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New York Times, Wednesday, May 22, 1996

Author:
R. Hughes
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Down : Not stay still in a container
TotalDebutLatest
3511/8/19944/2/2007
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.5113622%
Richard Hughes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QVXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Hughes. Wednesday freshness: 86%
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© 1996, The New York Times5/22/96 ( No. 16,997 )
Across
1
___O'Rourke of "F Troop" : SGT
4
Incarcerates : JAILS
9
Vexes : GALLS
14
Tiny : WEE
15
Miss Dinsmore of children's books : ELSIE
16
Husband of Bathsheba : URIAH
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Give___whirl : ITA
18
Slanted : ATILT
19
Home in a dome : IGLOO
20
B-less figure on a coin : SUSANANTHONY
23
Volcano, at times : SPEWER
24
Defeat soundly : SHELLAC
28
"___the house" : ITSON
31
French sailing vessel : GALERE
32
Play at full volume : BLAST
35
Picture, in commercial names : FOTO
37
Powerful D.C. lobby : NRA
38
B-less U.S. leader : RUTHERFORDHAYES
42
Santa___ : ANA
43
Sch. founded in 1845 : USNA
44
"...___which will live in infamy" : ADATE
45
Pass play : SCREEN
48
Bad news for Exxon : SPILL
50
Shivaree : SHINDIG
52
Purse parts : CLASPS
56
B-less film legend : CECILDEMILLE
59
Animal track : SPOOR
62
Myanmar, formerly : BURMA
63
Kind of cake : OAT
64
Shade of gray : PEARL
65
Make dim : BLEAR
66
Actor Erwin : STU
67
Concur : AGREE
68
Walk furtively : SLINK
69
Mount, with "on" : HOP
Down
1
Like many watches : SWISS
2
Costume : GETUP
3
Rag : TEASE
4
MacDonald of old films : JEANETTE
5
Where sacrifices are made : ALTARS
6
"The doctor___" : ISIN
7
Cheerful tune : LILT
8
Biblical brother and namesakes : SETHS
9
21 shillings : GUINEA
10
Scottish pattern: Var. : ARGYLL
11
Like Abner : LIL
12
Southeast Asian : LAO
13
"___'nuff!" : SHO
21
Make-___Foundation : AWISH
22
1977 George Burns film : OHGOD
25
Tony-winning singer Lotte : LENYA
26
Stop, in France : ARRET
27
Stop : CEASE
29
Rubs out : OFFS
30
Middays : NOONS
32
Audacity : BRASS
33
Meal in a box : LUNCH
34
Arcade name : ATARI
36
Door on the floor : TRAP
39
Like some ancient inscriptions : RUNIC
40
Crayola's parent company : HALLMARK
41
Dwight's opponent in '52 : ADLAI
46
Repeat performance : ENCORE
47
Channel swimmer Gertrude : EDERLE
49
Cool guy? : ICEMAN
51
Former Redskins coach Joe : GIBBS
53
Not stay still in a container : SLOSH
54
"Republic" author : PLATO
55
Arrange : SETUP
57
Pause : LULL
58
Eins + zwei : DREI
59
Workout site : SPA
60
Little Margaret : PEG
61
Row : OAR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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