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New York Times, Friday, May 24, 1996

Author:
M. Ashwood-Smith
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Sidekick
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
876/5/19919/24/202210
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
000246417
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.52456766%
Martin Ashwood-Smith

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJWXZ} Spans: 4, (1 triple stack) This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Ashwood-Smith. Friday freshness: 42%
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© 1996, The New York Times5/24/96 ( No. 16,999 )
Across
1
"Dennis the Menace" girl : MARGARET
9
Word on a door : PUSH
13
Taskmaster : OVERSEER
14
Bring about : INDUCE
17
Goodbye abroad : SAYONARA
18
Photographer's chemical : QUINOL
19
Former Mideast inits. : UAR
20
Sidekick : CHUM
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Italian number : TRE
23
Econ. figure : GNP
24
Nail site : TOE
25
Goddess whose name means "chosen one" : HERA
26
Kind of pack : MUD
27
Decrease? : IRON
29
"Gigi" star : CARON
30
Adapt, in a way : DOASTHEROMANSDO
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Pulsar studier : RADIOASTRONOMER
34
Every which way : INALLDIRECTIONS
35
___d'Aosta (region of Italy) : VALLE
36
Stygian : DARK
37
Up-to-the-minute : HOT
38
Kindergarten learning : ABCS
39
___juris (legal term) : SUI
40
Pink lady ingredient : GIN
41
Jungle climber : BOA
42
24-Across's opposite : HEEL
43
Seasoning for pommes frites : SEL
44
Took a stab at? : LUNGED
46
List ender : ETCETERA
51
Another list ender : ETALIA
52
Put two and two together : REASONED
53
Bereft : LORN
54
Play to the balcony : SERENADE
Down
1
Calendar divs. : MOS
2
Actress Gardner : AVA
3
Alfonso, e.g. : REY
4
Foundation timbers : GROUNDSILLS
5
Child's play : ASNAP
6
Bring up : REAR
7
Alway : EER
8
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Excite : PIQUE
10
U.S. coin word : UNUM
11
Much-debated defense prog. : SDI
12
Late September or early October event : HUNTERSMOON
15
Caustic : CORRODENT
16
Actress Parker and others : ELEANORS
21
Respectful one : HONORER
23
"___Diary" (1943 movie) : GUADALCANAL
25
Onetime P.O.W. site, slangily : HANOIHILTON
26
Lament : MOANABOUT
27
"If___a nickel..." : IHAD
28
Dregs : RESIDUE
29
Oblique line : CANT
30
Working, as a car : DRIVABLE
31
Lacquered metalware : TOLE
32
Pseudo : MOCK
39
City on the Meuse : SEDAN
40
Ninnies : GEESE
42
One may be apparent : HEIR
43
Deface : SCAR
45
Day-___ : GLO
47
Mark aimed at in curling : TEE
48
Alfonso's queen : ENA
49
Rosy : RED
50
Drink suffix : ADE

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

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