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New York Times, Thursday, February 27, 1997

Author:
Raymond C. Young
Editor:
Will Shortz
16-Across : Message at the dawn of Creation?
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Raymond C. Young

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FKQWXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Young. Thursday freshness: 46%
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© 1997, The New York Times2/27/97 ( No. 17,278 )
Across
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Coarse tobacco : SHAG
5
Arm, to Armand : BRAS
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It holds the mayo : JAR
12
Winner of a 1944 Pulitzer : PYLE
13
"Lovely ___" (1967 song) : RITA
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Garage jobs : LUBES
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Message at the dawn of Creation? : UPANDADAM
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Daughter of Juan Carlos : ELENA
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Have coming : DESERVE
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Number corresponding to an exponent : ANTILOG
22
Milne baby : ROO
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Patient's program : REHAB
24
They're nuts : PECANS
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Daughter of Homer : LISA
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Wife of Saturn : OPS
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Find ___ for (pair with) : AMATE
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Reserved : BOTTLEDUP
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Shady way : LANE
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"Heimskringla" stories : SAGAS
36
Kind of bread : PITA
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English dramatist Thomas : MIDDLETON
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Butler of fiction : RHETT
40
He's had a Rocky career : SLY
41
Cries from Krupp : ACHS
42
Produce hippie attire : TIEDYE
43
Grocery carriers : CARTS
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Hackberry's cousin : ELM
46
High school subject : SPANISH
48
Odd place for a cradle : TREETOP
52
Board with a planchette : OUIJA
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Overhears Satan tempt? : EVESDROPS
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Words after "whether" : ORNOT
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Ill temper : BILE
57
Spy in 1994 headlines : AMES
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Shaq's alma mater : LSU
59
Copycat : APER
60
Fast time : LENT
Down
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Common tater : SPUD
2
Ballyhoo : HYPE
3
Start of Hamlet's "Yorick" speech : ALAS
4
Produced : GENERATED
5
Menudo's kudos : BRAVOS
6
Heckle : RIDE
7
One-time connector : ATA
8
Helper of parable : SAMARITAN
9
Child who's six-foot-two : JULIA
10
Fit for Eden? : ABELBODIED
11
Seat of Washoe County : RENO
14
"___ Weapon" : LETHAL
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Droop : SAG
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Go on and on : DRONE
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Puts one within another : NESTS
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Chiromancers read them : PALMS
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Internet messages : EMAIL
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Forbidden tree decor? : CANDYCAINS
27
Trademarked items : LOGOS
29
Glazier's goop : PUTTY
30
Outpouring : SPATE
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Solomon's mother : BATHSHEBA
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Fleeting : EPHEMERAL
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Factions : SECTS
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Cow catcher : LARIAT
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Upset : RILED
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Less verbose : TERSER
44
Winter pear : ANJOU
46
___ Canals : SOO
47
Use a reverse stitch : PURL
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Prefix with conference or commute : TELE
49
Volume : TOME
50
Receptive : OPEN
51
"Hey, you!" : PSST
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Big shot : VIP

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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