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New York Times, Friday, June 23, 1995

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
43-Across : Quick with a reply
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JQVZ} Spans: 6, (2 triple stacks) This is puzzle # 41 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 45%
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© 1995, The New York Times6/23/95 ( No. 16,663 )
Across
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"Actually..." : ASFARASTHATGOES
16
Persisted : STAYEDTHECOURSE
17
1980 Seymour-Reeve love story : SOMEWHEREINTIME
18
No for Burns : NAE
19
Shapes again : REMOLDS
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Aquamarine, e.g. : GEM
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Arthurian knight who sought the Holy Grail : BORS
22
Move about : STIR
24
Composed : SEDATE
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Gladdens : ELATES
31
Poker Flat chronicler : HARTE
32
Shoot-out danger : CROSSFIRE
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"L'___ c'est moi": Louis XIV : ETAT
36
Rushmore is one : MOUNT
37
Blue hue : TEAL
38
Sports doctors' supplies : LINIMENTS
40
Hardly windy : TERSE
41
U.S. Gold Bullion Depository site : FTKNOX
42
Analyzes sentences : PARSES
43
Quick with a reply : GLIB
45
Goes for the bronze : SUNS
46
School figure, for short : GPA
49
Emotionally cold person, informally : ICEBERG
51
___ tai : MAI
54
Cold-war collections : NUCLEARARSENALS
57
Law chief : ATTORNEYGENERAL
58
Puts in more chips, e.g. : RAISESTHESTAKES
Down
1
Part of P.T.A.: Abbr. : ASSN
2
Columned walkway : STOA
3
"I would give all my ___ for a pot of ale":"Henry V" : FAME
4
Parliamentary stand : AYE
5
Did major editing : REWROTE
6
Stick : ADHERE
7
Arises (from) : STEMS
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"Comin' ___ the Rye" : THRO
9
Ends of a loaf : HEELS
10
Defining challenge : ACIDTEST
11
Adenoids' neighbors : TONSILS
12
Kind of reaction : GUT
13
Not a copy: Abbr. : ORIG
14
Seal in Disney's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" : ESME
15
Give the impression : SEEM
21
Kind of average : BATTING
23
Whitewater sight : RAFTERS
24
Storage spot : SHELF
25
Enjoy something enormously, with "up" : EATIT
26
Drained : DRANK
28
Ranks : TIERS
29
Clear the boards : ERASE
30
1991-92 U.S. Open tennis champ : SELES
32
Jailer's charge : CON
33
Daily grind : RUT
34
Switch positions : ONS
36
Rivera and Orozco, e.g. : MEXICANS
39
"The Miser" playwright : MOLIERE
40
It doesn't go in circles : TANGENT
42
Coin holders : PURSES
44
Picasso topper : BERET
45
Twill : SERGE
46
Growl like a dog : GNAR
47
"___ lid on it!" : PUTA
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Pre-intermission period : ACTI
50
Evan from Indiana : BAYH
51
Squiggle, e.g. : MARK
52
Aves have them : ALAE
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Cuba and Aruba: Abbr. : ISLS
55
___ Altos : LOS
56
King Features competitor : NEA

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

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