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New York Times, Monday, July 1, 1996

Author:
S. Spadaccini
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Down : Nuclear plant apparatuses
TotalDebutLatest
441/27/197710/5/1999
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.54126814%
Stephanie Spadaccini

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JKQVZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 14 for Ms. Spadaccini. Monday freshness: 9%
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© 1996, The New York Times7/1/96 ( No. 17,037 )
Across
1
Fixed up again : REDID
6
Higest point : ACME
10
Off-base, unofficially : AWOL
14
Solo : ALONE
15
Cajole : COAX
16
Venus de___ : MILO
17
Worthless types : GOODFORNOTHINGS
20
"Your excellency" : SIRE
21
Tell a whopper : LIE
22
Bob Marley's music : REGGAE
23
Fed lines to : CUED
25
Late-night schmoozer Jay : LENO
26
Recovered consciousness : CAMETO
29
Total : SUM
30
Dateless : STAG
34
"___you ready yet?" : ARENT
35
Straitlaced : STAID
37
Zeta's follower : ETA
38
Classic invention : BETTERMOUSETRAP
41
Singleton : ONE
42
Horse holders : REINS
43
Walkway : AISLE
44
Protective covering : TARP
46
Gobbled up : ATE
47
Comedian Marty : INGELS
48
Eyebrow shape : ARCH
50
The "C" of C.O.D. : CASH
51
Magic charm : AMULET
54
Droop : SAG
55
Arboretum item : TREE
59
Part of makeing a favorable impression? : BESTFOOTFORWARD
62
Funeral stand : BIER
63
Debaucher : ROUE
64
"Alfie" star Michael : CAINE
65
Artist Warhol : ANDY
66
D.H. Lawrence's "___and Lovers" : SONS
67
Append : ADDON
Down
1
Tatters : RAGS
2
"The Time Machine" people : ELOI
3
Entranceway : DOOR
4
Vulgarly dressed : INDECENT
5
Rock group ___Leppard : DEF
6
Bitter : ACRID
7
Dairy Queen order : CONE
8
Long March leader : MAO
9
In___(near death) : EXTREMIS
10
Buddies, in Baja : AMIGOS
11
Museum extension : WING
12
Gymnast Korbut : OLGA
13
Mislay : LOSE
18
Bogus butter : OLEO
19
Barnyard clucker : HEN
24
Say : UTTER
25
Hawaiian cookouts : LUAUS
26
Explorer Sebastian : CABOT
27
Meadowlands___ : ARENA
28
It may have quarters downtown : METER
29
Item slung in a sling : STONE
31
Brief and to the point : TERSE
32
Whatsoever : ATALL
33
Stares open-mouthed : GAPES
35
Blues singer Bessie : SMITH
36
University bosses : DEANS
39
Nuclear plant apparatuses : REACTORS
40
Skinflint : TIGHTWAD
45
Piddling : PALTRY
47
"Othello" villain : IAGO
49
Ump : REF
50
Parisian snack sites : CAFES
51
"Dancing Queen" pop group : ABBA
52
Chow___ : MEIN
53
Previously owned : USED
54
Stupefy : STUN
56
Suprise atack : RAID
57
"Cubist" Rubik : ERNO
58
Paradise : EDEN
60
Tic-tac-toe win : OOO
61
Early broadcasting inits. : RCA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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