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New York Times, Friday, July 7, 1995

Author:
Wayne Robert Williams
Editor:
Will Shortz
13-Down : Melodramatic
TotalDebutLatest
384/30/19943/5/1998
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
44312843
RebusScrabDebutFresh
21.5516243%
Wayne Robert Williams

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QVXZ} This is puzzle # 24 for Mr. Williams. Friday freshness: 19%
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S
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© 1995, The New York Times7/7/95 ( No. 16,677 )
Across
1
Classifieds : ADS
4
Light, old-style : ILLUME
10
Overlook : OMIT
14
S. Amer. country : URU
15
Hit dead-center : NAILED
16
___ mapping (modern science effort) : GENE
17
Monterey product : JACKCHEESE
19
Actress Turner : LANA
20
Sign of controversy : UPROAR
21
It goes with the flow : AMMETER
23
Sounds like : SEEMS
24
Federalist paper : ESSAY
26
Ask a lot of questions : PRY
27
Beam : SHAFT
29
___ dare : ONA
31
Lhasa ___ : APSO
34
Baked dessert : BROWNBETTY
39
Award of honor : PALM
40
One of Stalin's cronies : BERIA
41
First-century Roman emperor : OTHO
42
Sunday brunch fare : BLOODYMARY
44
Runner Wyomia ___ : TYUS
45
Thickness : PLY
46
Versified romance : GESTE
48
Ceiling : CAP
50
Fully sink (in) : EMBED
53
Use a soapbox : ORATE
57
Of the deep-sea floor : ABYSSAL
59
Uncivilized one : ANIMAL
60
Pacific nation : FIJI
61
Corn bread on the griddle : JOHNNYCAKE
64
Old Testament kingdom : EDOM
65
Journalist Fallaci : ORIANA
66
Wine classification : SEC
67
Dates : SEES
68
Trial separation? : RECESS
69
Mach topper : SST
Down
1
Menu phrase : AUJUS
2
Arrange artistically : DRAPE
3
Bolivian capital : SUCRE
4
Liquid, in a way : INCASH
5
Oz lion : LAHR
6
Golf-ball position : LIE
7
Diminutive suffix : ULE
8
Arizona features : MESAS
9
Swelling : EDEMA
10
Eyeball : OGLE
11
Burger : MEATPATTY
12
Spiritual : INNER
13
Melodramatic : TEARY
18
Soviet youth group : KOMSOMOL
22
Advice-column abbr. : MYOB
24
Zimbalist, Sr. or Jr. : EFREM
25
Computer capacity : STORAGE
28
Dear one : ABBY
30
Recent : NEOTERIC
31
Manhunt letters : APB
32
Chum : PAL
33
Ground beef sandwich : SLOPPYJOE
35
Belushi bio : WIRED
36
Votes against : NAYS
37
Calendar-watch abbr. : THU
38
Attention-getting calls : YOS
43
Color changers : DYES
47
Harding and others : TONYAS
48
Smokey Joe's and others : CAFES
49
Tolerate : ABIDE
51
Base V.I.P. : MAJOR
52
Actor Eric : BLORE
54
Build up : AMASS
55
Accepts uncomplainingly : TAKES
56
First-rate : ELECT
58
Beautician Naomi : SIMS
59
Novelist Radcliffe et al. : ANNS
62
___ jacet (epitaph start) : HIC
63
Stirling denial : NAE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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