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New York Times, Tuesday, February 27, 1996

Author:
J.L. Beatty
Editor:
Will Shortz
11-Across : Merchandise: Abbr.
TotalDebutLatest
207/29/19882/27/1996
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0743321
RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
11.4461834%
James L. Beatty

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQVXYZ} This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. Beatty. Tuesday freshness: 52%
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© 1996, The New York Times2/27/96 ( No. 16,912 )
Across
1
Fight (with) down and dirty : RASSLE
7
Low in pitch : BASS
11
Merchandise: Abbr. : GDS
14
Enfeeble : IMPAIR
15
Rights org. since 1920 : ACLU
16
Meadow : LEA
17
With 36- and 59-Across, words of Alexander Pope : FOOLSRUSHIN
19
Strike caller : UMP
20
Autumn occurrence : FROST
21
Exigency : NEED
22
Post-sunburn experience : PEEL
23
Actor Cariou : LEN
24
Draft letters : SSS
26
Go by : ELAPSE
28
To be, to Tacitus : ESSE
30
Ballet step : PAS
32
Manacles : IRONS
33
Skill : CRAFT
35
Hams it up : EMOTES
36
See 17-Across : WHEREANGELS
38
Visitors from afar : ALIENS
40
Succinct : TERSE
41
French pronoun : CELLE
42
Part of a shepherd's flock : EWE
43
Seven___ : SEAS
47
Changes the decor of : REDOES
49
Sorority letter : ETA
51
Born : NEE
52
Class in which Keynes is taught : ECON
53
One Miss America measurement : HIPS
56
Military group : CADRE
58
"Caught you!" : AHA
59
See 17-Across : FEARTOTREAD
61
Obtain : GET
62
Big name in little blocks : LEGO
63
Have relevance : RELATE
64
Superman's symbol : ESS
65
At the apex of : ATOP
66
Worshiper : ADORER
Down
1
Mix up, as a deck of cards : RIFFLE
2
Ovid work : AMORES
3
Fishing lures : SPOONS
4
Actor Mineo et al. : SALS
5
Organizers' aids : LISTS
6
Blunder : ERR
7
Morally low : BASE
8
Yearn (for) : ACHE
9
Baseball runner's tactic : SLIDE
10
Baltimore paper : SUN
11
These have sticky sticks : GLUEPOTS
12
Land for a manor house : DEMESNE
13
Dry, as a plant : SAPLESS
18
Liable to cause injury : UNSAFE
22
Springs from a pen : PAROLES
25
Boxes : SPARS
27
7-Up flavorers : LIMES
29
Level of authority : ECHELON
31
Part of many university names : STATE
34
Tennis player Richards : RENEE
35
Plumed heron : EGRET
36
What the dissolute sow : WILDOATS
37
Most recent : NEWEST
38
Farmland, e.g. : ACREAGE
39
Spongers : LEECHES
44
Make beloved : ENDEAR
45
Charge with gas : AERATE
46
Farm machine : SEEDER
48
Linen item : SHEET
50
Trod the boards : ACTED
54
"Othello" villain : IAGO
55
Support : PROP
57
Singer Guthrie : ARLO
59
Site of many keys: Abbr. : FLA
60
___pro nobis : ORA

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

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