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New York Times, Thursday, December 26, 1996

Author:
R. H. Burns
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Across : Female fowl
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Rand H. Burns

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 4 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. Burns. Thursday freshness: 29%
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© 1996, The New York Times12/26/96 ( No. 17,215 )
Across
1
Egg holder : OVISAC
7
Male cat : TOM
10
Weisshorn and others : ALPS
14
Having more butter and cream : RICHER
15
Managed-care option, for short : HMO
16
Tropical food staple : TARO
17
Asia Minor capital : ANKARA
18
Kinsman : RELATION
20
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Joe ___ : BLOW
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Hit the slopes : SKI
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Garcon's list : CARTE
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Allen of "Home Improvement" : TIM
30
Hearth : INGLE
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ET carriers : UFOS
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Eminence : RENOWN
37
Maya ___ (Vietnam Wall designer) : LIN
38
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Lionel Richie's "You ___" : ARE
42
Female fowl : PEAHEN
43
Author Gardner : ERLE
44
Short-winded : TERSE
46
B.A. or Ph.D. : DEG
47
Dinner bird : FRYER
48
Standard : PAR
50
Filled tortilla : TACO
52
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1995 Masters Tournament winner : CRENSHAW
61
Aspire : STRIVE
62
Adjutant : AIDE
63
Bio bit : AGE
64
Part of a service : TEAPOT
65
Sphagnum, for one : MOSS
66
___ Paese cheese : BEL
67
Illegal firings : ARSONS
Down
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Grueling exam : ORAL
2
___ del Mar, Chile : VINA
3
Highly distasteful : ICKY
4
Source of roe : SHAD
5
Oxygen-dependent bacterium : AEROBE
6
Rush-hour pace : CRAWL
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Harbinger : OMEN
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Infiltrators : MOLES
10
Reach : ATTAIN
11
Place to hibernate : LAIR
12
It's a ball : PROM
13
Charlie Chan's #1 and #2 : SONS
19
Kind of price : ASKING
21
Tablet : NOTEPAD
24
Bandleader with the 1943 hit "Brazil" : CUGAT
25
Burning : AFIRE
26
Itinerant : ROVER
27
Mao ___-tung : TSE
29
New England Indian : MOHEGAN
31
Exult (in) : GLORY
32
Hard-twisted cotton thread : LISLE
33
Come in : ENTER
35
Regret : RUE
36
Benign growth : WEN
39
Barks on cue, as a dog : SPEAKS
40
Old what's-___-name : HER
45
Porcupine quills : SPINES
47
Encourage : FOSTER
49
Recovery regimen, for short : REHAB
51
Jai alai basket : CESTA
52
Con : SCAM
53
Rap music's TLC, e.g. : TRIO
54
1990 World Series champs : REDS
55
Guru : SAGE
56
Abbey figures : FRAS
57
Prefix with suction : LIPO
58
Stratford's river : AVON
59
Comprehends : GETS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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