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New York Times, Thursday, May 9, 1996

Author:
C. Millhauser
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Across : Place for locks
TotalDebutLatest
881/26/19925/15/2011
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410143552
RebusCircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
211.58657442%
Cathy Allis

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FGJPQVZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 24 for Ms. Allis. Thursday freshness: 25%
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U
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M
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B
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R
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A
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M
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A
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R
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S
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B
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I
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L
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E
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N
O
L
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N
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A
L
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E
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R
O
O
D
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A
B
O
R
T
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N
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W
T
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A
D
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U
X
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Y
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A
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N
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A
B
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M
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D
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E
L
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C
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D
R
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A
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M
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A
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W
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S
O
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O
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M
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C
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A
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T
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N
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N
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T
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W
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H
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A
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U
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M
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N
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T
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M
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T
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L
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U
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N
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© 1996, The New York Times5/9/96 ( No. 16,984 )
Across
1
Shadow : UMBRA
6
Kind of bar : MARS
10
Choler : BILE
14
Actor Lloyd of "Peyton Place" : NOLAN
15
Opposite of windward : ALEE
16
Chancel decoration : ROOD
17
Cut short, NASA-style : ABORT
18
Eft-wing politician? : NEWT
19
Yemeni port : ADEN
20
Home of Briar Cliff College : SIOUXCITYIOWA
23
In motion : ASTIR
24
Lo mein base : NOODLES
25
Johnny Cash hit of 1969 : ABOYNAMEDSUE
28
Suffix with king : DOM
29
Kind of short, for short : ELEC
30
Enter the realm of Morpheus : DREAM
34
Over : ANEW
36
Jack of "Barney Miller" : SOO
38
Start to kick? : SIDE
39
MASH worker : MEDIC
41
Sans mixers : NEAT
44
"Winter of Artifice" writer : NIN
45
Valueless : NOTWORTHASOU
49
Result of a head injury, maybe : AMNESIA
52
Some sale settings : TENTS
53
Place for locks : SAULTSTEMARIE
56
"Kon-___" : TIKI
57
Ward of TV's "Sisters" : SELA
58
60's boxing champ Griffith : EMILE
61
Kind of column : ONES
62
"Trinity" author : URIS
63
Less bats : SANER
64
Digs to twigs : NEST
65
What rakes make : EYES
66
Elmer the Bull's mate : ELSIE
Down
1
Women's rights periodical of 1853 : UNA
2
Throng : MOB
3
Thrived : BLOSSOMED
4
Curio : RARITY
5
Fats Domino's real first name : ANTOINE
6
Tailless cat : MANX
7
Actor Baldwin : ALEC
8
Cassette button : REWIND
9
Donnybrooks : SETTOS
10
Corn row creators : BRAIDERS
11
Antiseptic compound : IODOL
12
"Camelot" composer : LOEWE
13
Fashion editor Chase et al. : EDNAS
21
Caspian Sea feeder : URAL
22
"___Be So Nice to Come Home To" : YOUD
23
Have___to pick : ABONE
25
Man in a garden : ADAM
26
Enero or febrero, e.g. : MES
27
___-Lodge (motel chain) : ECONO
31
Brains : EINSTEINS
32
Chihuahua "ciao" : ADIOS
33
Restaurant reading : MENU
35
Restaurant reading : WINELIST
37
National anthem contraction : OER
40
Penalty : COST
42
Girl starter : ATTA
43
Saint called "The Little Flower" : THERESE
46
Sneeze stopper : TISSUE
47
Thin, in a way : WATERY
48
Barbarian : ANIMAL
49
___Martin (classic car) : ASTON
50
Election bellwether : MAINE
51
SALT subject : NUKES
54
Writer Wiesel : ELIE
55
Service at St. Peter's : MASS
59
Hibiscus wreath : LEI
60
Before : ERE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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