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New York Times, Thursday, January 4, 1996

Author:
F. & L. Sabin
Editor:
Will Shortz
35-Down : Big name in auto racing
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2510/5/19949/15/200925
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.5112039%
Fran Sabin
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1378/3/19559/15/200926
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.4913710838%
Lou Sabin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FQVX} This is puzzle # 8 for Ms. Sabin. This is puzzle # 119 for Mr. Sabin. Thursday freshness: 65%
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© 1996, The New York Times1/4/96 ( No. 16,858 )
Across
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Food maven Greene : GAEL
5
Kind of mouth : MOTOR
10
Field food : SPAM
14
Cuba o Puerto Rico : ISLA
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Live to___old age : ARIPE
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Scrabble piece : TILE
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King of Corn : SPIKEJONES
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Eftsoon : ANON
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Straight : HETERO
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Wandered : TRAIPSED
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Having new faith : REBORN
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Easy pace : AMBLE
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___Bryant Ford : EDSEL
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Beautifully imaginative : POETIC
31
___Calais : PASDE
34
Singer Stookey : PAUL
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Wishing site : STAR
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Former auto inits. : AMC
38
Supermarket gizmo : SCANNER
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It's sometimes crushed : EGO
42
Wisdom : LORE
44
Certain G.M. car : OLDS
45
___in the bucket : ADROP
47
Victimize : PREYON
49
Alabama march town : SELMA
51
Proceeds : WENDS
53
Harvestman : REAPER
56
Waders : HIPBOOTS
59
Some computers : APPLES
61
Money-changer's cut : AGIO
62
Purse item : NAILPOLISH
64
Powell or Scott: Abbr. : GENL
65
"Dallas" miss : ELLIE
66
Basso Pinza : EZIO
67
Don't strike! : STET
68
Scare off : DETER
69
Ophelia or Laertes, e.g. : DANE
Down
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"The Whales of August" actress : GISH
2
According to : ASPER
3
Type type : ELITE
4
Superior bottom : LAKEBED
5
Ballplayer's goal, with "the" : MAJORS
6
Aztec treasure : ORO
7
Salon job : TINT
8
"Lulu," e.g. : OPERA
9
Have another bite : RESAMPLE
10
Essentials : STAPLES
11
It's found at the end of a lane : PINSETTER
12
Natural balm : ALOE
13
Tape : MEND
18
Diminishes : ERODES
22
Nigerian native : IBO
24
Asian kingdom : NEPAL
27
Territory : LANDS
29
Fictional ensign : IAGO
30
Jockey's need : CROP
31
Feeler : PALP
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Love, to Livy : AMOR
33
Twisty-leafed tree : SCREWPINE
35
Big name in auto racing : UNSER
39
Looked the other way : CONDONED
40
New Jersey's___Mountains : RAMAPO
43
Metal fastener : EYEBOLT
46
Spotted : DAPPLED
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Plastic___Band : ONO
50
Calaveras competitor : LEAPER
52
Out of fashion : STALE
54
Higgins's prodigy : ELIZA
55
Ancient fly catcher : RESIN
56
"Macbeth" trio : HAGS
57
"___Ideas" (1950 hit) : IGET
58
Bank deposit : SILT
60
Camera device : SHOE
63
Golfer's position : LIE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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