1995, The New York Times12/16/95 ( No. 16,839 )
Across
1
Keel afterpart : SKEG
5
Pole, e.g. : SLAV
9
Quarrel : TIFF
13
Galileo's birthplace : PISA
14
It articulates with the talus : TIBIA
16
Mend : HEAL
17
Pitchfork wielders : IMPS
18
Silly trick : APERY
19
Seneca foe, 1653 : ERIE
20
23
Extreme mental deficiency : ANOIA
24
Five books of Moses : TORAH
25
31
New Testament ruler : HEROD
32
Superior to, briefly : OER
33
Interwoven with twigs : WATTLED
36
Sweet amber wine : MALMSEY
40
"___ live and breathe!" : ASI
41
Its official flower is the ula-fala : SAMOA
42
50
Diva Lucine ___ : AMARA
51
Patty Hearst's S.L.A. alias : TANIA
52
57
Monopoly token : IRON
58
"Gulliver's Travels" brute : YAHOO
59
"Sweet Liberty" star : ALDA
60
Cousin of rigatoni : ZITI
61
Hagar the Horrible's dog : SNERT
62
Smell : REEK
63
Posthaste : ASAP
64
Medals for Tommy Atkins: Abbr. : DSOS
65
Cash conclusions : IERS
Down
1
Figure-eight-shaped bandages : SPICAS
2
Cio-Cio-San attire : KIMONO
3
French secret agent : ESPION
4
Old street fixture : GASLIGHT
5
South African village : STAD
6
Kissers : LIPS
7
Assisted : ABETTED
8
Green-and-yellow birds : VIREOS
9
"Quadrophenia" quartet : THEWHO
10
Opposite of domani : IERI
11
Objective : FAIR
12
Run : FLEE
15
Australia's ___ Rock : AYERS
21
Blackboard backing : EASEL
22
Shaver that doesn't shave : LAD
26
Roman crowd? : TRE
27
Heater : ROD
28
Rebuffs : NOS
29
Originally : NEE
30
Suffix with budget : ARY
33
Isn't now : WAS
34
Montgomery sch. : ASU
35
Fixation : TIC
36
Warhol serigraph subject : MAO
37
Professional org. since 1847 : AMA
38
Activity with quite a drawing : LOTTO
39
W.W. I villain : MATAHARI
41
Hides : STASHES
43
Old-fashioned colic remedy : CATNIP
44
Actress Thurman : UMA
45
St. ___ River (Michigan-Ontario divider) : MARYS
46
1928 pact name : BRIAND
47
Shakers founder in America : ANNLEE
48
Hot coal : CINDER
49
Sporting craft : KAYAKS
52
City near the Sphinx : GIZA
53
"Battle Cry" author : URIS
54
Tittle : IOTA
55
Arena contender : TORO
56
Tittles : JOTS

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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