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New York Times, Friday, December 20, 1996

Author:
M. Ashwood-Smith
Editor:
Will Shortz
30-Down : Post by the stairs
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.52456766%
Martin Ashwood-Smith

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 33 Missing: {Q} Spans: 6, (2 triple stacks) This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Ashwood-Smith. Friday freshness: 45%
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© 1996, The New York Times12/20/96 ( No. 17,209 )
Across
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Grieve bitterly : EATONESHEARTOUT
16
Actress's date on Broadway? : STAGEDOORJOHNNY
17
It's near the bottom of a suit : THREEOFDIAMONDS
18
Table d'___ : HOTE
19
Russian fighter : MIG
20
Prefix with graphic : XERO
21
Salty septet : SEAS
23
Cyrano's nose : NEZ
25
Shoot-'em-up : OATER
28
Bores, in a way : DRONESON
31
Number not on a clock : XIII
32
Nav. rank : CPO
33
Noted publication of 1933, for short : OED
35
___-Magnon : CRO
36
Fully gets : FATHOMS
40
Yard section : TWOFEET
42
1947 Hope/Crosby destination : RIO
43
Encouraging word : RAH
44
"Discreet Music" composer : ENO
45
Cabinet Dept. : EDUC
47
Pencil pushers : DOODLERS
51
Dash instruments : TACHS
53
Purcell piece : ODE
54
Author Ferber : EDNA
56
Word to the wise : HINT
58
Role in Haydn's "The Creation" : EVE
60
Break a leg? : LAME
62
Fantastic : TOOGOODTOBETRUE
66
Place for directions : INFORMATIONDESK
67
Steeplejacks' equipment : SAFETYHARNESSES
Down
1
O.T. book : ESTH
2
Dumas character : ATHOS
3
Made gaudy, with "up" : TARTED
4
Feature of some Gothic architecture : OGEEARCH
5
Name-dropper's word? : NEE
6
Old Dead Sea kingdom : EDOM
7
Fiestas hit of 1959 : SOFINE
8
Diamond Gil : HODGES
9
"___ tu" (Verdi aria) : ERI
10
Son of Telamon : AJAX
11
Lover of Shakespeare : ROMEO
12
Trunk section : THORAX
13
Formally warned : ONNOTICE
14
Hamburger link? : UND
15
Cobb et al. : TYS
22
Deep sleep : SOPOR
24
Kind of suit : ZOOT
26
Limerick's location : EIRE
27
Laugh-a-minute : RIOT
29
Land rover : NOMAD
30
Post by the stairs : NEWEL
34
Recipient : DONEE
36
Ukulele feature : FRET
37
Ethiopian of opera : AIDA
38
Ignite : TOUCHOFF
39
Insect repellent? : SHOO
41
Popular 80's models : FORDLTDS
46
Tropical flea : CHIGOE
48
Folk singer from Birmingham, Ala. : ODETTA
49
Act of civility : DEVOIR
50
Gamekeepers? : SNARES
52
Belt : SNORT
55
Tickle : AMUSE
57
"Skip ___ Lou..." : TOMY
59
Black, to Blake : EBON
61
Cries in the comics : EEKS
62
Old-fashioned contraction : TIS
63
___ shoestring : ONA
64
Morse dash : DAH
65
Hurricane heading : ENE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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