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New York Times, Wednesday, August 21, 1996

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
44-Down : Most slippery
TotalDebutLatest
15411/22/19939/1/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1425262552948
RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.5550233%
Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. Piscop. Wednesday freshness: 38%
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M
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© 1996, The New York Times8/21/96 ( No. 17,088 )
Across
1
The Crimson Tide : BAMA
5
Trucker's concern : GEAR
9
Benchwarmer : SCRUB
14
Bulldogs : ELIS
15
Tra trailer : LALA
16
Bel ___ cheese : PAESE
17
Stadium walkway : RAMP
18
Awestruck : AGOG
19
Key : ISLET
20
"My joy" and "my delight," in an old song : GREENSLEEVES
23
Ill-humored : MOROSE
24
___ effect (electrical phenomenon) : EDISON
28
Sloppy digs : STY
29
"It's freezing!" : BRR
31
Basketball's Thurmond : NATE
32
Star : CELEB
35
Summer tops : TEESHIRTS
37
Abu Dhabi's federation: Abbr. : UAE
38
Microscope slide subjects : AMOEBAE
40
"___ real!" : GET
41
Haunted house hazards : TRAPDOORS
43
Looks from Groucho : LEERS
45
Radius's partner : ULNA
46
Oz. and lb. : WTS
47
Accepted greedily, with "up" : ATE
48
Rob or Laura of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" : PETRIE
50
Ultimatum words : ORELSE
53
Symbol of dependency : APRONSTRINGS
57
What people in a line may be doing : CONGA
60
Kind of value : FACE
61
Clanton gang foe : EARP
62
Par ___ : AVION
63
___-Tass news agency : ITAR
64
___-Ball (arcade game) : SKEE
65
Woman of letters : VANNA
66
Conservative : TORY
67
Henri's head : TETE
Down
1
It may go with the floe : BERG
2
Auto accessory : ALARM
3
Dupe : MIMEO
4
Malign : ASPERSE
5
Like some eyes : GLASSY
6
Score in this puzzle's theme : EAGLE
7
Cream ingredient : ALOE
8
Frenzy : RAGE
9
Did moles' work : SPIED
10
Famed couturier : CASSINI
11
Fam. member : REL
12
Take habitually : USE
13
"You ___!" : BET
21
O.K. : NOTBAD
22
Vice follower : VERSA
25
NCO's nickname : SARGE
26
Web-footed mammal : OTTER
27
Fits together : NESTS
29
Rathskeller offerings : BEERS
30
Confederates : REBS
32
Class clown : CUTUP
33
Hall-of-Famer Combs : EARLE
34
Wasn't upright : LEANT
35
Binge : TOOT
36
___-skelter : HELTER
39
Tractor attachment : MOWER
42
Nonpareil : PARAGON
44
Most slippery : EELIEST
47
Main road : ARTERY
49
Old toothpaste brand : IPANA
50
Boxer de la Hoya : OSCAR
51
Moccasin, e.g. : SNAKE
52
Heron : EGRET
54
"Wanna make something ___?" : OFIT
55
Brussels-based org. : NATO
56
Germany's Graf von ___ : SPEE
57
Cleveland hoopster, for short : CAV
58
Lab eggs : OVA
59
"House of Incest" novelist : NIN

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

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