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New York Times, Saturday, February 17, 1996

Author:
Bob Sefick
Editor:
Will Shortz
8-Down : F-A-C, e.g., in music
TotalDebutLatest
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Bob Sefick

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQVZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Sefick. Saturday freshness: 5%
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© 1996, The New York Times2/17/96 ( No. 16,902 )
Across
1
Gallows : TREE
5
"___So Lonely" (1954 hit) : IGET
9
Speck : ATOM
13
Commendably : WELL
14
NASA firing : RETRO
16
Take it from the top : REDO
17
"___a Male War Bride" (Grant flick) : IWAS
18
Studio sign : ONAIR
19
Footfall : CLOP
20
Something to stand for : NATIONALANTHEM
23
Environmentalists : GREENS
24
Kind of order : DORIC
25
Wheels of Fortune, for short? : EDS
26
"Take___!" : THAT
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Some Russians : TATARS
32
Smithy : SHOER
33
Work stations : DESKS
34
Amtrak employee : TICKETCOLLECTOR
39
Andy of the early 60's "Bob Newhart Show" : ALBIN
40
Baker's supply : YEAST
41
Oppressor : DESPOT
43
60's dance : SWIM
44
Decide to leave, with "out" : OPT
47
Smooths : EASES
49
Washington persona non grata : CASTRO
51
Unprepared : EXTEMPORANEOUS
54
Suffix with poll : STER
55
Kind of servitude : PENAL
56
___country (natural rural area) : GODS
57
Old record label : ATCO
58
Ice cream order : SWIRL
59
On the captain's good side? : ALEE
60
Org. for Pele, once : NASL
61
Judge's order : STAY
62
Reduced : LESS
Down
1
Stab : TWINGE
2
"Wanted" poster information : REWARD
3
Delights : ELATES
4
Oliver Wendell Holmes's "___Venner" : ELSIE
5
Golfer's approach from the fairway : IRONSHOT
6
Actress Rowlands : GENA
7
Enumeration shortener : ETAL
8
F-A-C, e.g., in music : TRIAD
9
One with plans : ARCHITECT
10
Air : TELECAST
11
Baseball's Blue Moon : ODOM
12
Casual hairdo : MOP
15
"Like it___..." : ORNOT
21
Exactly : ONTHENOSE
22
Artisan : TRADESMAN
27
N.R.C. predecessor : AEC
28
Donahue and others : TROYS
30
One of old Hollywood's Big Five : RKO
31
Defunct pol. entity : SSR
32
Winter resort assignment : SKIPATROL
34
Dollop : TAD
35
Martinique, e.g. : ILE
36
To whom Dan Rather reports : CBSEXECS
37
Comedian Lehr : LEW
38
By the flock : LAICALLY
42
Fill-ins : TEMPS
44
King Henry II portrayer of film : OTOOLE
45
Crabapple Annies : PRUDES
46
Discards : TOSSES
48
Erupts : SPEWS
50
Author Erich : SEGAL
51
___Kett of old comics : ETTA
52
"Get___!" : ONIT
53
Avis opener : RARA
54
___Sebastian, Spain : SAN

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

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