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New York Times, Friday, April 12, 1996

Author:
M. Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
58-Down : Long-running Fox show
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJQ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 51 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 8%
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© 1996, The New York Times4/12/96 ( No. 16,957 )
Across
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Prom staple : CORSAGE
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Faction makers : SCHISMS
15
Stuck : UPATREE
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Head of a pyramid scheme? : PHARAOH
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Fixing, maybe : REDOING
18
Sandwich lettuce : ROMAINE
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Hero's award : BRONZESTARMEDAL
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Not touched : SANE
22
Sports happening since 1911 : INDY
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Stunning : DAZING
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Word root : STEM
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Throw a curve : ARC
34
Salty letters : NACL
35
Absolutely, to Ahab : AYEAYE
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Maxim violated by a stool pigeon : SILENCEISGOLDEN
40
Water pipe : HOOKAH
41
Gung-ho feeling : ZEAL
42
Use a postscript : ADD
43
Feminizing suffix : ETTE
44
Popular tourist area, with "the" : OZARKS
46
Certain bond, for short : MUNI
48
Track figures : ODDS
52
59
Duke of Normandy who was called "the Devil" : ROBERTI
60
Wire-haired dog : SCOTTIE
61
Mesabi Range wealth : IRONORE
62
Food originally made by Brazilian Indians : TAPIOCA
63
Cutting tool with pulleys : BANDSAW
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Gelded : UNSEXED
Down
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Checks : CURBS
2
Battle field? : OPERA
3
It's a gas : RADON
4
High : STONED
5
Calif. neighbor : ARIZ
6
It may be dominant : GENE
7
Brain tests, for short : EEGS
8
Arose : SPRANG
9
Set of keys? : CHORD
10
Overdone : HAMMY
11
Of wrath, in a hymn : IRAE
12
Port___ : SAID
13
Former U.S. poet laureate ___Van Duyn : MONA
14
Illustrator Silverstein : SHEL
20
Model T : TINLIZZIE
24
Siamese employee, once : ANNA
25
"A Chorus Line" character : ZACH
26
Rocks : ICE
27
Poivre's partner : SEL
28
Dramatic intro : TADA
29
Noted with interest : EYED
30
Doctor : MEND
31
Tennis name of fame : ASHE
32
Card at a party : RIOT
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Become solid : CLOT
35
Petri dish contents : AGAR
36
Yellow in white? : YOLK
38
Just make, with "out" : EKE
39
Surfer's surface : SEA
44
For all to see : ONVIEW
45
Combat pilot's flight : SORTIE
46
Some Spanish paintings : MIROS
47
Extremely : ULTRA
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Betty Ford process : DETOX
50
Clear, in a way : DEICE
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Senior golf great : SNEAD
52
Former Big Apple newspaper, with "The" : TRIB
53
Joyful dance : HORA
54
Bard's black : EBON
55
E-mail menu choice : SEND
56
Alphabet quartet : RSTU
57
Search through : SCAN
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Long-running Fox show : COPS

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

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