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New York Times, Saturday, March 16, 1996

Author:
G. R. Ferguson
Editor:
Will Shortz
27-Across : Because of
TotalDebutLatest
225/28/19943/25/2002
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1.4511076%
Gerald R. Ferguson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJQWXYZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Ferguson. Saturday freshness: 57%
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© 1996, The New York Times3/16/96 ( No. 16,930 )
Across
1
Husband one's resources : SCRIMP
7
Take stock : ASSESS
13
1980's sitcom : VALERIE
14
Getting nowhere : INARUT
15
Cruise ship sighting : ICEBERG
16
Big name in desserts : SARALEE
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Letters in an F.B.I. file : AKA
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One of the orig. 13 : DEL
20
Dispatched : KILLED
21
Refusals in Rouen : NONS
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Numb : DEADEN
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The Lion of God : ALI
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Because of : DUETO
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Chuck wagon fare : GRUB
30
"___it" (delayed reaction to a joke) : IGET
31
Pearl collection : STRAND
33
Glistens : SHIMMERS
35
May Day pace : GOOSESTEP
37
Sneeze cause : ALLERGEN
40
Click beetle : ELATER
44
Hopper : TOAD
45
Cannon sound : PEAL
47
Group of three : TRINE
48
No-good : BUM
49
Famed assassin : CARLOS
51
Clue finders : TECS
52
Glorified : ADORED
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Half of a 1955 merger : CIO
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Something often sweetened : POT
57
Encumbers : RETARDS
59
Wardrobe : ARMOIRE
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The Spectator writer : STEELE
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Erudite : LEARNED
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Top of a cornstalk : TASSEL
64
Kind of fracture : STRESS
Down
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Hit the hay : SACKOUT
2
Janitor : CLEANER
3
Graycoat : REB
4
Hot : IRED
5
Up to the hubs : MIRED
6
Pirate's feature, sometimes : PEGLEG
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Sloths : AIS
8
Drink of half hard cider and half beer : SNAKEBITE
9
Lethal gas : SARIN
10
Of historic time : ERAL
11
Waste matter : SULLAGE
12
Terry Bradshaw, for one : STEELER
13
Victuals : VIANDS
17
Cuts and splices : EDITS
22
Not spontaneous : STAGED
24
Place for powder : ARSENAL
25
Morons' comments : DUHS
28
___about (legal phrase) : ONOR
30
Communicate : IMPART
32
Just keep one's head above water : DOGPADDLE
34
Dissolve : MELT
36
Person of the future : SEER
37
Practicing law : ATBAR
38
Most eye-catching : LOUDEST
39
1980 De Niro role : LAMOTTA
41
Men's jewelry items : TIEPINS
42
Showstoppers? : ENCORES
43
Not overworked : RESTED
46
Tavern habitues : LOCALS
49
Astronomical discovery of 1801 : CERES
50
River to the Danube : SIRET
53
Explorer John et al. : RAES
55
Versifying astronomer : OMAR
58
Bifteck seasoning : SEL
60
Nev. neighbor : ORE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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