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New York Times, Wednesday, June 19, 1996

Author:
F. Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
63-Across : Dos halved
TotalDebutLatest
15411/22/19939/1/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1425262552948
RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.5550233%
Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJQ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. Piscop. Wednesday freshness: 64%
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© 1996, The New York Times6/19/96 ( No. 17,025 )
Across
1
Opposite of guerra : PAZ
4
Oscar contender : ACTOR
9
Noted diarist : PEPYS
14
"___pig's eye!" : INA
15
"Maria___" (1941 hit) : ELENA
16
Toiled in the galley : OARED
17
Nurse : SIP
18
Composer Ned : ROREM
19
Tallow sources : SUETS
20
"I was___" : AMALEWARBRIDE
23
Turkey, e.g. : NATION
24
Rubber tree yields : LATEXES
27
Bed support : SLAT
28
"Hedda Gabler" dramatist : IBSEN
31
Hobgoblin : IMP
32
Marvel comics hero : CONAN
34
Toothsome : TASTY
36
"I am___" : THEGREATEST
39
It may have a well : STAIR
41
Before, in Brest : AVANT
42
Kind of nut : HEX
43
Rustic : YOKEL
45
Sexual desire : EROS
49
Centers of commerce : EMPORIA
52
Off the mark : ERRANT
54
"I'll be___" : AMONKEYSUNCLE
57
Dallied (with) : TOYED
59
Ore carriers : TRAMS
60
Relations : KIN
61
Castle of the ballroom : IRENE
62
Media whiz Roger : AILES
63
Dos halved : UNO
64
Trunk : TORSO
65
Actress Davis : GEENA
66
Set, as an exchange rate : PEG
Down
1
Galileo and others : PISANS
2
Kind of magnetism : ANIMAL
3
"Viva___!" : ZAPATA
4
Word on mail from Mexico : AEREO
5
Cutting up : CLOWNING
6
Trillion: Prefix : TERA
7
Lulu : ONER
8
Not get to the point : RAMBLE
9
Assume as fact : POSIT
10
___Cologne : EAUDE
11
Come before : PREEXIST
12
To this point : YET
13
Radical 60's org. : SDS
21
Kind of nut : LITCHI
22
Was published : RAN
25
C.P.R. expert : EMT
26
Le Carre figure : SPY
29
Where to get shots : BAR
30
Weasel : SNEAK
33
"___the ramparts..." : OER
34
Site for Hamilton : TEN
35
Rearward : ASTERN
36
W-2 receiver : TAXPAYER
37
City map abbr. : AVE
38
Late additions to a jury : TALESMEN
39
That ship : SHE
40
Pro___ : TEM
43
Negative, in Chinese philosophy : YIN
44
Poster material : OAKTAG
46
Amass : RACKUP
47
Using Compuserve : ONLINE
48
Dictation taker : STENOG
50
Auguries : OMENS
51
Fun for cowboys : RODEO
53
Baseball's Tony La___ : RUSSA
55
Native New Yorker : ERIE
56
Locksmith Linus : YALE
57
Bit of retribution : TIT
58
Rio de___ : ORO

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

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