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New York Times, Thursday, December 21, 1995

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Down : "Now ___..." (town line message)
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 Missing: {FQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 26 for Mr. Norris. Thursday freshness: 36%
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© 1995, The New York Times12/21/95 ( No. 16,844 )
Across
1
Kind of wool : LAMBS
6
San ___, Calif. : JOSE
10
Ones making a scene : CAST
14
Let up, as a storm : ABATE
15
Once follower : UPON
16
Lumberjack : AXER
17
Pamphlet writer's expertise? : MANUALDEXTERITY
20
Communicate silently : SIGN
21
Decorate fancily : EMBOSS
22
Incline : UPSLOPE
26
Mars or Venus : ORB
27
Tangle : MAT
28
Vault feature : GROIN
29
Troublemaker : DEVIL
31
Ave. crossers : STS
32
Gardener's need : HOSE
33
Supermarket phenomenon : LINE
34
Studio technician's expertise? : SOUNDJUDGMENT
41
Needing irrigation : ARID
42
Like a Jekyll-Hyde personality : DUAL
44
Chest muscle : PEC
47
Barn toppers : VANES
49
They must be pitched : CAMPS
50
German pronoun : ICH
51
Barley bristle : AWN
52
Sought transportation, in a way : THUMBED
54
Arty : CHICHI
56
Not fully shut : AJAR
57
Town planner's expertise? : COMMONKNOWLEDGE
63
Listen up : HEED
64
Ancient Rome conqueror : GOTH
65
Fix, as a copier : UNJAM
66
C.I.S. predecessor : USSR
67
English : SPIN
68
Dennis the Menace et al. : PESTS
Down
1
Head for the hills : LAM
2
Atty.'s group : ABA
3
Guy : MAN
4
Air conditioner meas. : BTU
5
Yuletide, e.g. : SEASON
6
Served on a panel, maybe : JUDGED
7
Dentist's request : OPEN
8
Red or White team : SOX
9
"Now ___..." (town line message) : ENTERING
10
Hot rod part : CARB
11
Postulates : AXIOMS
12
Begins, as a task : SETSAT
13
Affair arrangements : TRYSTS
18
Back talk : LIP
19
Logo : EMBLEM
22
"Yuck!" : UGH
23
Cons' counterpart : PROS
24
Fair to middlin' : SOSO
25
Stead : LIEU
26
"Ars Amatoria" author : OVID
30
Give the slip : ELUDE
35
Kind of blanket : NAVAHO
36
Random decision makers : DRAWINGS
37
Islamic spirit : JINN
38
Cheese in a ball : EDAM
39
Sans senses : NUMB
40
The red kind is especially sticky : TAPE
43
Kind of trip : LSD
44
Machu ___, Peru : PICCHU
45
Sonar blips : ECHOES
46
Tower ringers : CHIMES
48
City on the Bay of Fundy : STJOHN
49
Get comfy : CURLUP
53
Hem's companion : HAW
55
U.S.N. rank : CMDR
56
One opposed : ANTI
58
"Keystone" character : KOP
59
Chemical conclusion : ENE
60
Some CD players : DJS
61
Piece : GAT
62
Printers' measures : EMS

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

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