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New York Times, Tuesday, August 13, 1996

Author:
R. Hughes
Editor:
Will Shortz
33-Down : Architectural recess
TotalDebutLatest
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.5113622%
Richard Hughes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Hughes. Tuesday freshness: 78%
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© 1996, The New York Times8/13/96 ( No. 17,080 )
Across
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Thrash : LAM
4
It gives a lift at the circus : STILT
9
Surrounded by : AMID
13
"___ Carousel" (1967 Hollies hit) : ONA
14
Sea separating Greece from Turkey : AEGEAN
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Yemen's capital : SANA
17
Broadway's "The ___ Game" : GIN
18
Fired, as a U.P.S. worker? : SENTPACKING
20
Residents: Suffix : ITES
22
Poe poem : TOHELEN
23
Fired, as a salesclerk? : CASHIERED
25
Capital of Bulgaria : SOFIA
29
Fairy tale villain : OGRE
30
Furrow : RUT
32
T.L.C. givers : RNS
33
Bikini, e.g. : ATOLL
36
"M'aidez," e.g. : SOS
37
Algebra or trig : MATH
38
Fired, as a ranch hand? : PUTOUTTOPASTURE
42
Bridge accomplishment : SLAM
43
Mouth, slangily : YAP
44
Enticed : LEDON
45
Syr. neighbor : ISR
46
Morse role on Broadway : TRU
47
Med. school course : ANAT
49
Authority : SAYSO
51
Fired, as a baseball player? : THROWNOUT
56
Batman and Robin, e.g. : TWOSOME
58
Pot starter : ANTE
59
Fired, as a firefighter? : GIVENTHEAXE
63
Container metal : TIN
64
Jacques "alive and well and living in Paris" : BREL
65
One under : BIRDIE
66
Molson, e.g. : ALE
67
House of ___-Coburg-Gotha : SAXE
68
H.S. juniors' exams : PSATS
69
Favorite : PET
Down
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Reasoning : LOGIC
2
Singer Bryant : ANITA
3
Horses' hair : MANES
4
KLM rival : SAS
5
Waver : TEETER
6
Pay no heed to : IGNORE
7
River of forgetfulness : LETHE
8
Convenience for Blockbuster customers : TAPEDROP
9
___ quarter (eschew assistance) : ASKNO
10
Month in Paris : MAI
11
Bed and breakfast : INN
12
The U.N.'s Hammarskjold : DAG
15
Noted paperback publisher : NAL
19
"___ la guerre" : CEST
21
Temple greeting: Var. : SHOLOM
24
Eskimo home: Var. : IGLU
26
Business misbehavior : FRAUD
27
Opening bars : INTRO
28
Pale-faced : ASHEN
31
Dos Passos trilogy : USA
33
Architectural recess : APSIS
34
Oklahoma city : TULSA
35
Eared seal : OTARY
36
Bread, for stew : SOP
37
Sicilian height : MTETNA
39
Norse war god : TYR
40
What a strict captain runs : TAUTSHIP
41
Deli side dish : SLAW
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Burg : TOWN
47
Naval force : ARMADA
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1944 Sartre drama : NOEXIT
50
Carved stone slab : STELE
52
Tillers : HOERS
53
From the barrel : ONTAP
54
Helpful : UTILE
55
Belief : TENET
57
Where N.Y.C horseplayers go : OTB
59
Literary monogram : GBS
60
Author Levin : IRA
61
Bother : VEX
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Some M.I.T. grads : EES

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

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