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New York Times, Thursday, October 5, 1995

Author:
Christopher Page
Editor:
Will Shortz
56-Down : Get-together: Abbr.
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Christopher Page

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 35 Missing: {JKQXYZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Page. Thursday freshness: 97%
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© 1995, The New York Times10/5/95 ( No. 16,767 )
Across
1
Marrakesh section : CASBAH
7
Mollify : SOOTHE
13
Craftsman : ARTISAN
15
Boxer at practice : SPARRER
16
Now it's Namibia : SOUTHWESTAFRICA
18
Boy king : TUT
19
Turns outward : EVERTS
20
Gridiron positions: Abbr. : LTS
21
Superlative suffix : EST
22
Parenthetical text : ASIDES
23
Gin fizz flavor : SLOE
24
Woodwinds : REEDS
26
Baste : SEW
27
Fantails and roes : DEERS
28
Levantine sect member : DRUSE
30
Faxes again : RESENDS
32
___ majesté : LESE
34
Tebaldi or Te Kanawa : DIVA
35
Bodybuilder's pride : DELTOID
38
Abandon : DITCH
41
___ one's time : BIDES
42
Ptah or Zeus : GOD
44
Glacial pinnacle : SERAC
46
"Tristia" poet : OVID
47
Balkan region : THRACE
49
Actress Mary : URE
50
Item in a hedge? : BET
51
Sleuth's object : MOTIVE
52
Sheridan's ___ Malaprop : MRS
53
Victoria's home : BRITISHCOLUMBIA
57
Catches : IGNITES
58
Voortrekker, for one : SETTLER
59
Nullify : NEGATE
60
Sires : BEGETS
Down
1
It rolls on a rollaway : CASTER
2
Angry : AROUSED
3
Lack smoothness of speech : STUTTER
4
Bridle part : BIT
5
Some fallout : ASH
6
Adventure story writer Charles : HAWES
7
Gaiters : SPATS
8
Clods : OAFS
9
Three-time Hart Trophy winner : ORR
10
Warbled : TRILLED
11
Browbeats : HECTORS
12
Prepares tapes for reuse : ERASES
14
Island near St. Kitts : NEVIS
15
Broadcast : STREWED
17
Ceremonial meal : SEDER
22
Stocks and bonds, e.g. : ASSETS
23
Power house? : SENATE
25
Took the edge off : DULLED
27
Hatch : DEVISE
29
That: Sp. : ESO
31
A Caesar : SID
33
Pizza slices, often : EIGHTHS
35
Fork off : DIVERGE
36
Magazine work : EDITING
37
Classical style : DORIC
39
Go to pieces : CRUMBLE
40
Abolitionist Tubman : HARRIET
41
Singer part? : BOBBIN
43
Swiss ski resort : DAVOS
45
French Oscars : CESARS
47
"We're Off ___ the Wizard" : TOSEE
48
One who's lionized : CELEB
51
Cook's protection : MITT
54
___ Maria : TIA
55
Western Indian : UTE
56
Get-together: Abbr. : MTG

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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