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New York Times, Monday, November 11, 1996

Author:
S. Spadaccini
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Down : Cut, as a log
TotalDebutLatest
441/27/197710/5/1999
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.54126814%
Stephanie Spadaccini

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 19 for Ms. Spadaccini. Monday freshness: 67%
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© 1996, The New York Times11/11/96 ( No. 17,170 )
Across
1
Garbage boat : SCOW
5
Ingrid's "Casablanca" role : ILSA
9
I.O.U.'s : CHITS
14
Singer Guthrie : ARLO
15
"Get a ___ of that!" : LOAD
16
Nouveau ___ : RICHE
17
Nightgown-clad nursery-rhyme character : WEEWILLIEWINKIE
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Reverse image, for short : NEG
21
___ the lily : GILD
22
Be present at : ATTEND
23
Grow dim : WANE
24
Jackie's second husband : ARI
25
Heavens : SKY
26
Saying of Caesar : VENIVIDIVICI
31
Banishment : EXILE
32
Put on : DON
33
No, to Nikita : NYET
37
Towering : TALL
38
Item : THING
40
Snapshot, Mad. Ave.-style : FOTO
41
Captain Hook's assistant : SMEE
42
Tic-tac-toe win : OOO
43
Nearsighted Mr. : MAGOO
44
1960 Terry-Thomas film farce : MAKEMINEMINK
48
Tie the knot : WED
51
Fleur-de-___ : LIS
52
Bloody : GORY
53
Twenty questions category : ANIMAL
55
Concerning : INRE
56
Alternative to a subway : BUS
59
Shakespearean comedy (original spelling) : LOVESLABORSLOST
62
Smooth and glossy : SLEEK
63
Persian sprite : PERI
64
Brainstorm : IDEA
65
"___ la vista, baby!" : HASTA
66
Former spouses : EXES
67
Bruce or Laura of Hollywood : DERN
Down
1
Cut, as a log : SAWN
2
Prairie Indian : CREE
3
Designer Cassini : OLEG
4
"Unbelievable!" : WOW
5
Fighting ___ (Big Ten team) : ILLINI
6
Lounged around : LOLLED
7
Port ___, Egypt : SAID
8
Summer cooler : ADE
9
Rex Reed, e.g. : CRITIC
10
Help for the puzzled : HINT
11
Clinton staffer Harold : ICKES
12
Use your brain : THINK
13
Squalid : SEEDY
18
"___ at the office" : IGAVE
19
Bandleader Fred : WARING
23
Actor Dafoe : WILLEM
24
Door-to-door cosmetics company : AVON
26
Docs for dachshunds : VETS
27
Quiz : EXAM
28
Cairo's river : NILE
29
Dialect : IDIOM
30
Odious reputation : INFAMY
34
Berra or Bear : YOGI
35
Prince William's school : ETON
36
Grabbed : TOOK
38
"___ a Mockingbird" : TOKILL
39
Works in the garden : HOES
43
French mothers : MERES
45
Where Nome is home : ALASKA
46
Pay no heed to : IGNORE
47
Action star Chuck : NORRIS
48
Former 49ers coach Bill : WALSH
49
W.W. II's ___ Gay : ENOLA
50
Jackknife and others : DIVES
54
Encounter : MEET
55
Wild goat : IBEX
56
Presage : BODE
57
Exploiter : USER
58
Getz or Kenton : STAN
60
Imitate : APE
61
Pot top : LID

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

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