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New York Times, Monday, March 18, 1996

Author:
S. L. Robbins
Editor:
Will Shortz
29-Across : What a dinner partner might pick up
TotalDebutLatest
2033/27/19742/8/1999
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01413675122
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.47891535%
Sidney L. Robbins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 192 for Mr. Robbins. Monday freshness: 57%
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© 1996, The New York Times3/18/96 ( No. 16,932 )
Across
1
Blockheads : CLODS
6
Late tennis V.I.P. : ASHE
10
Dirty literature : SMUT
14
Evangelist___Semple McPherson : AIMEE
15
Wander : ROAM
16
El___, Tex. : PASO
17
With 36- and 56-Across, an announcer's plea : STAYWITHUS
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"Leaving on___Plane" : AJET
20
Rooster's mates : HENS
21
Melee : RIOT
22
Stingless bee : DRONE
23
Female deer : DOE
24
Woman in charge of a prison : MATRON
25
Keep : RETAIN
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What a dinner partner might pick up : THETAB
31
European autos : OPELS
32
Came up : AROSE
33
Louis XVI, e.g. : ROI
36
See 17-Across : WELLBERIGHTBACK
39
Observe : SEE
40
Eggs on : URGES
41
Reach in total : RUNTO
42
Left-hand pages : VERSOS
44
Sinew : TENDON
45
In the center of : AMIDST
47
Fish eggs : ROE
48
Count with an orchestra : BASIE
49
Profit : GAIN
51
Kind of processing : DATA
55
Cecil B. DeMille work : EPIC
56
See 17-Across : DONTGOAWAY
58
"Thanks___!" : ALOT
59
Comic Johnson : ARTE
60
Flee to wed : ELOPE
61
Department store department : MENS
62
Army chow : MESS
63
Irritates : RILES
Down
1
Bills and coins : CASH
2
Lower-calorie beer : LITE
3
Mideast sultanate : OMAN
4
Old Tunisian rulers : DEYS
5
Stitch : SEW
6
Shaw of "Star Dust" : ARTIE
7
Big Apple area : SOHO
8
___monde (high society) : HAUT
9
German spa : EMS
10
Ancient Greek city : SPARTA
11
Like many advertised appliances : MAJORBRAND
12
"___hooks" : USENO
13
"On a scale of one___" : TOTEN
18
Golf club : IRON
22
Oasis sight : DATETREE
23
Spend : DISBURSE
24
Netting : MESH
25
Tiers : ROWS
26
Fencer's sword : EPEE
27
Much-used advertising medium : TELEVISION
28
Sum total : ALL
29
Endeavors : TRIES
30
Doesn't share : HOGS
32
Jason's ship : ARGO
34
Numerical prefix : OCTO
35
Sacred image: Var. : IKON
37
Formerly, once : ERST
38
Burger roll : BUN
43
Decrees : EDICTS
44
Chinese secret society : TONG
45
90 degrees from fore-and-aft : ABEAM
46
Shade tree : MAPLE
47
Religious observances : RITES
49
Clinton's Veep : GORE
50
Picnic pests : ANTS
51
Limp watch painter : DALI
52
Army deserter : AWOL
53
Stock ticker output : TAPE
54
Nays' opposites : AYES
56
Hoover, e.g. : DAM
57
"___the ramparts we..." : OER

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

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