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New York Times, Monday, May 20, 1996

Author:
G. E. Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Across : Droops
TotalDebutLatest
1169/13/199410/17/2005
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
086291000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.502306%
Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QUXZ} This is puzzle # 34 for Mr. Paul. Monday freshness: 37%
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A
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G
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H
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F
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F
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C
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M
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R
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D
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H
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N
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B
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P
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H
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D
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B
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J
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M
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K
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E
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© 1996, The New York Times5/20/96 ( No. 16,995 )
Across
1
Droops : SAGS
5
Dutch engineerig feat : DIKE
9
Capital on the Seine : PARIS
14
Prefix with port or pad : HELI
15
Spew : EMIT
16
Separately : APART
17
Historic periods : ERAS
18
New Year's Eve figure : FATHERTIME
20
Machine for removing cloth waste : LINTER
22
Chinese: Prefix : SINO
23
Forty winks : NAP
24
Make a___case of : FEDERAL
26
Not windy : CALM
28
Of kings and queens : ROYAL
30
Cried like a Siamese : MEOWED
34
"Philadelphia" star Tom : HANKS
37
Kemo___ (the Lone Ranger) : SABE
39
Little hopper : TOAD
40
Skin soother : ALOE
41
Flower feature : PETAL
42
Dance at a Jewish wedding : HORA
43
"Phooey!" : DARN
44
Angers : IRES
45
Abdomen : BELLY
46
___d'Arc : JEANNE
48
Hardship : RIGOR
50
Play area : YARD
52
Most extended : LONGEST
56
Put 2 and 2 together : ADD
59
Gum or plum, e.g. : TREE
61
Brewer Coors : ADOLPH
62
1938 movie with Ronald Reagan : BROTHERRAT
65
CBer's end-of-message word : OVER
66
Newswoman Shriver : MARIA
67
St. Patrick's land : EIRE
68
___qua non : SINE
69
Proust hero : SWANN
70
Femur-tibia go-between : KNEE
71
Villa d'___ : ESTE
Down
1
Continental___ : SHELF
2
Cliff dwelling : AERIE
3
Thyroid, e.g. : GLAND
4
1946 Rosalind Russell role : SISTERKENNY
5
Bear part of, as expenses : DEFRAY
6
"___Yankee Doodle dandy" : IMA
7
Model sets : KITS
8
Moral precept : ETHIC
9
Conditional release : PAROLE
10
Prone : APT
11
Parade spoiler : RAIN
12
"___la Douce" : IRMA
13
Word repeated by a drill sergeant : STEP
19
Nail polish : ENAMEL
21
Greek Cupid : EROS
25
Surgical beam : LASER
27
Nursery name : MOTHERGOOSE
29
Slangy goodbye : LATER
31
Winter fabric : WOOL
32
___of Suffolk : EARL
33
June 6, 1944 : DDAY
34
Pilgrimage to Mecca : HADJ
35
Wings: Lat. : ALAE
36
Nick's "Thin Man" wife : NORA
38
Pesto herb : BASIL
41
Coyote State's capital : PIERRE
45
007 : BOND
47
Lane of "The Birdcage" : NATHAN
49
Trimmed beard : GOATEE
51
Actress Bo : DEREK
53
Ed Sullivan guest of 9/9/56 : ELVIS
54
Worn-out : SPENT
55
Babe Ruth's number : THREE
56
Some military defenses: Abbr. : ABMS
57
Sketch : DRAW
58
"Cannery Row" character : DORA
60
"___go bragh!" : ERIN
63
Can material : TIN
64
Exist : ARE

Answer summary:
3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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