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New York Times, Wednesday, December 6, 1995

Author:
Chet Currier
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Down : Tiny bit
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Chet Currier

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Currier. Wednesday freshness: 64%
1
C
2
A
3
M
4
U
5
S
6
S
7
W
8
O
9
O
10
P
11
Q
12
E
13
D
14
A
T
E
S
T
15
P
R
U
N
E
16
U
N
O
17
N
O
N
S
E
18
Q
U
I
T
U
R
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I
N
G
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M
U
R
M
U
R
S
21
S
U
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B
D
U
E
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M
A
N
T
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A
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K
E
P
I
S
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B
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A
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S
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S
E
Y
30
F
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L
E
E
R
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I
L
I
A
D
33
V
34
O
T
E
S
35
O
36
D
37
D
38
G
E
N
T
39
J
O
N
E
S
40
A
Q
U
A
41
A
X
E
42
P
O
W
E
R
43
T
R
U
S
T
44
Q
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U
O
T
E
46
B
O
G
O
T
A
47
H
48
A
U
N
T
49
L
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A
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G
O
S
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A
B
A
S
E
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S
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B
A
S
S
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I
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S
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T
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Z
E
N
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N
E
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P
L
U
S
U
L
T
R
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A
62
E
L
O
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C
R
E
E
L
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P
L
A
I
D
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L
E
N
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Y
E
A
R
S
67
S
E
R
G
E
© 1995, The New York Times12/6/95 ( No. 16,829 )
Across
1
"The Fall" author : CAMUS
6
Part of an eagle's flight : SWOOP
11
Logician's signoff : QED
14
Alamogordo event : ATEST
15
Cut back : PRUNE
16
Half of dos : UNO
17
Foolish reply : NONSEQUITUR
19
Like Mahler's Symphony No. 4 : ING
20
Speaks softly : MURMURS
21
Tame : SUBDUE
23
Kind of ray : MANTA
25
Military caps : KEPIS
26
Singer Shirley : BASSEY
30
Topps rival : FLEER
32
Old war story : ILIAD
33
Campaign quest : VOTES
35
Anomalous : ODD
38
Bloke : GENT
39
Bonhomme Richard captain : JONES
40
Water color : AQUA
41
Bad ___, Mich. : AXE
42
Juice, so to speak : POWER
43
Kind of fund : TRUST
44
Bad-and-asked, on Wall Street : QUOTE
46
Andean capital : BOGOTA
47
Favorite place : HAUNT
49
Nigerian port : LAGOS
52
Lowers : ABASES
54
Jazz's Charles Mingus, e.g. : BASSIST
58
Pursuit of satori : ZEN
59
62
"Evil Woman" rock grp. : ELO
63
Angler's basket : CREEL
64
Possibly clashing clothing pattern : PLAID
65
Actor Cariou : LEN
66
Long time : YEARS
67
Suit material : SERGE
Down
1
Send packing : CAN
2
Tiny bit : ATOM
3
Computer list : MENU
4
The Beatles' "Back in the ___" : USSR
5
Arose (from) : STEMMED
6
Reject : SPURN
7
Watch station? : WRIST
8
Déclassé : OUT
9
Burden : ONUS
10
Colonial wigs : PERUKES
11
Fair exchange : QUIDPROQUO
12
The blahs : ENNUI
13
Venetian magistrates : DOGES
18
Jetty : QUAY
22
It's full of hard-to-spell words : BEE
24
Seeking : AFTER
26
N.Y.C. race track, informally : BIGA
27
Swoosie's "Sisters" role : ALEX
28
Prerequisite : SINEQUANON
29
Formed a lap : SAT
31
Orchestra leader Baxter : LES
33
I, e.g. : VOWEL
34
I : ONE
36
Neatnik's bane : DUST
37
Table material : DATA
39
Tiny bit : JOT
40
S.A. land : ARG
42
Strength : POTENCY
43
Even matches : TOSSUPS
45
Young ___ (tots) : UNS
46
Commander : BOSS
47
Eye shade : HAZEL
48
White poplar : ABELE
50
More proficient : ABLER
51
Foes of Caesar : GAULS
53
Parched : SERE
55
Latin "that" : ILLE
56
Luminary : STAR
57
Math branch : TRIG
60
Shell-game item : PEA
61
Block attachment : ADE

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

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