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New York Times, Friday, November 17, 1995

Author:
Fran & Lou Sabin
Editor:
Will Shortz
3-Down : Lieutenant's insignia
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2510/5/19949/15/200925
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1.5112039%
Fran Sabin
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.4913710838%
Lou Sabin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 7 for Ms. Sabin. This is puzzle # 118 for Mr. Sabin. Friday freshness: 66%
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© 1995, The New York Times11/17/95 ( No. 16,810 )
Across
1
Cheops contractor? : STONEMASON
11
Assign to a role : CAST
15
"I Love You, Porgy" singer : NINASIMONE
16
Jim Davis character : ODIE
17
Adds one fact too many : OVERPROVES
18
Nash's priest : LAMA
19
Cut short : BOB
20
Black-and-white snacks : OREOS
21
Rock band equipment : AMPS
22
Insults : SLAPS
25
Kind of poker : STRIP
27
Orthographic meet : BEE
28
Boiling over : IRATE
30
Hook's mate : SMEE
31
Flub : ERR
32
Asian temple shader : GINGKO
34
Slogs (through) : WADES
36
"Patriot Games" creator : CLANCY
38
Scottie at work : RATTER
40
Use one's head : THINK
41
Joint : REEFER
43
1994 Judy Davis film, with "The" : REF
44
Ten make diez : UNOS
46
Peter of rock's Kiss : CRISS
49
Dolomite, e.g. : ORE
50
Pasta sauce : PESTO
52
Showed interest : SATUP
54
Travel expense : TOLL
56
Vista : SCAPE
58
Notices : ADS
59
Dorothea Lange photo subject : OKIE
60
Track fixtures : TOTEBOARDS
63
Lincolnshire locale, with "The" : FENS
64
001 and 007, e.g. : OPERATIVES
65
"___ don't fail me now!" : FEET
66
Umbrage : RESENTMENT
Down
1
Stuffed shirts : SNOBS
2
Copenhagen's ___ Gardens : TIVOLI
3
Lieutenant's insignia : ONEBAR
4
Like AA shoes: Abbr. : NAR
5
Telemessaging : ESP
6
Spanish Surrealist : MIRO
7
Cherubs : AMORS
8
Russian city on the Neman : SOVETSK
9
Any number : ONEORMORE
10
"Sighting" near Urquhart Castle : NESSIE
11
Pop : COLA
12
Eliot opus : ADAMBEDE
13
Fatuous one : SIMPERER
14
Coming attractions : TEASERS
23
1929 hit "___ Love Song" : PAGAN
24
Befoul : STINKUP
26
Some metalware : PEWTERS
29
Bottom-of-letter abbr. : ENC
33
Spaceship stabilizer : GYROSCOPE
35
Heart chambers : ATRIA
36
Charlie Barnet theme : CHEROKEE
37
Palm reader's reading : LIFELINE
39
Gridiron grp. : AFC
40
Leave jauntily : TROTOFF
42
Country homes : ESTATES
45
Ancient wise man : NESTOR
47
Need, with "for" : STARVE
48
Unanticipated : SUDDEN
51
The "op." of op. cit : OPERE
53
"Hey there!" : PSSST
55
For fear that : LEST
57
"My People" writer : EBAN
61
Giant of a Giant : OTT
62
Fire starter? : AIM

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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