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New York Times, Wednesday, March 1, 1995

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Across : Kind of zoo
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: {JQX} This is puzzle # 74 for Ms. Sidway. Wednesday freshness: 37%
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© 1995, The New York Times3/1/95 ( No. 16,549 )
Across
1
"No problemo!" : EASY
5
Like a contortionist : LITHE
10
Way to go : ROAD
14
Threesome : TRIO
15
Crazy as ___ : ALOON
16
Poet Lazarus : EMMA
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Grp. joining a lawsuit : ACLU
18
1969 Hitchcock film : TOPAZ
19
A Barrymore : DREW
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"Stop!" : HOLDEVERYTHING
23
Judge's issuance : ORDER
24
___ juice (milk) : MOO
25
The Last Frontier : ALASKA
28
Kind of zoo : PETTING
32
Mr. McCarthy, familiarly : GENE
33
Erratum : TYPO
36
Actor Homolka of "I Remember Mama" : OSCAR
37
C.D. collection? : IRA
38
"Look!" : SEEHERE
40
Give-go link : ITA
41
Miller salesman : LOMAN
43
Ohio city : LIMA
44
Wally's little bro : BEAV
45
Take a gander at : EYEBALL
47
Just about : NEARLY
49
Ricardo's river : RIO
50
20 Across, to Popeye : AVAST
52
"Listen!" : GETALOADOFTHIS
58
One of Esau's in-laws : LEAH
59
Prepared to propose : KNELT
60
Hauls : TOWS
62
Killer whale : ORCA
63
Related on the mother's side : ENATE
64
Bryce Canyon site : UTAH
65
Bust's opposite : BOOM
66
Shy guy of the 4077th : RADAR
67
1983 Maltby/Shire musical : BABY
Down
1
Flight plan info: Abbr. : ETA
2
Principal : ARCH
3
Storage tower : SILO
4
Coin flipper's declaration : YOULOSE
5
It's almost past the deadline : LATEDATE
6
Gershwin's "The Man ___" : ILOVE
7
Lush : TOPER
8
Frozen dew : HOAR
9
Pepsin, for one : ENZYME
10
Cinnamon candies : REDHOTS
11
Katz of "Eerie, Indiana" : OMRI
12
"Right on!" : AMEN
13
Terrytoons' Deputy ___ : DAWG
21
Sobriquet for Dwight Gooden : DRK
22
From head ___ : TOTOE
25
Springy : AGILE
26
Artist Neiman : LEROY
27
"What's in ___?" : ANAME
28
Haiku, e.g. : POEM
29
Not as cordial : ICIER
30
Kind of day : NATAL
31
Extra benefit : GRAVY
34
Cheerleader's cheer : YELL
35
___ Beta Kappa : PHI
38
Mobile home dweller? : SNAIL
39
Pursued : RANAFTER
42
"Amadeus" star, 1984 : ABRAHAM
44
Rubber duck pond : BATHTUB
46
Sightseer : LOOKER
48
90 degrees from nord : EST
50
"You're ___ duck!" : ADEAD
51
Italian physicist : VOLTA
52
Liquidy lump : GLOB
53
Mr. Saarinen : EERO
54
Fast food offering : TACO
55
Tolstoy's Karenina : ANNA
56
Minimal bit : IOTA
57
Clear the decks? : SWAB
61
Shrinking : SHY

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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