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New York Times, Thursday, February 1, 1996

Author:
L. Sidway
Editor:
Will Shortz
44-Across : Reckon
TotalDebutLatest
856/30/19814/25/2002
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
04202127121
RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
11.551076740%
Lois Sidway

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJKQXZ} This is puzzle # 81 for Ms. Sidway. Thursday freshness: 26%
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© 1996, The New York Times2/1/96 ( No. 16,886 )
Across
1
Anderson of rock's Jethro Tull : IAN
4
Gruesome : LURID
9
Rose's fella : ABIE
13
It's full of ginger : SNAP
15
Keen : ACUTE
16
Bears' adversaries : RAMS
17
Clear finish? : ANCE
18
Reform : GOSTRAIGHT
20
"Good job!" : WELLDONE
22
Sam Spade portrayer : BOGIE
23
Oz traveler : LION
24
Great-grandma's picture, maybe : TINTYPE
26
"Dallas" star : HAGMAN
29
First-class : AONE
30
Architect Saarinen : ELIEL
31
Like some old fashion : EDWARDIAN
36
Mobster's lady : MOLL
37
"Murphy Brown" housekeeper : ELDIN
38
Verge : EDGE
39
Withdrawn : PULLEDOUT
41
Efforts : TRIES
42
Land of the Midnight Sun dweller : LAPP
43
Plains Indians : OSAGES
44
Reckon : PRESUME
48
Ireland's___Islands : ARAN
49
Fix, as golf greens : RESOD
50
Former Pirate slugger Willie : STARGELL
54
Square-shooting : ONTHELEVEL
57
I-79 terminus : ERIE
58
Bingo call : BTEN
59
Roger of NBC News : ONEIL
60
Goes pfft : DIES
61
Slip (into) : EASE
62
Minimum payment : PENNY
63
Appeal : SUE
Down
1
What "vidi" means : ISAW
2
Green Gables girl : ANNE
3
Salt : NACL
4
Snorkeling site : LAGOON
5
Huskies of coll. basketball : UCONN
6
Subterfuge : RUSE
7
Conglomerate founded in 1920 : ITT
8
___Spiegel (German magazine) : DER
9
Running amok : ARIOT
10
Like some trousers : BAGGY
11
1965 Frishberg-Dorough tune : IMHIP
12
Lauder lady : ESTEE
14
Confusedly : PELLMELL
19
A Yokum : ABNER
21
Lever 2000 competitor : DIAL
24
Viz. : TOWIT
25
___instant : INAN
26
Fiber source : HEMP
27
Felipe of the Expos : ALOU
28
Breathing organ : GILL
29
Seem reasonable : ADDUP
31
Split to get spliced : ELOPE
32
Psycho : DERANGED
33
"Gotcha" : IDIG
34
Baseball's Tommie : AGEE
35
Nitti's nemesis : NESS
37
Imported cheese : EDAM
40
Shake off : ELUDE
41
Red foe : TSAR
43
One way to take medicine : ORALLY
44
Investigation : PROBE
45
Oscar de la___ : RENTA
46
Sen. Kefauver : ESTES
47
Frau's boys : SOHNE
48
Had a traditional dinner : ATEIN
50
Cinematographer Nykvist : SVEN
51
Sister of Ares : ERIS
52
Place : LIEU
53
___-majeste : LESE
55
Cut (off) : LOP
56
Storm heading : ENE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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