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New York Times, Wednesday, March 8, 1995

Author:
Wayne Robert Williams
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Across : Smashing pumpkins' sounds
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Wayne Robert Williams

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {BFKQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Williams. Wednesday freshness: 85%
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© 1995, The New York Times3/8/95 ( No. 16,556 )
Across
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Smashing pumpkins' sounds : SPLATS
7
Silent signals : GESTURES
15
Muse of astronomy : URANIA
16
Ecuadorean volcano : ANTISANA
17
Lyrical poem : RONDEL
18
Saskatchewan city : MOOSEJAW
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At any time : EVER
20
Betel palms : ARECAS
22
Stood : ROSE
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Web : MESH
24
Unexpected victory : UPSET
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Breathing : ALIVE
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Ecdysiast : PEELER
32
Public relations matter : IMAGE
35
Devotees: Suffix : ITES
37
Royal residence of old Ireland : TARA
38
Loser to 4 Down in 1992 and 25 Down in 1994 : GORANIVANISEVIC
41
Fireplace fuel : LOGS
42
___ Xiaoping : DENG
43
Cash in hand, e.g. : ASSET
44
Burdens : ONUSES
46
Tragedy : DRAMA
48
Or, in a musical score : OSSIA
49
Crimebuster : GMAN
50
Actress Rogers : MIMI
54
Erotic : STEAMY
56
Stick with a stick : PROD
57
Wavering : HESITANT
61
Zimbabwe's capital : HARARE
63
Thinner than thin : ANOREXIC
64
Spouts speeches : ORATES
65
Russian for "comrade" : TOVARICH
66
Most prudent : WISEST
Down
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More likely : SURER
2
Brigham Young University site : PROVO
3
Country ways : LANES
4
1922 Wimbledon winner : ANDREAGASSI
5
Deuce : TIE
6
Sandwich meat : SALAMI
7
Last words at Wimbledon : GAMESETANDMATCH
8
"___ Arden" : ENOCH
9
Greek portico : STOA
10
Kleenex, e.g. : TISSUE
11
Function : USE
12
English rule in India : RAJ
13
Alfonso's queen : ENA
14
Spotted : SAW
21
Come back to life : REVIVE
25
1993 and 1994 Wimbledon winner : PETESAMPRAS
26
Some Eastern Europeans : SLAVS
27
Gooseflesh-making : EERIE
28
Pamphlet : TRACT
30
Sportscaster Berman : LEN
31
"___ Love You" : PSI
32
White house : IGLOO
33
Indian time periods : MOONS
34
Hundred-eyed creature of myth : ARGUS
36
Persistence of memory : ENGRAM
39
Age proof : IDS
40
Spade or Malone : SAM
45
Spring time : EASTER
47
Regardless : ANYHOW
49
Of RNA : GENIC
51
Really miffed : IRATE
52
"O tempora! O ___!" : MORES
53
That is to say : IDEST
55
Checker, maybe : TAXI
57
Boater or bowler : HAT
58
Brian, formerly of Roxy Music : ENO
59
From Stalingrad, e.g.: Abbr. : SOV
60
Writer Levin : IRA
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Hebrew name meaning "lion" : ARI

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

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