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New York Times, Thursday, July 27, 1995

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Across : Not care ___
TotalDebutLatest
856/30/19814/25/2002
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
04202127121
RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
11.551076740%
Lois Sidway

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 77 for Ms. Sidway. Thursday freshness: 38%
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M
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© 1995, The New York Times7/27/95 ( No. 16,697 )
Across
1
Bullwinkle, e.g. : MOOSE
6
Unit of sugar : LUMP
10
One with a handle : CBER
14
Algebraic exponent : INDEX
15
Carpet cutter's calculation : AREA
16
Lunar light : HALO
17
Wrestling coups? : CLINCHPINS
19
Geologic divisions : ERAS
20
Baby blue, e.g. : EYE
21
Zoo section : EMUS
22
Unctuous : SMARMY
24
Riding whip : CROP
25
Lone Ranger foe Black ___ : BART
26
Has a litter : WHELPS
29
Pooped : DOGTIRED
33
Set another match to : RELIT
34
Top-drawer : AONE
35
It's probably filled on Easter : NAVE
36
Not care ___ : ARAP
37
Better-than-middling grade : CPLUS
38
___ at (torment) : GNAW
39
Change for a C-note : TENS
40
Lummoxes : APES
41
China man : SPODE
42
It's usually out for the night : HIDEABED
44
Actor Lon : CHANEY
45
Brooklet : RILL
46
Jam-pack : LOAD
47
Work : OEUVRE
50
Hooey : BUNK
51
It starts in Apr. : DST
54
Oscar-winning Pasteur portrayer : MUNI
55
Many a drug pusher? : CRACKETEER
58
Playwright Bogosian : ERIC
59
Golfer Isao ___ : AOKI
60
Tennis exchange : RALLY
61
Memo : NOTE
62
Portland college : REED
63
Singing syllables : SOLFA
Down
1
Attic problem : MICE
2
Exclusively : ONLY
3
Jim Davis cartoon dog : ODIE
4
Hill worker: Abbr. : SEN
5
Quote from : EXCERPT
6
Receive enthusiastically : LAPUP
7
"The Haj" author : URIS
8
Chess pieces : MEN
9
Gail Sheehy book : PASSAGES
10
Student's crib? : CHEATINGPAD
11
Roseanne, formerly : BARR
12
Jack of TV's "Easy Street" : ELAM
13
Optimistic : ROSY
18
Medical grps. : HMOS
23
Lawrence Tero, professionally : MRT
24
Dog groomer's specialty? : CLIPSERVICE
25
Worker's reward : BONUS
26
Tom Joad felt it : WRATH
27
"___ go again..." : HEREI
28
Relative of the dik-dik : ELAND
29
Gave (out) : DOLED
30
Yakety-yakked : RANON
31
Get around : EVADE
32
1948 also-ran : DEWEY
34
Fencing movement : APPEL
37
Frisco transporter : CABLECAR
41
Movers' partners : SHAKERS
43
Word with head or line : AIR
44
Bean : CONK
46
Intelligible : LUCID
47
Sign of things to come : OMEN
48
___ Disney : EURO
49
Hawkeye's MASH, for one : UNIT
50
Make brownies : BAKE
51
Farmer's place, in song : DELL
52
Part of S.A.S.E. : SELF
53
"___ Little Tenderness" (old hit song) : TRYA
56
Lobster coral : ROE
57
"The Way" : TAO

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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