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New York Times, Friday, April 26, 1996

Author:
W. Johnson
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Down : Trick-or-treaters' treats
TotalDebutLatest
44/26/19963/6/2012
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.482426%
Wesley Johnson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {FJKVW} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Johnson. Friday freshness: 82%
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© 1996, The New York Times4/26/96 ( No. 16,971 )
Across
1
Sanction : AUTHORIZE
10
Elements found once each in 1-, 15-, 57-, 62-Across, and 30-Down : AEIOU
15
Pulmonary problem : PNEUMONIA
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Tots' cries : DADAS
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To the point : PERTINENT
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Heated and then some : IRATE
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___squares (statistical method) : LEAST
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Untouched by time : AGELESS
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Summer D.C. clock setting : EDT
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Consumer Reports feature : BESTBUY
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Brazil's biggest city : SAOPAULO
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Wraparound dresses: Var. : SAREES
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Fort Peck site : MONTANA
35
Kind of cup : DIXIE
36
Together : ASAUNIT
38
Set of dishes : CUISINE
40
Words before "diamond" and "pearl" in an Irving Berlin song : GOTNO
41
It's directly south of the White House lawn : ESTREET
43
Old store counter : ABACUS
45
Commuter country : SUBURBIA
48
Catches : ENTRAPS
50
Response: Abbr. : ANS
51
River port in Kentucky : PADUCAH
54
Political societies : BUNDS
56
Run into a hitch? : ELOPE
57
Harem woman : ODALISQUE
61
Helicopter part : ROTOR
62
Works by Plato : DIALOGUES
63
Generation Y : TEENS
64
Dressmakers' materials : YARDGOODS
Down
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Trick-or-treaters' treats : APPLES
2
Old biscuit brand : UNEEDA
3
Tumorous growths : TERATOMATA
4
Shacks : HUTS
5
Pass over : OMIT
6
80's White House name : RON
7
Like Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 : INE
8
California wine, familiarly : ZIN
9
Worry greatly : EATAT
10
"The Sound of Music" farewell : ADIEUADIEU
11
Probably not a night owl : EARLYRISER
12
Zoological name suffix : IDAE
13
Haggis ingredient : OATS
14
Applications : USES
21
Literary monogram : GBS
23
"___have promises to keep": Frost : BUTI
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Gladden : ELATE
25
Jesus Christ, with "the" : SON
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Seize with alacrity : POUNCEUPON
28
TV employees : ANNOUNCERS
30
"Macbeth" stage direction : EXITBANQUO
31
Die Zeit article : EIN
32
Grasp : SEE
34
Misbehave : ACTUP
36
Turkish leader : AGA
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Cry : SOB
39
City, to Cato : URBS
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Sender of monthly checks: Abbr. : SSA
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L.A.'s Union, e.g. : STA
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Provided: Var. : INDUED
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Evaluate : ASSESS
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Little___ (state nickname) : RHODY
51
Sassy : PERT
52
Drug-yielding plant : ALOE
53
Spoil, with "on" : DOTE
54
Literary genre: Abbr. : BIOG
55
"Let___then, you and I": Eliot : USGO
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24 hours, to Diego : DIA
59
Alpine river : AAR
60
Legal deg. : LLD

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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