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New York Times, Thursday, October 17, 1996

Author:
J. R. Conrad
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Down : Neat
TotalDebutLatest
118/29/19959/20/2012
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John R. Conrad

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Conrad. Thursday freshness: 43%
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© 1996, The New York Times10/17/96 ( No. 17,145 )
Across
1
Roman sun god : SOL
4
Neighbor of Montenegro : BOSNIA
10
Disparaging comments : BAHS
14
Start of a quip : THEPUREAND
16
Green concern: Abbr. : ECOL
17
Unite : AMALGAMATE
18
Freedom fighter, for short? : ACLU
19
Pilot's instrument : GYRO
20
Disney Store item : CEL
21
Gridiron opener : TOSS
22
Quip, part 2 : SIMPLETRUTH
26
R.N.'s service : TLC
29
Alphabet trio : CDE
30
___ Tin Tin : RIN
31
Narrow inlet : RIA
32
Mathematician Turing : ALAN
34
Gaping grin : RICTUS
37
Quip, part 3 : ISRARELYPUREAND
40
Hyperactive ones : MANICS
41
Remedy : CURE
42
TV host Peeples : NIA
43
Quebec's ___ d'Orleans : ILE
44
Sudden flight : LAM
45
"How sad" : TSK
46
End of the quip : NEVERSIMPLE
51
Trail : ODOR
52
Psychic Geller : URI
53
Part of the eye : UVEA
57
___ Beach, Fla. : VERO
58
Not worth ___ : MENTIONING
62
Word in a spiritual : AMEN
63
Author of the quip : OSCARWILDE
64
Lip : SASS
65
Do a longshoreman's job : STEEVE
66
Alpine road feature : ESS
Down
1
Alone : STAG
2
"Goodness gracious!" : OHMY
3
Shakespeare's "very foolish fond old man" : LEAR
4
Hidden mike : BUG
5
"___ pro nobis" (Latin motto) : ORA
6
Academic period: Abbr. : SEM
7
Kweisi Mfume's org. : NAACP
8
Pentium chip maker : INTEL
9
"Die Fledermaus" maid : ADELE
10
Dante's beloved : BEATRICE
11
Figurehead? : ACCOUNTANT
12
"The Planets" composer : HOLST
13
Illegal political money : SLUSH
15
Arafat's org. : PLO
22
Less available : SCARCER
23
Cools one's heels : IDLES
24
Grist : MEAL
25
Roman galley : TRIREME
26
Neat : TRIM
27
Actress Bonet : LISA
28
Dangerous dinosaurs : CARNIVORES
33
Big Apple inits. : NYC
34
Farmerish : RURAL
35
Les Etats-___ : UNIS
36
Neb. neighbor : SDAK
38
Airplane wing flaps : AILERONS
39
Part of an orange : PULP
46
Some salmon : NOVAS
47
Swelling : EDEMA
48
Ring heavyweights : SUMOS
49
"___ my case!" : IREST
50
Kind of pie : MINCE
53
Prefix with valence : UNI
54
Repulsive : VILE
55
Loose parts : ENDS
56
Eons : AGES
59
___ kwon do : TAE
60
Journalist Kupcinet : IRV
61
Have bills : OWE

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

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