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New York Times, Thursday, November 23, 1995

Author:
Dorothy Elliott
Editor:
Will Shortz
27-Down : Gifted one
TotalDebutLatest
125/30/198111/23/1995
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.5921149%
Dorothy Elliott

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 32 Missing: {BQ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 12 for Ms. Elliott. Thursday freshness: 50%
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© 1995, The New York Times11/23/95 ( No. 16,816 )
Across
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Fox terrier of film : ASTA
5
Music org. since 1914 : ASCAP
10
Disney's "___ and the Detectives" : EMIL
14
Morning TV host : ZAHN
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Single-named music star : CHARO
16
Loopy : GAGA
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Yaks : OXEN
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Get down to basics : TALKTURKEY
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Name for a gobbler : TOM
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Cheek by ___ (close) : JOWL
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Low power hands : SKEETS
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Captivates : ENAMORS
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Gorge : CHASM
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Saline septet : SEAS
27
Kind of table or room : DRESSING
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1924 hit "___ to Be You" : ITHAD
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River called Liger by the ancients : LOIRE
33
Religieuse : NUN
34
Hurler Hershiser : OREL
35
Finely adjusted : TUNED
36
Numerical prefix : OCTA
37
Bankroll : WAD
38
Put punch in the punch : LACED
39
"___ of robins in her hair" : ANEST
40
Symbol of Americanism : APPLEPIE
42
Skelton's Kadiddlehopper : CLEM
43
Sculled : OARED
44
Adjective for Snow White : FAIREST
47
Team of Texans : ASTROS
49
Nary a soul : NONE
50
First-rate : ACE
51
Source of easy money : GRAVYTRAIN
53
Little matter : ATOM
54
"___ boy!" : ATTA
55
Charlotte ___ : RUSSE
56
First in a group leader to 28 Down : SOUP
57
Reading, e.g. : GAOL
58
"The Fiddler of Dooney" creator : YEATS
59
Bouffant do : AFRO
Down
1
Nitrogen, once : AZOTE
2
Anglo's partner : SAXON
3
60's dance : THEMASHEDPOTATO
4
Novelist Radcliffe : ANN
5
Equity members : ACTORS
6
Irwin and G.B. : SHAWS
7
Summon : CALL
8
Neighbor of La. : ARK
9
Earthenware fragment : POTSHERD
10
Way out : EGRESS
11
Beat badly : MAKEMINCEMEATOF
12
Beach Boys' "___ Around" : IGET
13
Alternative to Ruffles : LAYS
19
Edict : UKASE
21
"The Grapes of Wrath" name : JOAD
24
Farina : MEAL
25
Wailed : CRIED
27
Gifted one : DONEE
28
See 56 Across : NUTS
29
Annoying buzzer : GNAT
30
"The Music Man" locale : IOWA
31
Links hazard : TRAP
32
Crystal-clear : LUCID
35
Classic Carole King album : TAPESTRY
36
Knockout : ONER
38
Conductor Anderson : LEROY
39
"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
41
Immature : LARVAL
42
Where the Palme d'Or is awarded : CANNES
44
Impose (on) : FOIST
45
Look high and low : SCOUR
46
Adagio, e.g. : TEMPO
47
King slain by Samuel : AGAG
48
Mlle. from Manzanares : SRTA
49
Apollo acronym : NASA
52
Feel remorse : RUE
53
___ rule : ASA

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

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