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New York Times, Thursday, August 17, 1995

Author:
Rand H. Burns
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Down : Munitions maker
TotalDebutLatest
276/3/19937/17/1999
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RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
11.54113675%
Rand H. Burns

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. Burns. Thursday freshness: 84%
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F
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A
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B
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U
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L
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T
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S
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C
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A
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M
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P
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V
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C
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H
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B
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M
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D
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A
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B
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R
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D
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C
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F
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T
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T
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D
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G
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D
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G
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© 1995, The New York Times8/17/95 ( No. 16,718 )
Across
1
Aesop, e.g. : FABULIST
9
Rogues : SCAMPS
15
Slowly fade : EVANESCE
16
McKinley's first Vice President : HOBART
17
Lute family member : MANDOLIN
18
A.A. affiliate : ALANON
19
Diminutive suffix : ULA
20
Born : NEE
21
Comparison test item : BRANDX
22
Novelist Jaffe : RONA
24
Object of a literary hunt : SNARK
26
Hoover and Roosevelt, e.g. : DAMS
28
Breaks : SNAPS
30
___-Magnon : CRO
31
Shakespeare edition : FOLIO
32
Familial marker : TOTEM
34
Tenfold : DENARY
35
Shining example : GEM
38
Renounces : DISOWNS
40
"You bet!" : YES
41
Los ___ : ALAMOS
43
Cowboy's rope : RIATA
45
Blue material : DENIM
46
Corral : PEN
47
Agamemnon's home : ARGOS
51
Does lawnwork : SODS
52
Hitchcock nail-biter with "The" : BIRDS
54
Physiognomy : FACE
55
Qualmishness : NAUSEA
57
Yellow ___ : CAB
59
View from the French Riviera : MER
60
Woman pincher, maybe : CORSET
61
Jawbone : MANDIBLE
63
60's weather satellites : ARIELS
64
Distaste : AVERSION
65
American Dadaist : MANRAY
66
Suffuse : PERMEATE
Down
1
Thighbones : FEMURS
2
Land of Arthurian legend : AVALON
3
Tropical flavor : BANANA
4
Sturm ___ Drang (turmoil) : UND
5
Mr. Trotsky : LEON
6
British ___ : ISLES
7
Ologies : SCIENCES
8
Perfect rating : TEN
9
"Jaws" terror : SHARK
10
Drink type : COLA
11
Strand : ABANDON
12
"...from Rangoon to ___": Kipling : MANDALAY
13
Senator who gave Golden Fleece awards : PROXMIRE
14
A.M. or F.M. broadcaster : STN
21
Sib : BRO
23
Quick to learn : APT
25
Munitions maker : ARMORER
27
Fermented sauces : SOYS
29
Site of iniquity in antiquity : SODOM
31
Mediterranean holiday : FESTA
33
"___ the season..." : TIS
34
Genetic strands : DNA
35
Flits (about) : GADS
36
Tragedienne ___ Duse, 1859-1924 : ELEONORA
37
Chinese : MANDARIN
39
National park near Mount Rushmore : WINDCAVE
42
Warranty violator : MISUSER
44
Kennel sound : ARF
46
___ mater (brain cover) : PIA
48
Its only neighbor is Senegal : GAMBIA
49
Spotted cat : OCELOT
50
Unruffled : SERENE
52
"Heavens to ___!" : BETSY
53
More logical : SANER
56
Actress Ward : SELA
58
House ad abbr. : BDRM
60
Overhead item, at Daytona : CAM
61
Triple-A handout : MAP
62
British verb ending : ISE

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

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