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New York Times, Friday, July 26, 1996

Author:
G. Newman
Editor:
Will Shortz
40-Down : Definition label
TotalDebutLatest
153/20/19965/18/2015
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0463110
ScrabDebutFresh
1.515732%
Gene Newman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JKQWXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Newman. Friday freshness: 85%
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N
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B
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H
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© 1996, The New York Times7/26/96 ( No. 17,062 )
Across
1
Valentine inscription, maybe : DOGGEREL
9
Kind of bank : DATA
13
Sundial indication : SOLARTIME
14
Aristotelian subject : LOGIC
15
Extremely remote, with "of" : UNDREAMED
16
"___Have Eyes for You" : IONLY
17
___-pamby : NAMBY
18
Noted trumpet blower : STGABRIEL
20
Shoshoneans : UTES
21
Fingers : THIEVES
22
Slammer : PEN
23
Swamp thing : CROC
24
Record price-setting van Gogh work : IRISES
28
Seedling containers : FLATS
29
Finally : ATLAST
30
Gridiron stratagems : ENDRUNS
33
Unnatural : STILTED
34
Entryway : ACCESS
35
Laborers : PEONS
36
Sorrowful : TRISTE
37
Memo starter : INRE
38
Common coll. degrees : BSS
41
They're crazy, man : HEPCATS
43
Contract : DEAL
44
Subtle quality : UNDERTONE
47
"Enough!" : BASTA
48
"The River___" (1949 song) : SEINE
49
Dog star : RINTINTIN
51
Collapsed, with "in" : CAVED
52
Accompanying : ESCORTING
53
Very willing : GLAD
54
Four-time Super Bowl champs : STEELERS
Down
1
Contribute : DONATE
2
Codgers : OLDMEN
3
Outfits : GARBS
4
Granite : GREY
5
Train sta. announcement : ETA
6
Monologue accompaniment : RIMSHOTS
7
Tummy turners : EMETICS
8
Mining layer : LEDGE
9
Threshold parts : DOORSILLS
10
Lambs, to Livy : AGNI
11
Villa decoration : TILE
12
Chemistry radical : ACYL
13
Dawn : SUNUP
14
Profligate : LIBERTINE
19
Post and Yeager, e.g. : AVIATORS
21
Church cross-section : TRANSEPT
23
Grouped : CLUSTERED
25
Rested : SAT
26
London-to-Dover dir. : ESE
27
Bib. edition : STD
28
Deodorized : FRESHENED
30
Erode : EAT
31
1991 AT&T acquisition : NCR
32
Seventh-century date : DCI
33
Ten years, maybe : SENTENCE
35
Nero or Rubinstein : PIANIST
38
Rouse : BESTIR
39
Some sheets : SATINS
40
Definition label : SLANG
42
Vital regions : CORES
43
"All hope abandon, ye who enter here!" writer : DANTE
44
Drug interdictors: Abbr. : USCG
45
Oscar winner Patricia : NEAL
46
Prima donna : DIVA
47
Spin, as a floating log : BIRL
50
Kickoff point : TOE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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