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New York Times, Wednesday, December 20, 1995

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Will Shortz
59-Across : Like Santa Claus?
TotalDebutLatest
856/30/19814/25/2002
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
04202127121
RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
11.551076740%
Lois Sidway

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 79 for Ms. Sidway. Wednesday freshness: 41%
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© 1995, The New York Times12/20/95 ( No. 16,843 )
Across
1
Austrian peaks : ALPS
5
"Get outta here!" : SCRAM
10
Drink of the ancients : MEAD
14
Seldom seen : RARE
15
Eta-iota link : THETA
16
Oiler's target : AXLE
17
Foreman? : CREWDRIVER
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Refs' decisions : TKOS
20
Cackleberry : EGG
21
Ready for picking : RIPE
22
Gaugin's last home : TAHITI
24
Pop music style : DOOWOP
26
Thumb, e.g. : DIGIT
27
Kind of sch. : ELEM
29
Words on a minimart front : ONESTOP
32
Hayseed : YOKEL
35
Certain navel : OUTIE
37
Prefix with center : EPI
38
Amatory poet : OVID
39
This puzzle is missing some : ESSES
40
Hardware item : TNUT
41
D.D.E.'s rank : GEN
42
Glorify : EXTOL
43
Fresh : SASSY
44
Operational : INFORCE
46
"Beverly Hills Cop" org. : LAPD
48
1-2-3 software company : LOTUS
49
Breakfast beverage : POSTUM
53
They've been framed : SLIDES
55
Many a used car : REPO
57
Actor Wallach : ELI
58
Table salt : NACL
59
Like Santa Claus? : ELFRELIANT
62
Miss Huber of tennis : ANKE
63
TV, radio and such : MEDIA
64
Tantrum thrower : BRAT
65
Go by : PASS
66
Studio prop : EASEL
67
Bill and Carrie : NYES
Down
1
Like Lendl's lobs : ARCED
2
Key ___ : LARGO
3
Spaghetti sauce brand : PREGO
4
Stitch : SEW
5
Charity ___ (free-throw line) : STRIPE
6
Guacamole support : CHIP
7
Debussy's dream : REVE
8
Had dinner : ATE
9
Refreshments for 007 : MARTINIS
10
"Chances Are" crooner : MATHIS
11
Cats? : EXKITTENS
12
Scads : ALOT
13
Lucie's dad : DESI
18
Waggish : DROLL
23
Baseball's Tommie : AGEE
25
Dandelion, e.g. : WEED
26
"No kidding" : DOTELL
28
Part of Perle Mesta epithet : MOSTES
30
Numbered work : OPUS
31
Compassion : PITY
32
Boo Boo's buddy : YOGI
33
Pizzeria need : OVEN
34
Family reunion mementos? : KINFLICKS
36
G.I. hangout : USO
39
"What say?" : EXCUSEME
40
Young 'uns : TADS
42
Art Deco name : ERTE
43
Yarn holder : SPOOL
45
Scads : OODLES
47
Take to a higher court : APPEAL
50
Lachrymose : TEARY
51
Radii's partners : ULNAE
52
Paws : MITTS
53
Breeze : SNAP
54
Turner of "Peyton Place" : LANA
55
Some rtes. : RFDS
56
Albany canal : ERIE
60
Meadow : LEA
61
Son of, to Fahd : IBN

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

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