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New York Times, Wednesday, May 3, 1995

Author:
Chuck Deodene
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Across : Kleenex
TotalDebutLatest
4211/16/19942/26/2021
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
02398128
CircleScrabDebutFresh
31.5824265%
Chuck Deodene

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Deodene. Wednesday freshness: 61%
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D
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A
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G
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M
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K
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A
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C
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S
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C
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L
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S
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M
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O
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N
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U
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© 1995, The New York Times5/3/95 ( No. 16,612 )
Across
1
Explorer Vasco ___ : DAGAMA
7
Exchange : SWAP
11
Brewery item : KEG
14
Support group for drinkers' families : ALANON
15
Mafia chief : CAPO
16
"___ American Cousin" : OUR
17
Riches, derogatorily : FILTHYLUCRE
19
Charlemagne's domain: Abbr. : HRE
20
Eyeballs : OGLES
21
Woodwind : OBOE
22
Potter's material : CLAY
23
Storm heading : ENE
24
Pitcher's stat : ERA
25
Surgery reminders : SCARS
27
Deprive of sustenance : STARVE
30
To no ___ (fruitlessly) : AVAIL
32
Mints : COINS
34
Tiny organisms : AMEBAE
35
Shady financial activity : MONEYLAUNDERING
39
Hall-of-Fame QB Johnny : UNITAS
40
Make an offer for : BIDON
41
Sticker : DECAL
42
Kleenex : TISSUE
45
"___ Luck" (1973-74 sitcom) : LOTSA
47
German "bugs" : VWS
48
Needlefish : GAR
50
Where it's happening : SITE
51
"Star Trek" counselor : TROI
53
Entrap : SNARE
55
Prefix with cycle : UNI
56
Tidy sum, slangily : PRETTYPENNY
58
Gamepieces : MEN
59
Deputy : AIDE
60
"'Crocodile' ___" : DUNDEE
61
Smelter input : ORE
62
Southwestern art colony : TAOS
63
Golfers Sam and J.C. : SNEADS
Down
1
"Platoon" Oscar nominee Willem : DAFOE
2
Straightens : ALIGNS
3
Stone chip : GALLET
4
Poker chip, maybe : ANTE
5
___ scale (hardness measure) : MOHS
6
Whichever : ANY
7
Treasure hunter's gear : SCUBA
8
Baylor University site : WACO
9
Post, in Paris : APRES
10
"The Tell-Tale Heart" writer : POE
11
Cabbage kin : KOHLRABI
12
Like the Urals : EURASIAN
13
"Riders of the Purple Sage" novelist : GREY
18
Brazilian city west of Rio : LORENA
22
Grottoes : CAVERNS
24
Satan's doings : EVILS
26
Special appearances : CAMEOS
28
Transparent sheet : ACETATE
29
1985 World Series champs : ROYALS
31
Support : LEG
33
Undersea prowler : SUB
34
___ Ababa, Ethiopia : ADDIS
35
Woodstock '94 feature : MUD
36
Witticism : ONELINER
37
Smokers' fix : NICOTINE
38
Dunce : NITWIT
43
"Raid on Entebbe" setting : UGANDA
44
Netted : EARNED
46
Heart chambers : ATRIA
47
Yea and nay : VOTES
49
Spanish kings : REYES
50
Kind of wrestler : SUMO
52
Give a new look : REDO
53
Rotated : SPUN
54
Endangered goose : NENE
56
Butter serving : PAT
57
Ground gained in the N.F.L. : YDS

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

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