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New York Times, Monday, December 2, 1996

Author:
D. L. Wilk
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Across : Guinness and others
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David Levinson Wilk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJQX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Wilk. Monday freshness: 62%
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© 1996, The New York Times12/2/96 ( No. 17,191 )
Across
1
Came apart at the seams : TORE
5
Ann ___, Mich. : ARBOR
10
Without : SANS
14
Mimics : APES
15
Actress Rigg : DIANA
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Show appreciation at a concert : CLAP
17
Complimentary close : BESTWISHES
19
___ mater : ALMA
20
Smeltery input : ORE
21
Old-fashioned poems : ODES
22
More sedate : CALMER
24
Muffin ingredient : OATBRAN
26
Shrewd : CAGEY
27
German spa : EMS
28
Deli side order : COLESLAW
31
Spanish houses : CASAS
34
Singer Crystal : GAYLE
35
Flamenco exclamation : OLE
36
Desertlike : ARID
37
Brooklyn's ___ Island : CONEY
38
Czar before Feodor I : IVAN
39
Ballpoint, e.g. : PEN
40
University of Florida footballer : GATOR
41
___ Litovsk (1918 treaty site) : BREST
42
Quit for the day : PACKITIN
44
Pod occupant : PEA
45
Ice skating figure : EIGHT
46
With 43-Down, a complimentary close : HUGSAND
50
Old Iran : PERSIA
52
___ Lee cakes : SARA
53
Madhouse, so to speak : ZOO
54
Guinness and others : ALES
55
Complimentary close : YOURSTRULY
58
Madden : RILE
59
Formal goodbye : ADIEU
60
Kind of hygiene : ORAL
61
Lock openers : KEYS
62
"You've got the wrong guy!" : NOTME
63
Nota ___ : BENE
Down
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Forbidden : TABOO
2
Soap ___ : OPERA
3
Change, as a clock : RESET
4
Superlative suffix : EST
5
Sneaker brand : ADIDAS
6
Out of bed : RISEN
7
"A Christmas Carol" cries : BAHS
8
Singleton : ONE
9
Mischievous : RASCALLY
10
Musical ladders : SCALES
11
Complimentary close : ALLMYLOVE
12
Dub : NAME
13
Box, but not seriously : SPAR
18
Ordinary bait : WORMS
23
James who wrote "A Death in the Family" : AGEE
25
Necklace ornament : BEAD
26
More coquettish : COYER
28
Church law : CANON
29
Despondent comment : ALAS
30
Traveled : WENT
31
Andy of the funnies : CAPP
32
Region : AREA
33
Complimentary close : SINCERELY
34
"I have the answer!" : GOTIT
37
Native of old China : CATHAYAN
38
Seniors' nest eggs, for short : IRAS
40
1958 movie musical : GIGI
41
Sired, in biblical times : BEGAT
43
See 46-Across : KISSES
44
Chase : PURSUE
46
Sheik's bevy : HAREM
47
Sky-blue : AZURE
48
Fastballer Ryan : NOLAN
49
Holmes's creator : DOYLE
50
Place the car : PARK
51
"Night" author Wiesel : ELIE
52
Diamonds or spades : SUIT
56
Prefix with meter : ODO
57
___ blind : ROB

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

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