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New York Times, Thursday, May 18, 1995

Author:
Chuck Deodene
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Brace for trouble
TotalDebutLatest
4211/16/19942/26/2021
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
02398128
CircleScrabDebutFresh
31.5824265%
Chuck Deodene

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Deodene. Thursday freshness: 89%
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P
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J
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M
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B
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S
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D
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P
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K
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K
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P
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© 1995, The New York Times5/18/95 ( No. 16,627 )
Across
1
Nightcap accompaniment : PAJAMAS
8
In the sky : MIDAIR
14
Zenith : MERIDIAN
15
Enervation : ANEMIA
16
Living off another's largess : ONTHEGRAVYTRAIN
18
"Loverboy" singer Billy : OCEAN
19
Yarn spinner : FABLER
20
Brace for trouble : GIRD
21
Wild card, often : DEUCE
23
Actor Neeson : LIAM
26
Elusive : SLY
27
Triumph : WIN
28
Lunar valley : RILLE
29
Statuary art : BUSTS
31
Make safe : DECLAW
32
Experimental electrical materials : SUPERCONDUCTORS
36
Hag : OGRESS
37
Center : LOCUS
38
Montgomery of film : CLIFT
39
Paddle : OAR
40
"Hawaii Five-O" actor Fong : KAM
43
Smooch : KISS
44
Burst : SPURT
47
Fly alone : SOLO
48
Ear malady : OTITIS
50
Loser to Dempsey, 9/14/23 : FIRPO
51
One who can make brown eyes blue? : GENETICENGINEER
55
Resting : ATEASE
56
Locomotive's load : RAILCARS
57
Arctic coats : PARKAS
58
TV news story : SEGMENT
Down
1
Cosmetics applicator : PENCIL
2
Thoroughfare : ARTERY
3
Holy war : JIHAD
4
Mideastern gulf : ADEN
5
Red-starred aircraft : MIG
6
Swiss river : AAR
7
Mishap : SNAFU
8
"___ Baby" (Crickets hit) : MAYBE
9
Global: Abbr. : INTL
10
Bums : DERELICTS
11
Texas metropolis : AMARILLO
12
Roman trio : III
13
Campaigned : RAN
14
Early synthesizers : MOOGS
17
Carpet cleaner, briefly : VAC
21
Platters : DISCS
22
Inner, in combinations : ENTO
24
Daminozide, familiarly : ALAR
25
Quaint residential street : MEWS
27
Sausage : WURST
28
Crop up again : RECUR
29
Kind of tomato : BEEFSTEAK
30
Lorne Michael's program, for short : SNL
31
Coin of old : DUCAT
32
Wallop : SOCK
33
Wrinkly-skinned fruit : UGLI
34
Detainee : PRISONER
35
Postern, e.g. : DOOR
40
Seoul man : KOREAN
41
Herb of horns : ALPERT
42
Anchors : MOORS
44
Eyesores or eye sores : STIES
45
Photo : PIC
46
Rehab candidates : USERS
47
From then on : SINCE
49
"___ Heartache" (1978 hit) : ITSA
50
Patina : FILM
51
Cleft : GAP
52
Letter from Plato : ETA
53
Scot's refusal : NAE
54
Musical engagement : GIG

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

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