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New York Times, Monday, September 25, 1995

Author:
Gregory E. Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
68-Across : "F Troop" corporal
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Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQVWXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. Paul. Monday freshness: 21%
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© 1995, The New York Times9/25/95 ( No. 16,757 )
Across
1
Colorado Springs inits. : USAF
5
Thespian : ACTOR
10
Poi source : TARO
14
Sport on horseback : POLO
15
Queen of ___ : SHEBA
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Preowned : USED
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___ En-lai : CHOU
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"The Crucible" locale : SALEM
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Like a piper of yore : PIED
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Lord's Prayer phrase : OURDAILYBREAD
23
F.A.O. Schwarz goods : TOYS
24
Kuwaiti export : OIL
25
"The Sound of Music" setting : ABBEY
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Recede : EBB
31
Cappuccino flavor : MOCHA
35
Mild cigars : CLAROS
37
Spy novelist Deighton : LEN
39
Stimpy's pal : REN
40
Dickens novel : OURMUTUALFRIEND
44
Hwy. : RTE
45
Gab : YAK
46
Hollywood hound : LASSIE
47
Items counted in a roll call : NOSES
50
Stephen of "The Crying Game" : REA
52
Carries : TOTES
53
Séance sound : RAP
55
Café au ___ : LAIT
57
50's sitcom : OURMISSBROOKS
63
Soup pod : OKRA
64
Pawnee home : TEPEE
65
Papal name : PIUS
67
Billboard : SIGN
68
"F Troop" corporal : AGARN
69
Miss Fitzgerald : ELLA
70
Tournament hotshot : SEED
71
Rudolph's master : SANTA
72
False coin : SLUG
Down
1
___ symbol (bar code) : UPC
2
Manhattan district : SOHO
3
Baseball's Matty or Moises : ALOU
4
Like F.D.R.'s Presidency : FOURTERM
5
Test, as ore : ASSAY
6
Patio furniture item : CHAISE
7
Show's partner : TELL
8
Follow orders : OBEY
9
Stallone role : RAMBO
10
Elvis's birthplace : TUPELO
11
Part of SEATO : ASIA
12
Marsh plant : REED
13
Preternatural : ODD
21
"___ Believe in Magic" (1965 hit) : DOYOU
22
Edge : RIM
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Squirrel's snack : ACORN
26
Popeye's foe : BLUTO
27
Exposes : BARES
29
Pianist Eubie : BLAKE
30
Puccini's "Un ___ di" : BEL
32
Procter & Gamble toothpaste : CREST
33
Ice star Sonja : HENIE
34
Bolivian range : ANDES
36
Boar's abode : STY
38
Gridiron grp. : NFL
41
Mideast inits. : UAR
42
Proportion : RATIO
43
Carbon 14 and others : ISOTOPES
48
On which a gofer goes : ERRAND
49
Detective Spade : SAM
51
London's Royal ___ Hall : ALBERT
54
Mideast sandwich items : PITAS
56
Madison Square Garden, e.g. : ARENA
57
"___ From Muskogee" : OKIE
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Egg on : URGE
59
Nintendo rival : SEGA
60
Nine inches : SPAN
61
Veto : KILL
62
"Star Trek" role : SULU
63
C.I.A., formerly : OSS
66
Droop : SAG

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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