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New York Times, Tuesday, March 21, 1995

Author:
Harvey Estes
Editor:
Will Shortz
4-Down : Programs for purchase
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
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Harvey Estes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {Q} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Estes. Tuesday freshness: 41%
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© 1995, The New York Times3/21/95 ( No. 16,569 )
Across
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Beat, as wings : FLAP
5
Biblical symbol of patience : JOB
8
Spain's Bay of ___ : BISCAY
14
Civil rights figure Parks : ROSA
15
Unlatch, poetically : OPE
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Skewer : IMPALE
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"___ Breaky Heart" : ACHY
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Still, to Steele : EEN
19
Short stops : PAUSES
20
Intense interrogation : THETHIRDDEGREE
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International traveler's need : VISA
24
Norse chief : ODIN
25
Artery clogger : FAT
28
Pirate's sword : CUTLASS
30
Lived : WAS
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Lover of Narcissus : ECHO
35
Albee's "The ___ Story" : ZOO
36
Romeo's rendezvous : TRYST
38
Journalists, collectively : THEFOURTHESTATE
42
Ionian island : CORFU
43
___ with (tease) : TOY
44
To be, in Paris : ETRE
45
Clod buster : HOE
46
Picked up the dinner tab : TREATED
50
Gyroscope's cousin : TOP
51
Counterfeit coin : SLUG
52
Stairway component : STEP
54
Refusing to testify : TAKINGTHEFIFTH
60
Minor task : ERRAND
61
Old World deer : ROE
62
___ vision (Superman skill) : XRAY
63
Prattle : NATTER
64
30's home run king : OTT
65
See 30 Down : EARP
66
Fast : SPEEDY
67
Like: Suffix : ISH
68
Guitar's ancestor : LUTE
Down
1
Sigma Chi, e.g. : FRAT
2
___ Ness : LOCH
3
Ace-serving Arthur : ASHE
4
Programs for purchase : PAYTV
5
Mendacious salesman of old car ads : JOEISUZU
6
O, on a telephone : OPERATOR
7
River curve : BEND
8
They stand on their own two feet : BIPEDS
9
Ezra Pound and Amy Lowell, e.g. : IMAGISTS
10
Reject with disdain : SPURN
11
Four six-packs : CASE
12
Away from the weather : ALEE
13
Oui or ja : YES
21
Here: Lat. : HIC
22
___ good turn : DOA
25
Go get : FETCH
26
Sneeze sound : ACHOO
27
When repeated, a comforting phrase : THERE
29
1970 hit "Whole ___ Love" : LOTTA
30
With 65 Across, Dodge City lawman : WYATT
31
Houston player : ASTRO
32
Brew in a teapot : STEEP
34
Not working : OFF
37
Rd. or hwy. : RTE
39
Summarized : OUTLINED
40
Flamboyant successes : HOTSHOTS
41
Upper canines : EYETEETH
47
Become depleted of water : RUNDRY
48
Omelet need : EGG
49
Rock's ___ Leppard : DEF
51
Slide on ice : SKATE
53
Computer dot : PIXEL
54
Catch animals : TRAP
55
"Verrrrrry interesting" Johnson : ARTE
56
"Star Trek" counselor : TROI
57
Haus wife : FRAU
58
Small pastry : TART
59
Preposterous publicity : HYPE
60
Nav. rank : ENS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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