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New York Times, Saturday, May 25, 1996

Author:
F. Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
14-Down : Astonishes
TotalDebutLatest
15411/22/19939/1/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1425262552948
RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.5550233%
Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: {FJKQWX} This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Piscop. Saturday freshness: 63%
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P
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© 1996, The New York Times5/25/96 ( No. 17,000 )
Across
1
Genoan musical debutant, 1793 : PAGANINI
9
Parts of estates : MANORS
15
Kind of exercise : ISOTONIC
16
Theater floodlight : OLIVET
17
Pool necessity : CHLORINE
18
Samuel Richardson novel : PAMELA
19
Band-___ : AID
20
Designer's workplace : ATELIER
22
Kind of gas: Abbr. : REG
23
Samuel Adams, e.g. : BEER
25
Soul singer Lattisaw : STACY
26
Spot for a mountain goat : CRAG
27
Words from a Shakespearean question : ORNOT
29
Undivided : ONE
30
Idaho river : BOISE
31
Red Sox great, for short : YAZ
33
Ad slogan words before "you're a part of me" : DRPEPPER
35
Quite dry : SAHARAN
39
Woodworking tools : SHAPERS
40
Like "The Forsyte Saga," e.g. : TRILOGIC
42
Spleen : IRE
43
They're a formality : RITES
44
Kind of reflex : GAG
46
Throat medicine : DROPS
50
___-ear (tropical abalone) : ASSS
51
___-arms : MENAT
53
Brochette : SPIT
54
Skater Midori : ITO
55
Certain hospital patient : CARDIAC
57
Sri Lankan export : TEA
58
___Alley : TINPAN
60
Aids in gnawing : INCISORS
62
Some seamstresses : EDGERS
63
Share a policy : COINSURE
64
Get snug : NESTLE
65
Rapprochements : ENTENTES
Down
1
Skier Street : PICABO
2
More pale : ASHIER
3
Propitious : GOLDEN
4
From___Z : ATO
5
"A Doll's House" heroine : NORA
6
Some tree carvings: Abbr. : INITS
7
51 minutes past the hour : NINETO
8
Onetime Danish province : ICELAND
9
Listless : MOPEY
10
Wing-shaped : ALAR
11
Math game : NIM
12
Somewhat spoiled : OVERRIPE
13
Key stimulus, in animal behavior : RELEASER
14
Astonishes : STAGGERS
21
Bakery gizmos : ICERS
24
Shaped custards : ROYALES
26
Fuzz : COPPERS
28
Pacific tubers : TAROS
30
Imperial, e.g. : BEARD
32
Veer off in a new direction : ZAG
34
Fluidity symbol, in mechanics : PHI
35
Add financial difficulties to : STRAITEN
36
Caribbean leader elected in 1990 : ARISTIDE
37
Billboard listings : HITSONGS
38
Neighbor of Chad : NIGER
41
First name in TV comedy : CANDICE
45
Get closer to : GAINON
47
Decide to quit : OPTOUT
48
Composer Boulez : PIERRE
49
Equilibria : STASES
51
Cleric's home : MANSE
52
Unspoken : TACIT
55
31-Across's first name : CARL
56
Theater : CINE
59
Darling : PET
61
Nine-digit ID : SSN

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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