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New York Times, Thursday, July 2, 1998

Author:
Pat M. Hugel
Editor:
Will Shortz
6-Across : Cries of aversion
TotalDebutLatest
47/2/19982/1/2002
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1.431245%
Pat M. Hugel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {BJQX} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Hugel. Thursday freshness: 33%
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© 1998, The New York Times7/2/98 ( No. 17,768 )
Across
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"The Balcony" playwright : GENET
6
Cries of aversion : UGHS
10
One of the finest : COP
13
Asseveration : AVOWAL
15
Santa's coat? : SOOT
16
Lilac or lemon, e.g. : HUE
17
Kipling's "The ___ of the Species" : FEMALE
18
One available in Ávila : SENORITA
20
Hero of many old dime novels : FRANKMERRIWELL
22
Tikkanen of hockey : ESA
23
___ Miguel : SAN
24
Kind of days : SALAD
26
"Spartacus" setting : ROME
28
Socials : TEAS
32
Japanese soup : MISO
33
Poe classic : THERAVEN
37
Schedule letters : ETA
38
Make cry : REDUCETOTEARS
41
J.F.K.'s U.N. ambassador : AES
42
Shepherd, of a sort : PREACHER
43
Shelter grp. : SPCA
45
Racketeer's org.? : USTA
46
John Paul, e.g., to the Italians : PAPA
50
Reeves of "Chain Reaction" : KEANU
52
One that brings in the bucks? : DOE
55
Dystopian 1920 play : RUR
56
N.B.A. All-Star : ALONZOMOURNING
61
Light horse-drawn carriage : STANHOPE
62
High-hat : SNOOTY
63
43-Across offering : PET
64
Like many orgs. : INTL
65
Prickly plant : TEASEL
66
"What ___ you saying?" : ARE
67
One of the Durbeyfields : TESS
68
Brace, with "up" : SHORE
Down
1
Movie worker : GAFFER
2
Exceedingly : EVERSO
3
Polite refusal : NOMAAM
4
McGregor of "Trainspotting" : EWAN
5
Squeals : TALKS
6
Former G.D.R. ally : USSR
7
Attendee : GOER
8
"___ soit qui mal y pense" : HONI
9
Shelves, maybe : STOWS
10
Less amicable : CHILLIER
11
Survives : OUTLASTS
12
Shell game item : PEA
14
Champagne Tony of golf : LEMA
19
Stationer's order : REAM
21
Menu heading : ENTREES
25
1950 film noir thriller : DOA
27
Schedule board abbr. : ETD
29
Bother badly : EATAT
30
Popular salad ingredient : AVOCADO
31
Dickens's ___ Pecksniff : SETH
34
March syllable : HUP
35
Tannish : ECRU
36
Part of an extended name : NEE
38
Twice-convicted felon : REPEATER
39
Snowball : ESCALATE
40
Artist in the Cercle et Carré group : ARP
41
"Don't ___!" : ASK
44
Prolific poet? : ANON
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Songlike : ARIOSO
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Boat propeller, of a sort : PUNTER
49
Like some socks : ARGYLE
51
Missed, as a target : UNHIT
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Depose : OUST
54
Cousins of ospreys : ERNES
57
Belt : ZONE
58
Gets off the fence, so to speak : OPTS
59
Sitcom diner : MELS
60
Ham's father : NOAH
61
Place for sweaters : SPA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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