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New York Times, Tuesday, December 24, 1996

Author:
E. C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
71-Across : Like a Granny Smith apple
TotalDebutLatest
2197/31/19952/23/2016
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30221.541,51454%
Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQWXYZ} This is puzzle # 9 for Ms. Gorski. Tuesday freshness: 51%
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© 1996, The New York Times12/24/96 ( No. 17,213 )
Across
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___ blocker : BETA
5
Cabbie : HACK
9
Desert flora : CACTI
14
Latin 101 word : AMAS
15
Cousin of a Tony : OBIE
16
Autumn color : OCHER
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Singer McEntire : REBA
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Give the slip to : LOSE
19
Squirrel away : STORE
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Alien art form, some say : CROPCIRCLES
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Magnum and others, for short : PIS
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Give it ___ (try) : AGO
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"Now, about..." : ASTO
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Getaways : LAMS
28
Hilton Head Island, for one : RESORT
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Prohibitionists would like to prohibit it : ALCOHOL
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Caught but good : NAILED
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Danish money : KRONE
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Agreement : PACT
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Interrupt, as a dancer : CUTIN
42
Parroted : APED
43
Fitzgerald and others : ELLAS
45
Bee and snake products : VENOMS
47
Boo-boos : SLIPUPS
49
Turkey moistener : BASTER
53
Cartoon skunk ___ Le Pew : PEPE
54
TV ad : SPOT
56
"Norma ___" : RAE
57
SASE, e.g. : ENC
59
Fruit pastry : PRUNEDANISH
62
Ravel work, with "La" : VALSE
64
Legal scholar Guinier : LANI
65
Villa d'___ : ESTE
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"Give peace ___ time, O Lord": Morning Prayer : INOUR
67
Prime time hour : NINE
68
Mets stadium : SHEA
69
Gently gallops : LOPES
70
Pub round : ALES
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Like a Granny Smith apple : TART
Down
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Where train commuters drink : BARCAR
2
Come to the fore : EMERGE
3
No-nos : TABOOS
4
Pronto! : ASAP
5
Kind of medicine : HOLISTIC
6
Call off a takeoff : ABORT
7
50's western "The ___ Kid" : CISCO
8
Ship's central beam : KEEL
9
Russian horseman : COSSACK
10
Take steps : ACT
11
Auto disassembly site : CHOPSHOP
12
Actress Hatcher : TERI
13
Gets one's goat : IRES
21
Singer Irene : CARA
22
Building wing : ELL
27
Quagmire : MORASS
29
Recorded : ONTAPE
30
Point after deuce : ADIN
31
Single : ONE
32
Conducted : LED
34
Disposable diaper brand : LUVS
35
Bordeaux summer : ETE
37
Foot: Lat. : PES
38
The works : ALL
39
Carriage horse sound : CLIPCLOP
41
People who don't count : NOBODIES
44
Evening meals : SUPPERS
46
___ Hari : MATA
48
Each : PER
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Country singer Yearwood : TRISHA
51
Resurrection Mass day : EASTER
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Warm up again : REHEAT
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Escargot : SNAIL
55
Tubular pasta : PENNE
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Stephen King topic : EVIL
58
Prefix with second : NANO
60
Arm bone : ULNA
61
Hornets' home : NEST
63
Take to court : SUE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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