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New York Times, Monday, March 25, 1996

Author:
F. & L. Sabin
Editor:
Will Shortz
48-Down : Strained to see
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2510/5/19949/15/200925
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5444422
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5112039%
Fran Sabin
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1378/3/19559/15/200926
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19222525221410
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.4913710838%
Lou Sabin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FQZ} Spans: 3 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 11 for Ms. Sabin. This is puzzle # 122 for Mr. Sabin. Monday freshness: 19%
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© 1996, The New York Times3/25/96 ( No. 16,939 )
Across
1
Knife wound : STAB
5
Stair part : STEP
9
Clear the blackboard : ERASE
14
Like linoleum floors : WAXY
15
West Virginia export : COAL
16
Banister post : NEWEL
17
Cake decorator : ICER
18
Facility : EASE
19
Kind of preview : SNEAK
20
23
On, as a lamp : LIT
24
Panhandle : BEG
25
Inlaid design : MOSAIC
29
"___whillikers!" : GEE
31
Feasts upon : EATS
35
Sailor's "Stop!" : AVAST
36
Alan of "The Four Seasons" : ALDA
37
Fraternity letter : PHI
38
42
Singer-poet Yoko : ONO
43
Other: Sp. : OTRA
44
"That's the truth!" : NOLIE
45
Paper quantity : REAM
47
Serenade the moon : BAY
48
Sweet and hard drinks : CIDERS
49
Runner Sebastian : COE
51
"Full," at a theater : SRO
52
61
Love affair : AMOUR
62
Many a Disney character : TOON
63
Caesar's worst day : IDES
64
___face (grimace) : MAKEA
65
Poker payment : ANTE
66
Jump : LEAP
67
British guns : STENS
68
Pay mind to : HEED
69
"That was no___. That..." : LADY
Down
1
Gulp down : SWIG
2
South-of-the-border sandwich : TACO
3
Ice show jump : AXEL
4
Polar explorer Richard : BYRD
5
Eye-pleasing, as a view : SCENIC
6
"To your health!" is one : TOAST
7
Asia, with "the" : EAST
8
Courtroom bargain : PLEA
9
Follow : ENSUE
10
Go back on one's word : RENEGE
11
Mad as ___ hen : AWET
12
Plane reservation : SEAT
13
Actress Sommer : ELKE
21
Haves : ELITE
22
Letter-shaped girder : TBEAM
25
College concentration : MAJOR
26
Sheeplike : OVINE
27
Mead's "Coming of Age in___" : SAMOA
28
Cigar tip : ASH
29
Denzel Washington's 1989 Oscar film : GLORY
30
Author Ferber : EDNA
32
Computer firm : APPLE
33
Not your or our : THEIR
34
Locations : SITES
36
"The Thin Man" dog : ASTA
39
Annual prize : NOBEL
40
Teamsters, e.g. : UNION
41
Place for peas : POD
46
Poet Rod : MCKUEN
48
Strained to see : CRANED
50
Gumbo vegetables : OKRAS
51
Whomped a la Samson : SMOTE
52
Plays extemporaneously : JAMS
53
Amo, amas, ___ : AMAT
54
Pepsi rival : COKE
55
Mormon stronghold : UTAH
56
Out of sight : GONE
57
Streamlet : RILL
58
Concert halls : ODEA
59
X-ray vision blocker : LEAD
60
Catch sight of : ESPY

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

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