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New York Times, Saturday, January 13, 1996

Author:
J. Page
Editor:
Will Shortz
27-Down : Short-lived love affair
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Jim Page

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FQX} This is puzzle # 93 for Mr. Page. Saturday freshness: 58%
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M
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L
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L
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P
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V
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M
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P
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J
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T
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A
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C
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© 1996, The New York Times1/13/96 ( No. 16,867 )
Across
1
Bart Simpson and others : MISBEHAVERS
12
Key letter : PHI
15
Hindrances : IMPEDIMENTA
16
Common Market abbr. : EEC
17
Lengthy enumeration : LAUNDRYLIST
18
___kwon do : TAE
19
Sister of King Arthur : ANNE
20
"When I was___..." : ALAD
21
Drama critic Richard et al. : EDERS
23
Classified abbr. : RMS
24
Lack : DEARTH
25
Where the Rhône rises : ALPES
28
___table (dessert buffet) : VIENNESE
30
"Serpico" author : MAAS
31
Sign up : HIRE
32
Descartes's thought : IDEE
33
Mat wins : PINS
34
"The Girl From Ipanema" composer : JOBIM
35
Precisely : TOAT
36
Table-talk collections : ANAS
37
Dazzles : AWES
38
Pantheon ruler : ZEUS
39
Affidavit takers : NOTARIES
41
Smack : TASTE
42
Taillike : CAUDAL
43
Crown : BOP
44
Owning land : ACRED
45
Stress, for one : AGER
47
Old cars : REOS
51
Flesh and blood : KIN
52
Aircraft maneuvers : INSIDETURNS
55
Netherlands city : EDE
56
Dust Bowl feature : SOILEROSION
57
Moldavia, once: Abbr. : SSR
58
Craftsmen : HANDWORKERS
Down
1
Uris's "___18" : MILA
2
Noted fashion model : IMAN
3
Worked a jenny : SPUN
4
___exeat (certificate phrase) : BENE
5
Byrnes of early TV : EDD
6
Ex-Senator Fong and others : HIRAMS
7
Organic radicals : AMYLS
8
The Sail constellation : VELA
9
Phillips University site : ENID
10
Some linemen: Abbr. : RTS
11
Glossy fabric : SATEEN
12
Ran down : PETEREDOUT
13
Peace of mind : HEARTSEASE
14
Greenland feature : ICESHEET
22
Hebrew tribe members : DANITES
23
Musical notes : RES
24
Think : DEEM
25
Lysine and tryptophan : AMINOACIDS
26
"Homecoming" star, 1948 : LANATURNER
27
Short-lived love affair : PASSADE
28
Feelings : VIBES
29
Messenger of the gods, in the "Iliad" : IRIS
31
Legendary Detroit Red Wing : HOWE
33
Flattens informally : PANCAKES
34
Lock up : JAIL
38
Shoot : ZAP
40
Salad item : RADISH
41
One wearing a capote : TORERO
43
Lightly moisten : BEDEW
45
Abecedary phrase : ASIN
46
Make deceptively attractive : GILD
47
Kennedy Cabinet member : RUSK
48
Put-in-Bay's locale : ERIE
49
___about (legal phrase) : ONOR
50
Personnel data: Abbr. : SSNS
53
"___thousand times..." : NOA
54
Geologic feature : TOR

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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