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New York Times, Monday, April 17, 1995

Author:
Kenneth Witte
Editor:
Will Shortz
43-Down : Mix up kings and queens?
TotalDebutLatest
331/24/19864/6/1998
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Kenneth Witte

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 31 for Mr. Witte. Monday freshness: 22%
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© 1995, The New York Times4/17/95 ( No. 16,596 )
Across
1
Ties one's shoes : LACES
6
Wise one : SAGE
10
Haberdasher's wares : HATS
14
Full-price payer, at an amusement park : ADULT
15
Female egg : OVUM
16
Jai ___ : ALAI
17
Casal's instrument : CELLO
18
Handful of hay : WISP
19
1994 Jodie Foster movie : NELL
20
Arranged unfairly : STACKEDTHEDECK
23
Caboodle's partner : KIT
24
Hearty draught : ALE
25
Demanded proof : CALLEDONESBLUFF
34
Mountain nymph : OREAD
35
"___ From Muskogee" (1970 hit) : OKIE
36
The sun : SOL
37
Bundle up : WRAP
38
Cloak-and-dagger types : SPIES
40
Positive : SURE
41
___ Alamos : LOS
42
Crimson rivals : ELIS
43
Suit material : SERGE
44
Upped the stakes : SWEETENEDTHEPOT
48
Actress Sue ___ Langdon : ANE
49
___ de Cologne : EAU
50
Remained expressionless : KEPTAPOKERFACE
58
Singer Brickell : EDIE
59
Where Anna taught : SIAM
60
Parade component : FLOAT
62
Type of group : PEER
63
___ of Man : ISLE
64
Stage in a butterfly's development : LARVA
65
___ 500 : INDY
66
Require : NEED
67
All over : ENDED
Down
1
Varnish ingredient : LAC
2
Summer refreshers : ADES
3
Unorthodox sect : CULT
4
Fitzgerald of scat : ELLA
5
Supplied : STOCKED
6
Site of a1976 South African uprising : SOWETO
7
Gung-ho : AVID
8
Sudden wind : GUST
9
Stress : EMPHASIS
10
"Messiah" composer : HANDEL
11
Sheltered : ALEE
12
Bath product : TALC
13
Imported material : SILK
21
Tease : KID
22
North Sea tributary : ELBE
25
Monks' hoods : COWLS
26
Traffic directional : ARROW
27
Alternative to purchase : LEASE
28
In the ___ of luxury : LAP
29
Hubbub : NOISE
30
___ out (supplement) : EKE
31
Seize without authority : USURP
32
Relinquish : FORGO
33
Armada : FLEET
38
Ignores the alarm : SLEEPSIN
39
Wrestling finale : PIN
40
Understand : SEE
42
Sicilian spouter : ETNA
43
Mix up kings and queens? : SHUFFLE
45
Diner : EATERY
46
Considered : DEEMED
47
Paver's need : TAR
50
French military cap : KEPI
51
Shangri-La : EDEN
52
___ Piper : PIED
53
River to the Seine : OISE
54
Hardy cabbage : KALE
55
Broadway's ___ Jay Lerner : ALAN
56
Electricity carrier : CORD
57
Roof overhang : EAVE
61
Little bit : TAD

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

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