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New York Times, Friday, November 8, 1996

Author:
M. Gaffney
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Down : Brains
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
587/24/19949/6/20001
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1401615157
ScrabDebutFresh
1.6152461%
Matt Gaffney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 34 Missing: {KQVXZ} Spans: 3, (1 triple stack) This is puzzle # 29 for Mr. Gaffney. Friday freshness: 35%
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C
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© 1996, The New York Times11/8/96 ( No. 17,167 )
Across
1
Wheedles : CAJOLES
8
Complete and orderly system : COSMOS
14
Kind of board : MONOPOLY
15
Army threats? : OCTOPI
16
Not shaded : INTHESUN
17
Heavy : LEADEN
18
Been angered : SEENRED
19
Loud : BLARING
20
Pottery : WARE
21
Homecoming? : RUN
22
Labor Dept. section : OSHA
25
Glum : SAD
26
"___ Boy" ("Tommy" song) : ITSA
30
Noted Washington address : STATEOFTHEUNION
35
City on the Clark Fork River : MISSOULAMONTANA
36
"Interview With the Vampire" actor : ANTONIOBANDERAS
37
Laser element : NEON
38
Ladies of the house : MAS
39
Chemistry Nobelist Onsager : LARS
40
Lucrative : FAT
41
Actor Jannings : EMIL
44
Facing : TOWARDS
48
37-Across, e.g. : RAREGAS
52
___-Romagna (region of Italy) : EMILIA
53
Atlanta corporate giant : COCACOLA
54
Turn in : REDEEM
55
Peg : IDENTIFY
56
Existing : INESSE
57
Stops : DESISTS
Down
1
Retina part : CONE
2
Amount to be raised? : ANTE
3
Sherlock Holmes's chronicler : JOHNWATSON
4
"Orfeo," e.g. : OPERA
5
Vanquished : LOSER
6
Dodge : ELUDE
7
Dict. listing : SYN
8
Plan jointly, as a prank : COLLUDEON
9
Great quantity : OCEAN
10
Military award : STAR
11
___ operandi : MODI
12
Sports event : OPEN
13
Produce strains : SING
14
Wrong beginning : MIS
19
The Creator, in Hinduism : BRAHMA
22
Ottoman dynasty founder : OSMAN
23
"Goosebumps" creator R. L. ___ : STINE
24
Must : HASTO
25
Guesstimates : STABS
26
Brains : INTELLECTS
27
Coronet : TIARA
28
Sub standard? : SONAR
29
Jawbone of ___ : ANASS
31
Phanerozoic, for instance : EON
32
Reply in a French salon : OUIMADAME
33
Malt shop orders : FLOATS
34
Hamburger's connection : UND
40
Hamburger accompaniment : FRIES
41
Shorelines do it : ERODE
42
Fends off, in a way, as a mugger : MACES
43
From Esfahan : IRANI
44
She plays Lois on "Lois & Clark" : TERI
45
Augur : OMEN
46
All-inclusive : WIDE
47
Half pints, maybe : ALES
49
___ alone (fly solo) : GOIT
50
Swedish actor Kjellin et al. : ALFS
51
For example : SAY
53
11th-century hero : CID

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

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