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New York Times, Wednesday, May 17, 1995

Author:
Ed Early
Editor:
Will Shortz
10-Down : ___ eyed (sharp-sighted)
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
557/7/19947/14/20081
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1917117442
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5419532%
Ed Early

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQV} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Early. Wednesday freshness: 51%
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A
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F
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N
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B
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O
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P
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F
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R
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N
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L
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L
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S
K
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D
© 1995, The New York Times5/17/95 ( No. 16,626 )
Across
1
Starting four : ABCD
5
Nicholas or Peter : CZAR
9
Not fat : SLIM
13
Side-splitting comedy : RIOT
14
Benoit ___ of the N.H.L. : HOGUE
16
London's ___ Park : HYDE
17
Emaciated : ALLSKINANDBONES
20
Under the weather : ILL
21
Make sure of, as a victory : ICE
22
Holly trees : ILEXES
23
Did business (with) : DEALT
25
More nuts : DAFTER
28
Waste : DROSS
30
Require : NEED
31
Two cups, basically : BRA
34
Fugue master : BACH
35
Outmoded : OLD
36
Asset : PLUS
37
With nothing in reserve : FROMHANDTOMOUTH
41
Eye part : LENS
42
Spanish chess piece : REY
43
River to the Ubangi : UELE
44
Shelley tribute : ODE
45
Noodle : BEAN
46
Rapunzel feature : TRESS
48
Some tableware : PEWTER
50
Kind of gum : ESTER
52
First U.S. spacewalk mission : GEMINI
55
Koch and others : EDS
57
9 or 66, e.g.: Abbr. : RTE
58
More than ready for battle : ARMEDTOTHETEETH
62
Manipulator : USER
63
Ohio college : HIRAM
64
French Sudan, today : MALI
65
Minus : LESS
66
Bell ___ : LABS
67
Timetable, for short : SKED
Down
1
Police announcement: "This is ___!" : ARAID
2
Like pelicans and hospital patients : BILLED
3
Shoulder part : COLLARBONE
4
Skid row woe : DTS
5
Stylish : CHIC
6
Like most city land : ZONED
7
___ Khan : AGA
8
Baseball score : RUN
9
Stable worker : SHOER
10
___ eyed (sharp-sighted) : LYNX
11
French notion : IDEE
12
Imbroglio : MESS
15
Deleted from galley proofs : EDITEDOUT
18
Hardly fine art : KITSCH
19
Extorted from : BLED
24
Covers with rich soil : LOAMS
26
Pain allayer : ANODYNE
27
Hat material : FELT
29
Show generosity to : SHAREWITH
31
Very fast talk : BLUESTREAK
32
Gully : RUT
33
Eruption fallout : ASH
36
Frigid spots : POLES
37
Mr. Ziegfeld : FLO
38
Bloodshot : RED
39
Adroit : NEAT
40
Least : MEREST
45
Deep knee ___ : BEND
47
Come to terms : SETTLE
48
Harbor structures : PIERS
49
Kind of center : REHAB
51
Concealed again : REHID
52
Ancient France : GAUL
53
European language : ERSE
54
Sras. across the Pyrenees : MMES
56
G.O.P. opponents : DEMS
59
Slippery stuff : OIL
60
Song syllable : TRA
61
Printer's measures : EMS

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

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