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New York Times, Wednesday, October 30, 1996

Author:
A. D. Cover
Editor:
Will Shortz
13-Down : Alternative to Marlboros
TotalDebutLatest
37/29/199410/30/1996
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0001011
RebusScrabDebutFresh
21.541666%
A. D. Cover

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXY} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Cover. Wednesday freshness: 68%
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© 1996, The New York Times10/30/96 ( No. 17,158 )
Across
1
Mah-jongg pieces : TILES
6
Van adjunct : RAMP
10
Catered : FED
13
Locale of Prince Albert and Prince George : CANADA
14
Golden ___ (century plant) : ALOE
15
Crew member : OAR
16
Start of an old song lyric : ABCDEFGHIVE
18
U.S. 101, e.g.: Abbr. : RTE
19
Visitor to Venus : MARINER
20
Nothing : NIL
21
"___ better to have loved..." : TIS
22
Cat Nation : ERIES
23
Kind of arch : OGEE
25
Tie up : BIND
26
Moon vehicles, for short : LEMS
27
Ren and Stimpy et al. : DUOS
28
Minotaur's home : CRETE
29
Dorothee, e.g.: Abbr. : STE
30
Type set : FONT
31
Prayer : ORISON
32
Lively dances : FANDANGOS
34
Sales lure : REBATE
37
Snack of nuts, raisins, etc. : GORP
38
Part of H.M.S. : HER
41
In reserve : ONICE
42
Fabled racer : HARE
43
Small bag : POKE
44
Stuffing herb : SAGE
45
Peace : CALM
46
Tended, with "for" : CARED
47
Period of decline : EBB
48
Pasty : WAN
49
Annul : ABOLISH
51
Recipe title part : ALA
52
End of the lyric : INKALAMAZOO
54
Half a score : TEN
55
Christmas : NOEL
56
Not take part in : SITOUT
57
Byrnes of "77 Sunset Strip" : EDD
58
"First Knight" star : GERE
59
Lilac, e.g. : SCENT
Down
1
Upholstery fabric : TABARET
2
How some partners work : INCRIME
3
Word on a door : LADIES
4
Ideal sites : EDENS
5
Hotel convenience : SAFE
6
Cheerleader's cheer : RAH
7
Dress styles : ALINES
8
Multiplex offering : MOVIE
9
Rind : PEEL
10
Decade of this puzzle's theme song : FORTIES
11
Erode : EATINTO
12
Zwinger Museum site : DRESDEN
13
Alternative to Marlboros : CAMELS
17
Electric wire feature : GROUND
24
Middle of the lyric : GOTAGAL
25
Jewish ritual : BRIS
27
Ready : DONE
28
Cut, as a picture : CROP
30
Kismet : FATE
31
Meanie : OGRE
32
Stand up to : FACE
33
Routine : NORMAL
34
Optimistic : ROSEATE
35
Aided : ENABLED
36
Player of this puzzle's theme song : BIGBAND
38
O'Neill's "Beyond the ___" : HORIZON
39
Manages : EKESOUT
40
Cinnamon candy : REDHOT
42
Yearn : HANKER
43
Gourmet's sense : PALATE
45
Birchbark : CANOE
46
Work in panels : COMIC
48
Fly : WING
50
With 53-Down, a beverage brand since 1777 : BASS
53
See above : ALE

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

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