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New York Times, Monday, May 13, 1996

Author:
S. L. Robbins
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Down : Basketball great Bob
TotalDebutLatest
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Sidney L. Robbins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {KQZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 195 for Mr. Robbins. Monday freshness: 25%
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© 1996, The New York Times5/13/96 ( No. 16,988 )
Across
1
Boner : GAFFE
6
Horse's gait : TROT
10
Jacob's first wife : LEAH
14
Pooped : ALLIN
15
Dublin's home : EIRE
16
Res___ loquitur : IPSA
17
Follow strict rules of politeness : STANDONCEREMONY
20
Bunny movements : HOPS
21
Victory sign : VEE
22
Made an incursion : RAIDED
23
Screwball : NUT
24
Underground reservoir : CISTERN
25
Fir : BALSAM
29
Hay storage site : LOFT
30
Signature on a bad check, maybe : ALIAS
31
18-wheeler : SEMI
32
Swank : POSH
36
Not miss an opportunity : JUMPATTHECHANCE
39
Electrical units : AMPS
40
Historic periods : ERAS
41
Award for "Braveheart" : OSCAR
42
Old TV host Jack : PAAR
43
Does tailoring on : ALTERS
44
41-Across bestower, with "the" : ACADEMY
48
Foxlike : SLY
49
They're needed for organ transplants : DONORS
50
More than admiration : AWE
51
Actress Moreno : RITA
55
No longer be able to escape the facts : RUNOUTOFEXCUSES
58
"This___outrage!" : ISAN
59
Arthurian lady : ENID
60
To whom Muslims pray : ALLAH
61
W.W. II newsman Ernie : PYLE
62
Set system : ROTE
63
Landlord's paper : LEASE
Down
1
Knife wound : GASH
2
Quartet member : ALTO
3
Envelope part : FLAP
4
50's car features : FINS
5
Pass receiver : END
6
Belief : TENET
7
Houston university : RICE
8
Silver container : ORE
9
"Wow!" : TERRIFIC
10
"___one to a customer" : LIMIT
11
Lyric poem : EPODE
12
Ed of "Lou Grant" : ASNER
13
"Surprise Symphony" composer : HAYDN
18
Egg : OVUM
19
N.F.L. conference : EAST
23
Cape Canaveral org. : NASA
24
Arrives : COMES
25
___California : BAJA
26
Graduate, for short : ALUM
27
Like a wet noodle : LIMP
28
Schmos : SAPS
29
"The Merry Widow" composer Franz : LEHAR
31
Err : STRAY
32
Kind of tense : PAST
33
Fairy tale start : ONCE
34
Capone feature : SCAR
35
Word on a towel : HERS
37
Jimmy Hoffa follower : TEAMSTER
38
Sacred : HOLY
42
Lima's land : PERU
43
Trebek of "Jeopardy!" : ALEX
44
Leaky, as a faucet : ADRIP
45
Basketball great Bob : COUSY
46
Historical record : ANNAL
47
"Lorna___" : DOONE
48
Stockholm native : SWEDE
50
Throw___ (rant) : AFIT
51
Straight line : RULE
52
Mallorca, e.g. : ISLA
53
Socials : TEAS
54
Late tennis V.I.P. : ASHE
56
Warbler Yoko : ONO
57
Pres. Coolidge, informally : CAL

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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