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New York Times, Monday, August 14, 1995

Author:
Ben Wheelock
Editor:
Will Shortz
65-Across : Most cunning
TotalDebut
18/14/1995
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0100000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.61338%
Ben Wheelock

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJMQU} Spans: 1 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Wheelock. Monday freshness: 88%
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© 1995, The New York Times8/14/95 ( No. 16,715 )
Across
1
Smelter waste : SLAG
5
Cry to Bo-Peep : BAA
8
Grammatical case : DATIVE
14
Game with mallets : POLO
15
Football positions: Abbr. : RTS
16
Having hidden humor : IRONIC
17
Sourness : ACERBITY
19
South Seas attire : SARONG
20
Popular lullaby : ROCKABYEBABY
22
Suffix with item or union : IZE
23
"Kidnapped" monogram : RLS
24
Household sets : TVS
27
Backwoods affirmative : YEP
30
Attack : ASSAIL
33
"That was close!" : PHEW
34
Hawaiian greeting : ALOHA
36
Oil company of old : ESSO
37
Hindu princess : RANI
38
1966 Beatles hit : PAPERBACKWRITER
41
Stack : PILE
42
Medicinal plant : ALOE
43
Get all A's : EXCEL
44
Author Blyton : ENID
45
Fracases : SETTOS
47
They're either A.M. or P.M. : HRS
48
Bear's home : DEN
49
Russ. or Ukr., once : SSR
50
U.S. soldiers : GIS
52
Wrestling move : SCISSORSHOLD
58
Italian painter : TITIAN
61
Mandela's capital : PRETORIA
62
One who has more fun? : BLONDE
63
Type widths : ENS
64
Passed with ease : ACED
65
Most cunning : SLYEST
66
Computer system : DOS
67
Girl : LASS
Down
1
Trade jabs (with) : SPAR
2
Plumb crazy : LOCO
3
Mr. Guinness : ALEC
4
Russian novelist Maxim : GORKI
5
Corrupts : BRIBES
6
Lawyer: Abbr. : ATTY
7
"___ sow, so shall..." : ASYE
8
Rule out : DISALLOW
9
Many Egyptians : ARABS
10
English conservative : TORY
11
Italian suffix : INO
12
Bordeaux or champagne : VIN
13
Hosp. instrument : ECG
18
Mideast market : BAZAAR
21
BBQ dish : BRISKET
24
Old-fashioned roofing : THATCH
25
Woodworker's facade : VENEER
26
Fudge ice cream features : SWIRLS
27
Talked noisily : YAPPED
28
Actress May : ELAINE
29
Ribbed fabric : POPLIN
31
Arctic hunters : SEALERS
32
Scarf : ASCOT
33
___ fixe (menu notation) : PRIX
35
Follow, as advice : HEED
39
Baby basket : BASSINET
40
Don't say yes : RESIST
46
Female monster : OGRESS
49
Lots : SCADS
51
Sandbank : SHOAL
52
Trig function : SINE
53
Rushed : SPED
54
"Yes ___?" : ORNO
55
Killer whale : ORCA
56
Fibs : LIES
57
Family members : DADS
58
Atlanta-based cable channel : TBS
59
Not well : ILL
60
Item in Santa's bag : TOY

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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