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New York Times, Tuesday, July 2, 1996

Author:
Bette Sue Cohen
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Across : "Sweeney Todd" prop
TotalDebutLatest
473/30/19784/4/2007
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31.52174129%
Bette Sue Cohen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQWX} This is puzzle # 44 for Ms. Cohen. Tuesday freshness: 78%
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© 1996, The New York Times7/2/96 ( No. 17,038 )
Across
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Actress Moore : DEMI
5
Grade school grade : PASS
9
More peculiar : ODDER
14
Attorney Dershowitz : ALAN
15
Chill : AGUE
16
"Superman" star : REEVE
17
Elan : ZING
18
High schooler : TEEN
19
Trembling tree : ASPEN
20
"South Pacific" co-star : EZIOPINZA
22
NO2 (chemical) : NITRO
23
Bounced, as a baby on the knee : DANDLED
24
"I, Claudius" attire : TOGA
26
Literary collection : ANA
27
Part of a bridge auction : OVERBID
31
"I___a clue" : HAVENT
35
Maidenform purchase : BRA
36
Hosiery shade : NUDE
37
Tours school : ECOLE
38
Carrier from Stockholm : SAS
39
"Sweeney Todd" prop : RAZOR
40
Et___ : ALII
41
90's convenience, for short : ATM
42
Prove a failure : FIZZLE
43
Lasting : DURABLE
45
Part of a shark sighting : FIN
46
Kind of nut : KOLA
47
Luanda resident : ANGOLAN
52
Assail : FLYAT
55
"The Godfather" writer : MARIOPUZO
57
"Mazeppa" composer : LISZT
58
Singer Clapton : ERIC
59
"The Figure of___": Dickinson : ANUT
60
"Let's Make___" : ADEAL
61
File's partner : RANK
62
Exceptional : RARE
63
Shouldered : BORNE
64
Do in : SLAY
65
___bien : TRES
Down
1
In a fog : DAZED
2
Professor Higgin's pupil : ELIZA
3
"The___the White Suit" (1951 film) : MANIN
4
"___We Trust" : INGOD
5
Like Job : PATIENT
6
To-do list : AGENDA
7
___Canal : SUEZ
8
Capitol Hill gang : SENATORS
9
Lunchbox item : ORANGE
10
Bandleader/TV star of old : DESIARNAZ
11
___of Educ. : DEPT
12
At any time : EVER
13
America West destination : RENO
21
DC-10 : PLANE
25
Eggs : OVA
28
Fly low over : BUZZ
29
Golen calf : IDOL
30
"___Mable" (1918 best seller) : DERE
31
Superintendent : HEAD
32
Bill of Rights defender, for short : ACLU
33
___dire (court procedure) : VOIR
34
"Gentleman's Agreement" director : ELIAKAZAN
35
Ka-pow! : BAM
38
Clambake fare : STEAMERS
39
Fab Four name : RINGO
41
Part of A.P.B. : ALL
42
Hard to please : FINICKY
44
Perfume holder : BOTTLE
45
Cooked cereal : FARINA
48
Modern museum display : OPART
49
Kind of module : LUNAR
50
Sky blue : AZURE
51
I.O.U.'s, e.g. : NOTES
52
"Spare tire" : FLAB
53
Resort near Venice : LIDO
54
River to the North Sea : YSER
56
Sea east of the Caspian : ARAL

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

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