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New York Times, Saturday, July 27, 1996

Author:
F. Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Across : Double-dealing
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
9110/29/199411/24/20192
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
150137142922
RebusScrabDebutFresh
41.4868687%
Frank Longo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 30 Missing: {FJKQXZ} This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Longo. Saturday freshness: 46%
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© 1996, The New York Times7/27/96 ( No. 17,063 )
Across
1
Vinegar, essentially : ACETICACID
11
Physics units : ERGS
15
Noted 15th-century reformer : SAVONAROLA
16
Source of interest : LOAN
17
Before birth : PRENATALLY
18
Prefix with bond : EURO
19
Unaccented : STRESSLESS
20
Emulate a rodent : GNAW
21
Sound stage : SET
22
Gnatlike insect : MIDGE
23
Put on sale : REDUCE
26
In a stew : POTHERED
29
Bore : DRIP
30
Masters : VIRTUOSOS
32
___soda : SAL
33
Fireballs : METEORS
34
Reddish-brown : BAY
36
It often features articles about dating : SEVENTEEN
38
Mound : PILE
39
Noted American ornithologist : PETERSON
40
Schumann's "___From Childhood" : SCENES
42
Jazz's___Shapiro : ARTIE
43
Instance, to Ingres : CAS
44
Somali-born supermodel : IMAN
45
Double-dealing : DISHONESTY
52
Foreign princess : RANI
53
Traits that rate 10's : IDEALITIES
54
Usher tack-on : ETTE
55
Timely : SEASONABLE
56
Whitetails : DEER
57
Supercharger : COMPRESSOR
Down
1
Old World snakes : ASPS
2
Help for airport baggage : CART
3
"Did I___!" : EVER
4
Exercises : TONESUP
5
Momentarily, slangily : INASEC
6
Singer now known as Yusef Islam : CATSTEVENS
7
Sea near Novokazalinsk : ARAL
8
First black to host a TV series : COLE
9
Misfortunes : ILLS
10
Dog___ : DAYS
11
Matthew Arnold's "Thyrsis" and others : ELEGIES
12
Like some tournaments : ROUNDROBIN
13
Pack rat's paradise, perhaps : GARAGESALE
14
Overwhelmed with flattery : SNOWED
22
Conductance units : MHOS
23
Address abbrs. : RDS
24
Puzzler's pen, possibly : ERASERMATE
25
Amateur : DILETTANTE
26
Take pride in (oneself) : PREEN
27
Chief Big Kansas, for one : OTOE
28
Blushes : TURNSCOLOR
31
Give___(curse) : ITTO
33
Bare : MERE
35
Absolutely : YES
37
Having more lines, as a leaf : VEINIER
38
Malaga moolah : PESETAS
39
Bigeminal : PAIRED
41
Like a boxer : CANINE
45
Kind of brake : DISC
46
Prefix with logical : IDEO
47
Suture : SEAM
48
Lid fastener : HASP
49
Family members : SIBS
50
End: Prefix : TELO
51
W.W. I battle river : YSER

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 5 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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