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New York Times, Tuesday, May 23, 1995

Author:
Jay Livingston
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Down : ___ accompli
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Jay Livingston

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVX} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Livingston. Tuesday freshness: 34%
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© 1995, The New York Times5/23/95 ( No. 16,632 )
Across
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6 Down finales : MATES
6
Corn waste : COB
9
Conductor Riccardo : MUTI
13
Ancient Greek marketplace : AGORA
14
___ polloi : HOI
15
Physically squelch : SITON
16
1. e4; e5 2. Nf3; Nc6 3. Bg5 : RUYLOPEZOPENING
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Detective's assignment : CASE
20
Sugar suffix : OSE
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Actor Estevez : EMILIO
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Cousin of "Mayday!" : SOS
23
Cut in thirds : TRISECT
24
Neighbor of a knight : BISHOP
28
Name of 12 popes : PIUS
29
"So long" : ADIEU
30
Stocking material : SILK
31
Debussy's had quite an afternoon : FAUN
35
1. e4; c5 : SICILIANDEFENSE
38
Frozen dew : HOAR
39
Steelmaker's need : COKE
40
Property taxes in London : RATES
41
Lotto variant : KENO
42
Sherwood, e.g. : FOREST
43
Doctorow best seller : RAGTIME
47
Lose energy : SAG
48
Filmdom's May : ELAINE
49
Here, in Hyères : ICI
50
___ even keel : ONAN
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1. e4; e5 2. Nf3; Nc6 3. Nc3; Nf6 : FOURKNIGHTSGAME
57
Playwright William et al. : INGES
58
"___ is the winter..." : NOW
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Wiser's companion : OLDER
60
Kickoff props : TEES
61
Gun lobby inits. : NRA
62
Relative of 41 Across : BEANO
Down
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___ Antony : MARC
2
Juárez water : AGUA
3
Hellman's were in the attic : TOYS
4
Gardner of mysteries : ERLE
5
___ Paulo : SAO
6
This puzzle's theme : CHESS
7
Seep : OOZE
8
Life story : BIO
9
Some skirts : MINIS
10
Practical : UTILE
11
Pick-me-up : TONIC
12
Gold bar : INGOT
15
Interstate haulers : SEMIS
17
One of the decks : POOP
18
Old-fashioned wig : PERUKE
22
Musical genre : SOUL
23
Mark for mañana : TILDE
24
Big party : BASH
25
Prefix meaning peculiar : IDIO
26
Film director Vittorio De ___ : SICA
27
One next in line : HEIR
28
Suspiciously left, 50's style : PINKO
30
France's ___-et-Loire department : SAONE
31
Dread : FEAR
32
First chips : ANTE
33
Exploits : USES
34
Place for eggs : NEST
36
Onetime refrigerant suppliers : ICEMEN
37
Tadpole, eventually : FROG
41
Twists in a line : KINKS
42
___ accompli : FAIT
43
Change the equipment : REFIT
44
Solo : ALONE
45
Pressure measurer : GAUGE
46
Michelins, e.g. : TIRES
47
Unstressed vowel : SCHWA
49
Frankenstein's helper : IGOR
50
Give the eye : OGLE
51
Nothing, to a Nuyorican : NADA
52
The last word : AMEN
53
Famed fiddler : NERO
55
Hotel : INN
56
Weep : SOB

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

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