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New York Times, Saturday, April 8, 1995

Author:
A.J. Santora
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Down : Fork and mouth locale
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A. J. Santora

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 42 Missing: {HJKQX} Scrabble average: 1.87 This is puzzle # 202 for Mr. Santora. Saturday freshness: 36%
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© 1995, The New York Times4/8/95 ( No. 16,587 )
Across
1
Headword : LEMMA
6
Port of Spain : CADIZ
11
Vacation : TIMEOFF
13
Cremona craftings : AMATIS
15
First : INITIAL
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Takes back, with "on" : RENEGES
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Composer Bartok : BELA
19
Wrecking ball chore : RAZING
21
Fasten, in a way : ZIP
22
Romantic interlude : IDYLL
24
Kid's marble : MIB
25
Mayan food staple : MAIZE
27
Ferber size? : SOBIG
29
"Falstaff" composer : ELGAR
30
Kind of dye : AZO
33
Light's costar in an 80's sitcom : DANZA
35
Narrow-sleeved robes : ALBS
36
Function : RUN
37
Nile delta city : ZAGAZIG
40
Half of a half-and-half : ALE
41
"___ Ideas" (1950 hit) : IGET
43
Pointed arch : OGIVE
44
Raw : RED
45
Pound and Stone : EZRAS
47
Grimm character : GNOME
49
"___ beam up" ("Star Trek" phrase) : TWOTO
50
Hosp. printout : EEG
51
Sophisticated : SMART
55
Greek letter : TAU
56
Combined : MELDED
59
Acting award : OBIE
60
Certain secrets : ANSWERS
62
Fidgety : RESTIVE
64
Halo : GLORIA
65
Quit the union : SECEDED
66
Approvals : YESES
67
Fare : RIDER
Down
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Like graph paper : LINED
2
Johnny Mercer song : EMILY
3
Mercury and others : METALS
4
Me, to Mimi : MOI
5
Way out there : AFAR
6
West Indies native : CARIB
7
Corner response : AMEN
8
1964 Roger Miller hit : DANGME
9
Zinc finish : ITE
10
Best-selling author on salesmanship : ZIGZIGLAR
11
To you: Lat. : TIBI
12
Bahamian nester : FLAMINGO
14
Like property under a court order : SEIZABLE
17
Scattered, old style : SPERSED
20
Went like lightning? : ZIGZAGGED
23
Poland's second-largest city : LODZ
26
Pie ___ mode : ALA
28
Sheep talk : BAA
30
Soloist's number : ARIETTA
31
Dangerous chess situation : ZUGZWANG
32
In an oppressive way : ONEROUSLY
34
1993 P.G.A. champ Paul and family : AZINGERS
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Nobelist Andric : IVO
39
Pearls : GEMS
42
Edge a doily : TAT
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"Three's Company" star : SOMERS
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Waxed perfervid : EMOTED
50
Maxwell et al. : ELSAS
52
Conform to, with "by" : ABIDE
53
Fork and mouth locale : RIVER
54
___ off (angry) : TEED
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Northeast Indian : ERIE
58
Open-season quest : DEER
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Calamity : WOE
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School subj. : SCI

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

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