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New York Times, Saturday, October 5, 1996

Author:
T. Payne
Editor:
Will Shortz
33-Down : Most epigrammatic
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
464/10/19948/3/20211
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1034463133
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
421.5333860%
Trip Payne

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JKQVWXZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Payne. Saturday freshness: 67%
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© 1996, The New York Times10/5/96 ( No. 17,133 )
Across
1
Tater separator : RICER
6
Electric Company neighbor : STCHARLES
15
It's carried through the air : AROMA
16
Express wonderment : OOHANDAAH
17
"I'm all ___" : FORIT
18
Vulgarity : POORTASTE
19
"Later" : ANOTHERTIME
21
Word in a store-hours sign : TIL
22
One overseas : EIN
23
Way up : STAIRS
24
In flawless shape : MINT
25
Lech's look : LEER
27
Harding and Wilson : ANNS
28
40-card game : MONTE
29
Popular Trekkie zine : STARLOG
31
Seat of Penobscot County : BANGOR
32
Tropical pastes : POIS
33
Zest for life : BRIO
34
Moreno's real first name : ROSITA
37
Place for a grease well : GRIDDLE
40
Monologue ad-lib : ASIDE
41
"Topaz" author : URIS
42
Quick to the helm : YARE
44
Pizzeria desserts : ICES
45
Individually : APIECE
47
Louse-to-be : NIT
48
Sega rival, for short : NES
49
"Local Hero" director : BILLFORSYTH
51
Sexy person : HOTTAMALE
53
Where millions of connections are made every year : OHARE
54
"Women in Love" star : ALANBATES
55
Gambler : DARER
56
Commercial challenge : TASTETEST
57
750-year-old literary works : EDDAS
Down
1
Braves shortstop Belliard : RAFAEL
2
Twist endings, e.g. : IRONIES
3
Noble wear : CORONET
4
Discharge : EMIT
5
"Jabberwocky" creatures : RATHS
6
Battle types : SOPRANOS
7
Using a recorder : TOOTING
8
Robed vocalists : CHOIRS
9
Sets back : HARMS
10
One chip, perhaps : ANTE
11
Nutritionist's abbr. : RDA
12
Permanent : LASTING
13
Gradually destroy : EATINTO
14
Quarters : SHELTER
20
Footnote phrase : ETALIA
24
Poem of lament : MONODY
26
White water feature : RAPIDS
28
Miss : MAID
30
Alternative to the new math : ROTE
31
County of a TV western : BRISCO
33
Most epigrammatic : BRIEFEST
34
It keeps your hair drier : RAINHAT
35
Seminole War leader : OSCEOLA
36
Breaks for the Mexican border? : SIESTAS
37
Parts of humidifiers : GRILLES
38
Nautical line : LANYARD
39
U.N. member since 1993 : ERITREA
41
Working through the night : UPLATE
43
Common solvents : ETHERS
45
Strive for : AIMAT
46
Whittle away : ERODE
49
1995 Best Picture nominee : BABE
50
Migrating fish : SHAD
52
It does a bang-up job : TNT

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

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