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New York Times, Friday, May 12, 1995

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
12-Down : Starts of bench-clearing brawls
TotalDebutLatest
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31.571,11574%
Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 31 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Norris. Friday freshness: 75%
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© 1995, The New York Times5/12/95 ( No. 16,621 )
Across
1
Agape : SLACKJAWED
11
French cleric : ABBE
15
Toddler's vehicle : PUSHMOBILE
16
Austin ___ (Tenn. university) : PEAY
17
Kind of carpet : ANTISTATIC
18
Compete, in a way : RACE
19
Grouse : CARP
20
Señor Guevara : CHE
21
Ascetics : MONKS
22
"Travels in Hyperreality" writer : ECO
23
Powerful shark : MAKO
25
Close : FINISH
26
Establishment, with "the" : SYSTEM
28
"X-Files" topics : UFOS
30
Classical beginning : NEO
31
Some road workers : BLASTERS
33
Hood's piece : GAT
34
Tapering toward each end : FUSATE
36
Monet or Manet : ARTIST
38
Majolica glaze : TIN
39
Movie preceder of yore : NEWSREEL
41
River into the English Channel : EXE
42
Anemometer's measurement : GUST
43
Impression : SPLASH
47
Eloper's need, maybe : LADDER
49
Toasted ___ : OATS
51
Key letter : PHI
52
Comes to : STIRS
53
Put on : DON
54
Fell off : SLID
55
Josip Broz : TITO
56
Kind of state : VEGETATIVE
59
St. crossers : AVES
60
City on the Gulf of Mexico : CLEARWATER
61
Fire-engine and Indian, e.g. : REDS
62
Robin Hood et al. : REDRESSERS
Down
1
Crossword squares : SPACES
2
Craziness : LUNACY
3
Houston nine : ASTROS
4
Computer marvel : CHIP
5
There are 1.609 in a mi. : KMS
6
Dash off : JOT
7
By surprise : ABACK
8
Lacking : WITHOUT
9
Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
10
Calendar abbr. : DEC
11
Fringe, on a golf course : APRON
12
Starts of bench-clearing brawls : BEANINGS
13
Kind of driver : BACKSEAT
14
Sight : EYESHOT
21
Causes of some falls : MISSTEPS
23
Mixtures : MELANGES
24
Beginner : AMATEUR
25
1994 Oscar role : FORREST
27
Cable network : TBS
29
Dread : FEAR
32
Puts on buttons : SEWS
34
Denture wearer's purchase : FIXATIVE
35
Like a first draft : UNEDITED
37
Harmful : ILL
38
Early communications satellite : TELSTAR
40
Played the straight man : STOOGED
44
Fine-grained granite : APLITE
45
Flu symptom : SHIVER
46
Whom seekers seek : HIDERS
48
Refinery residue : DROSS
50
Lend ___ (listen to) : ANEAR
53
Take out : DELE
54
Penn., et al. : STAS
56
Household entertainment abbr. : VCR
57
Trio in Torino : TRE
58
Cries of disappointment : AWS

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

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