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New York Times, Thursday, February 2, 1995

Author:
Bob and Sharon Klahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
40-Across : Like a certain period of burrowed time?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
601/29/19945/22/201110
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1313121426
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.5746577%
Bob Klahn
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
32/2/199510/17/19993
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1000101
ScrabDebutFresh
1.673870%
Sharon Klahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 16, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 50 Missing: {FJQV} Spans: 1 There are unchecked squares This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Klahn. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Klahn. Thursday freshness: 32%
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© 1995, The New York Times2/2/95 ( No. 16,522 )
Across
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Links org. : PGA
5
Hollers : SHOUTS
10
Support : BACK
14
Speech fumbles : ERS
15
Charlotte cager : HORNET
16
Mitch Miller's instrument : OBOE
17
Bandleader Edmundo : ROS
18
Mr. Kosygin : ALEXEI
19
"Lean ___" (Bill Withers hit) : ONME
20
The Smothers Brothers, e.g. : DUO
21
Alice's restaurant : MELS
22
Make hand over fist : RAKEIN
24
Open : UNCAP
26
Bottom-line amount : SUM
28
"Odyssey" enchantress : CIRCE
29
Antic : DIDO
30
Chopin's "Butterfly" et al. : ETUDES
32
February 2 sighting : SHADOW
34
Brighton brew : ALE
35
Carved out : HEWN
39
Cauldron : POT
40
Like a certain period of burrowed time? : SIXWEEK
43
Singer Christie : LOU
44
Consent and Reason, e.g. : AGES
46
"Six Crises" monogram : RMN
47
37-Down, e.g. : MARMOT
49
They're on the receiving end : PAYEES
52
Cross : ROOD
53
Maid-for-TV? : HAZEL
56
"Steve Allen Show" regular : NYE
57
"Romancero gitano" poet : LORCA
59
Handsome hunk : ADONIS
61
Cowboys and Indians, e.g. : PROS
63
Physicist Georg : OHM
64
Actress Diana : DORS
65
Casual coverup : TSHIRT
67
Stock option : PUT
68
Clairvaux cleric : ABBE
69
Elizabeth I, to poets : ORIANA
70
System start-up : ECO
71
Salt deposit? : TEAR
72
Hornless, as cattle : POLLED
73
"Citizen Kane" studio : RKO
Down
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For the outlook, look out for his look out! : PUNXSUTAWNEYPHIL
2
Lost in Lille : PERDU
3
What 1-Down is : GROUNDHOG
4
Hobnob : ASSOCIATE
5
Shock treatments? : SHAMPOOS
6
Pit : HOLE
7
Blackmailer's words : ORELSE
8
Driver's aid : TEE
9
Be up and about : STIR
10
Fond of reading : BOOKISH
11
Dogpatch denizen : ABNER
12
"Cathy," e.g. : COMIC
13
Nancy Drew's creator : KEENE
23
Virtuoso : ACE
25
Postfix : ADD
27
Slipper : MULE
31
Adjudge : DEEM
32
Toning-up spot : SPA
33
In fighting trim : WIRY
36
George Gallup competitor : ELMOROPER
37
What 3-Down is : WOODCHUCK
38
Ding-a-ling : NUT
41
Mutant cartoon superheroes : XMEN
42
Site of 1905's Norway-Sweden split : KARLSTAD
45
"The Faerie Queen" poet : SPENSER
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"Who Slew Auntie ___?" (1971 film) : ROO
50
Bard of boxing : ALI
51
Any soap opera : SERIAL
53
Set upon : HADAT
54
Kind of brick : ADOBE
55
Kazantzakis character : ZORBA
58
"Are not!" response : AMTOO
60
What to do when you see red : STOP
62
D-Day river : ORNE
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Letters angels love? : SRO

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

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